Re: CHAT: This or that that.

Hi,

 My Indian (Asia) American friend speaks with American English with me,
although in the presence of his parents he has a strong Indian (Asia) accent.
(He, as far as I know is not "linguistically oriented")

  -Leon

Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> wrote:  On Wednesday 14 February 2007 19:04, Mia Soderquist wrote:

> > Now, I'm in a good company! I don't even realise that - my wife ofen
> > tells me that I immediately start imitating accent of my interlocutor!
>
> I do the same thing. Sometimes I catch myself and try to stop,
> particularly if I am starting to echo regional accents in American
> English, my native language. I don't want people to think I am making fun
 [---CUT---]

Count me in! Mimicking accents is a second nature for me too.

I didn't realize until I encountered the strongest french accent: The
southern accent. After a week, I was talking like an "autochthon", I
couldn't help it and didn't even notice the southern accent any more. Since
I never felt that my northern usual companions had any peculiar accent, I
can't remember if they "caught" the southern accent too or not. They made
no remarks about my accent, I was the one doing them.

> I wonder if this is a habit peculiar to the more linguistically-oriented
> mind, or if it is just something that everyone does to a degree.
Good question... but I think that Isaac already gave us the answer. If his
wife --not as much linguistically-oriented as us, I guess-- noticed, it
must mean that it is something specific to "us".

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