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First of all there's no such thing as a British accent, faked or not, since that's the original language. Technically all other non British people will have some sort of accent. Another thing: If I am not a native speaker I will have the accent according to whom I learned English from. The more you ...

cosmodrift

Yes, I agree there are many variants even for the original British language. But I also believe someone has the right to choose the way he or she will sound like, the same way they have the right to choose their names or nicknames.

cosmodrift

I don't know. It just affects me in a different way. If I see an Indian, Chinese, Japanese, or anybody, speaking a flawless English I admire it. It's just natural. You asked how someone can speak just like natives when they never been there. Well nowadays, with all this media available everywhere? A...

cosmodrift

Del wrote I didn't say speak like natives, I said fake. Really? Short term memory issue, maybe? Read below. Del wrote How can someone who has never been to Britain sound like they grew up in Berkshire or Surrey? cosmodrift wrote: According to your line of thoughts all Japanese should always swap &q...

cosmodrift

If I choose my clothing according to the fashion my clothes are fake? If I buy the exactly same car of a friend because I like it, is my car fake? If I adopt an accent for daily use because I like it is that faking? So everything else is fake. We are always emulating something, following tips of oth...

cosmodrift

There's nothing to chill about Jones. We are just having a conversation. Del, there are thousands speaking and dressing like 50 cent. Maybe tasteless for some, including myself, but definitely not a reason to believe that " a small thing like that would tell so much about that person " in ...

cosmodrift

Del, there are thousands speaking and dressing like 50 cent. Yeah, they're called Americans. How cool would a Chinese or a Serbian or a Brazilian (if you still think I'm attacking Indians) appear with a 50 Cent accent? That would be awful, but, once again, not enough to question their personality. ...

cosmodrift

cosmo refuses to quit when he's behind, if you get my drift . I take issue with retarded dwarves who question my grammar. No one is questioning your grammar, Del and if I start exchanging insults with you I would be in contradiction with all my posts. My posts were very clear and in more than one o...

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