Im surprised he doesn’t take on accents, too. That’s something people do. I remember catching myself taking on a southern accent while talking to a lady from Tennessee while on a long flight and then getting all self conscious that she might think I was mocking her and I wasn’t even doing it on purpose. 😩
My wife does this. She technically has a southern accent, but since she lives near Philly she mostly has the standard mid Atlantic accent, sometimes a Philly accent, but she’s only the phone every day doing customer support and she’ll switch to British accents, Hispanic accents, Indian accents… she just does that. Over the phone not as awkward, but in person can be quite weird. Makes it extra fun when we play D&D though.
I used to do this unintentionally while working in a call center. We dealt with a lot of folks from the south who had similar accents. I’m Canadian, eh?
My coworkers used to say that when I’d show up to work, I was (my name), and by the time I be left, I was farmer (my name).
I honestly didn’t intend to do it. I’m just so used to mirroring the people around me.
Im surprised he doesn’t take on accents, too. That’s something people do. I remember catching myself taking on a southern accent while talking to a lady from Tennessee while on a long flight and then getting all self conscious that she might think I was mocking her and I wasn’t even doing it on purpose. 😩
My wife does this. She technically has a southern accent, but since she lives near Philly she mostly has the standard mid Atlantic accent, sometimes a Philly accent, but she’s only the phone every day doing customer support and she’ll switch to British accents, Hispanic accents, Indian accents… she just does that. Over the phone not as awkward, but in person can be quite weird. Makes it extra fun when we play D&D though.
I used to do this unintentionally while working in a call center. We dealt with a lot of folks from the south who had similar accents. I’m Canadian, eh?
My coworkers used to say that when I’d show up to work, I was (my name), and by the time I be left, I was farmer (my name).
I honestly didn’t intend to do it. I’m just so used to mirroring the people around me.
I have to stop myself doing this too, but more because I’m really bad at accents and they all come out like I’m taking the piss at the best of times.
I do the same. Three days in London and it’s “Pass me the ba’a mate!”