How do ppl have accents?

[anycraic]

er lol, just a turf cuttin irish farmer here to be sure, jaysus wheres me donkey?
(theres about as many donkeys in ireland as there are in new york, shame really...)

[SensiRide]

er lol, just a turf cuttin irish farmer here to be sure, jaysus wheres me donkey?
(theres about as many donkeys in ireland as there are in new york, shame really...)

every irish person i speak to on the phone at work says 'grand'

aaah thats grand, that is

[anycraic]

every irish person i speak to on the phone at work says 'grand'

aaah thats grand, that is

sure tis grand so it is

[Fengzi]

What's really strange is to hear a foriegn accent in another language. For example, someone from France will have a noticable French accent when speaking English. But they'll also have it when speaking a language other than French or English. Say, Chinese for example.

I spent a semester in China learning Chinese. I lived in the foriegn students dorm with folks from all over the world. A lot of them didn't speak English so if we wanted to talk it would have to be in our butchered Chinese. It was hilarious hearing all these people speaking Chinese but with a French, English, Japanese. etc. accent. And, you would know what the accent was when they were speaking Chinese as easily as if they were speaking English.

[ScarlettCrush]

when I go down south my southern draw is alot more apparent then when im back in Michigan. I mean, I always have it alil bit but, nothing like when I get around my family or when I go down south. Funny thing is I dont even realize Im speakin any different til someone says something.

Same here; being around family or unfamiliar places causes my accent to get very thick and syrupy. I have very little drawl thanks to acting classes but certain words like bayou, poison, scissors will always remain heavily mispronounced. lol