I am completely susceptible to accents, all on accident. It's one reason that I've never made fun of celebrities who move to London and pick up an accent. When I am there for school, within 2 hours I've picked it up.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
javachik - Dec 29, 2008 3:37:04 pm PST #6130 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2008 3:39:42 pm PST #6131 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I'm loving this.
Of COURSE my buffista peeps would have the Universal Translator accent. Not sure why it never occured to me before.
When I went to go walk the world, I just slipped into whatever I heard, where ever I was. Worked great in the UK but not so much in Denmark when people started rapid-fire Danish.
Still, a useful tool, all in all. It's so unconscious though, I rarely know I'm doing it until later and/or caught.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2008 3:44:37 pm PST #6132 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
And can I just say how much I'm enjoying hanging out with y'all this evening?
I've got so much STUFF to do, but I've had an unfun day and it is just lovely to sit and chat with smart/funny folk.
beth b - Dec 29, 2008 4:06:48 pm PST #6133 of 10000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I don't do the accent change, but DH does it all the time.
bonny, maybe you were the start of waking up the young man.
beekaytee - Dec 29, 2008 4:12:43 pm PST #6134 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
maybe you were the start of waking up the young man.
What a lovely thought...which had not occurred to me while I was busy judging him. Thanks for that beth. I needed help pulling my head out of...well, you know.
DavidS - Dec 29, 2008 4:18:39 pm PST #6135 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
EAR-LENGTH, Hec! You should be proud.
I am very proud of you. Mostly because your previous levels of atomic hotness must now be set at an exponentially higher zenith of utter babe-litude.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 29, 2008 4:25:51 pm PST #6136 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Holy crap, what a crazy day it has been. I can't even get into it but jebus FUCK. I hate hospitals and sharing hotel rooms and I wish I was home.
Strix - Dec 29, 2008 4:26:50 pm PST #6137 of 10000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Mostly because your previous levels of atomic hotness must now be set at an exponentially higher zenith of utter babe-litude.
And I have less hair!
DavidS - Dec 29, 2008 4:32:21 pm PST #6138 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And I have less hair!
I prefer to think of it as more Erin's face.
Laura - Dec 29, 2008 4:33:29 pm PST #6139 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
{{Nora}} How is your uncle? Sorry about the crazy making stuff.
My accent varies as well. At this point when I try and take one of those quizzes to figure out where you are from I can't remember how I originally pronounced words. DH is very funny with it; we can tell who is talking to on the phone by his accent.