[Mullens123]

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

She's in the DR talking to BB in case you hadn't noticed, i could maybe understand it if she was talking to Hannah, I doubt the BB she is speaking to is Nigerian

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by Cherie

She's in the DR talking to BB in case you hadn't noticed, i could maybe understand it if she was talking to Hannah, I doubt the BB she is speaking to is Nigerian

Who said she can only adopt the accent when speaking to someone of Nigerian heritage? Perhaps she finds it more emotive to adopt this accent when she's being light hearted or criticising someone in a facetious manner (like questioning Raph's flirting techniques). Unless people have forgotten Pauline would do the exact same thing when she got angry, and would break into different accents when criticising others. Ellie's accent becomes exaggerated when she's in the diary room trying to be comedic, Jackson's accent would change between a soft spoken dialect and wannabe roadman depending on how he was feeling. This isn't an unusual or new phenomena in Big Brother (or life for that matter).

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Who said she can only adopt the accent when speaking to someone of Nigerian heritage? Perhaps she finds it more emotive to adopt this accent when she's being light hearted or criticising someone in a facetious manner (like questioning Raph's flirting techniques). Unless people have forgotten Pauline would do the exact same thing when she got angry, and would break into different accents when criticising others. Ellie's accent becomes exaggerated when she's in the diary room trying to be comedic, Jackson's accent would change between a soft spoken dialect and wannabe roadman depending on how he was feeling. This isn't an unusual or new phenomena in Big Brother (or life for that matter).

She's a Cockney ....and BB wasn't a Nigerian national

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

She's a Cockney ....and BB wasn't a Nigerian national

And this is relevant how? Again, she has Nigerian heritage so the use of an accent isn't surprising. There isn't a written rule that one can only use an accent when in the company of those who also use it ... in that case should Ellie tone it down unless BB is from Yorkshire?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

No she didn't ,she said she was born in England to Nigerian parents

[Mullens123]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

No she didn't ,she said she was born in England to Nigerian parents

Perhaps I'm remembering wrong, but I thought early on she claimed she was born in Nigeria whilst Hannah was born in London. Either way it doesn't change the context of what I or others have said about the change in accent.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Mullens123

Deborah said she was born in Nigeria, and raised in East London. She's putting on the accent but the ease of it shows it's likely one she may adopt when speaking with her family or community, many of whom will be first generation Nigerian immigrants. It's not difficult to understand, unless of course you haven't mixed with many people from varied backgrounds.

Someone said she was born in England

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Someone said she was born in England

They both said on their VT they were born in England