When you speak English in your home country, do you imitate the foreign accent?

That is hard for me to say. i only know a few other languages rather than English. I don't speak them well and not sure if i Use an american accent or not. I just try to mimic the person i hear it from.

English is one of our academic subjects and it's a medium of teaching in our country. Grammar and correct pronunciation were just some of the things that were given emphasis in our English subject. We are more into syllabicating the words than being conscious about its accent. When i worked in the US, they appreciated my English because i can speak and pronounce the words clearly-- according to syllables but i found myself as i stayed there longer having regular conversation with my co-workers i found myself imitating their accents.

I just speak English with normal accent. Normal meaning how the words naturally come out from me without having to make the extra effort of imitating foreign accents. I can try to imitate an accent and that actually has been a hobby of mine growing up. Of course I still sound fake.LOL But that was fun.^_^ In normal conversations with real people, Im not conscious of how I speak English. I mean there are words in the English language that native English speakers cut short. I think I also trim those common words when speaking. I only make an effort in trying to sound with a foreign accent when I absolutely need to like in Oral Communications class, or some related classes. In those classes, the more genuine you sound, the higher your grade. With accents or not, as long as the person is comfortable, confident, and understandable with how he/she speaks, then the accents wouldn't matter much. That's just what I think anyways.

I have been accustomed to American and British accents as my parents used to work in an international school in Saudi. A lot of students and teachers were American or British, and many were also Canadian. When I speak English, I think I adapt the American accent more, given the fact that I went to school in an academy where we were taught not to speak English in our native accent. If I do, it tends to sound "sing-songy". I also use the American accent at work as many of students are kids. When we talk in English with our native accent, the kids easily follow it and it sounds funny and not nice at all.

Nio. I dont. I am an indian and I speak englsih well. I don't think I have any disability in speaking in English fluently and speak it proudly. And an accent is the originality of language of a person so I speak in my own accent coz my accent says what and from where I am and I am not shy of what I am so I don't imitate foreign accent

I dont imitate foreign accent just using local accent. If try speaking english like British or American, people will laugh seriously. Anyway because that when i skype with someone from Canada, British and America i have hard time to understand their speak. So the solution i love forum and messaging than speaking.

Hello manong. I work together with some foreign colleagues, who come from America, New Zealand, the Philippines, Finland, Germany, Austrian, and so on. I am getting used to the accents from different countries, but I prefer to imitate those with beautiful accent to me. I think that it makes us speak the language better if we can speak English with the accent of English-speaking countries without using our local accent. Thank you for the discussion. Take care.

Hi, Manong, I just speak English in normal way. I think maybe my English is with Chinese accent indeed.Coz once my classmate told us, her relative from Austrilia can distinguish people from different countries very well as their accents. But I've no idea about it. Yes, when I speak Chinese, I can speak with different accents if I'd like to do it. But for English, I don't know it. I just speak it in one tone. So I just want my English be understood easily and without strong accent. That's all.

I am a Filipino. And English is being taught to us in school. From day one 'til we graduate in college. English is our second language. And we are known to speak and write English well. We speak clearly. And yes, we can adapt to accent easily, too.

In the Philippines, it is sometimes necessary to speak with the American accent when one is working at a call center because that is often how their agents are trained to speak. Of course, at home, to speak with an foreign accent would be quite odd especially when everybody else is speaking English with a neutral accent (or more often) speaking in the native tongue. I am sure I would either get raised eyebrows or giggles when I start to overdo speaking in a foreign accent. But if I were to choose or adapt an accent, I like to learn the British accent. I just love the way it sounds.

Defenitely, it looks like overdoing. Some people thinks that they are speaking english like foreigners and try to imitate. If they speak naturally, it does not look awkward but some people spoil the language by speaking artificially and it defenitely sounds overdoing and irritating.

I don't know man.. I think i will use the mix of them...lmao but, i guess the american style is cool tho...lol

Hi i like more about American accent,that's because the first book that i used to study my oral english is Crazy English which tought us how to speak in indiomatic american english and i like it very much.That time i have tried my best to practise the accent for a few months and the effect was very far-reatching.untill now when i talked with my foreign teatures or classmates my accent was still belong to American,and they said my oral eglish was good.

Personally, I used to imitate American accent. As a learner i will find it easier to understand if I pronounced the words rightly. People around me usually glad if they hear me striving on my english skills. I know for myself that imitating their accent more often I can interract with them easier.

I don't try to imitate any accent while speaking. Actually I hate it when one of my classmates does so. All his concerns are to show off (and that is so fake!). It puts the attention on how he is speaking instead of what is being spoken. In my opinion speaking naturally is best. If I'm confident, I won't need such supplements..

it is alright if you try to imitate english accent specially when you are speaking in public just make sure you would really sound like one and not sound funny or are just trying too hard though you don't really sound good at it. i think if you can speak it well naturally then just fine. but for me i don't , cause i don't know or can't speak well fluently in english and can't pronounce it well. i just avoid speaking in english in public. i just do write english on this site but i don't speak english at all in conversation. but i do practice a lot by myself to speak it out so i can learn without any one hearing me do it.

I use to imitate English accents when I apply in call center but then It never work. Thus, I realize one need to have a fluency in speaking in English, have a good listening skills, with good voice, clear voice and the very important precursor is to learn the other people are doing and know to makes an resolution to arguments being brought by the clients which a number one need to be patience.

i speak like a alien from mars. i dont know why filipino's laugh when a filipino speak with an accent but we find it amusing if a foreigner speak the native language.

i admit that now im used to talk in english even for me english is easy to say than the tagalog....i came from visayas we speak bisaya...before i had hard time in english until i used to it especially i was working in the resort that i meet lots people from different countries and then my boyfriend is a Canadian guy that everyday we meet online in net and were talking in mic...and that i didnt notice myself that i get his way in expressing his words in english ... now i speak english with accent...

We Indians are proud of our clear and lucid accent that we do not need to imitate any foreign accent which is different from country to country. . For example the Australians pronounc 'a' as 'i'. Have you noticed it? We follow the Oxford or Webster's for our accent and are thoroughly satisfied.