03-15-2014, 07:14 PM
Before I moved to Hawaii my partner at the time had this weird habit of talking to whoever she spoke to in their accent. I'd never come across something like that before. She was a photographer and occasionally travelled to the US. When she spoke to someone on the phone from the US she'd start speaking with a US accent, even getting the regional dialect right (Chicago mostly, but she could do other areas as well). When speaking to people in London she spoke with a UK southern accent and when speaking to family she went back to her strong Welsh accent. I never understood how she did it.
I'd have loved to see her try pidgin as it's not only an accent but a different language. I have a hard time with it. However, if some local heard me speak pidgin with an English accent, I think they would just fall down laughing. So I don't even try. Most of the time I can make myself understood and some people have actually said they like my accent, even if they don't always understand what I said.
Don't fake it, be yourself.
I'd have loved to see her try pidgin as it's not only an accent but a different language. I have a hard time with it. However, if some local heard me speak pidgin with an English accent, I think they would just fall down laughing. So I don't even try. Most of the time I can make myself understood and some people have actually said they like my accent, even if they don't always understand what I said.
Don't fake it, be yourself.