Barun's accent- Page 4

Same for me, at home I talk to my parents in English but for certan words and stuff , I do have a tinge of Indian accent since I've both lived in India and US. But when i talk to my friends (non-Indian) I don't have an accent. On the other hand, if I talk to my Indian friends that understand Hindi too, I speak with an Indian accent at many time to have fun or to pronounce certain words...Its casual habit of changing your speech depending on who you talk too.

What The? Not Again

hmmm ... lemme guess ... a newbie !!

whenever i am speaking to a person with a strong accent i start speaking the same way!! sometimes leading to embarrassing situation for the person thinks i am making fun. but i am not. i have to be very aware . maybe Barun has the same problem.

Originally posted by: Japonica

It's called Speech Accommodation in Sociolinguistics. There' s a whole theory and field of study which explains how and why that happens and loads of research into the phenomenon, if you are interested. Everyone does it.

thank you so much. . . someone making scientific sense👏
yep everyone does it. . .not new and exclusive to Barun

Let's not pick on actors and attack/bash them..

This thread is going nowhere, it's just instigative and causing further trouble.

Closed.