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Old 17-04-2013, 02:20 AM #1
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Mine is, why is the red carpet red?
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Why when British people speak foreign languages do we take on their accent yet when foreign people speak our language you can distinctly hear their own accent?

there is probably a logical answer, it's just weird/funny..
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Why when British people speak foreign languages do we take on their accent yet when foreign people speak our language you can distinctly hear their own accent?

there is probably a logical answer, it's just weird/funny..
Steve McClaren and Joey Barton come to mind lol
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I mean when you're learning it, like French in school, and you actually have to take on the accent too, I wonder if English lessons in France they talk with a cockney accent lol..
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I mean when you're learning it, like French in school, and you actually have to take on the accent too, I wonder if English lessons in France they talk with a cockney accent lol..
Interesting point tbf
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there is probably a logical answer, it's just weird/funny..
Irish people do that as well. I expect though when we speak we still sound foreign to them
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