Changing your accent is quite difficult

[Jason Voorhees]

I had accent classes for a couple of months and it did make difference. I speak like someone who has been outside of my home country for a long time but the signature still remains.

The problem with changing an accent as opposed to learning a language is that it's automatic. Vocab and grammar are intellectual. Accent is physical muscle memory. In my mother tongue of Malayalam. Many sounds that are present in english are simply absent. There's no substitutes for them because they are so distinct and different so the brain to cope just takes a familiar sound in the mother tongue and extends it in some way or other to mimic the sound of the language you are trying to speak.

This is called accent. It's also automatic. you don't even think about it. which is why correcting it or changing it is difficult. You can fake it by putting your mind it to it but muscle memory takes a lot of time and repetition

 

[Jason Voorhees]

@Stalker @optimisticzoomer @imontheloose

 

[Stalker]

accents can be seen as unique and even hot in some cases

it depends on the country

 

[Former Shortcel]

I tend to mimick the accents of people i speak to, I dont even notice it most of the time unless someone points out

 

[buccalfatremoval]

I to mimick the accents of people i speak to, I dont even notice it most of the time unless someone points out

I only do this irl

 

[𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫]

im lowk insecure about it but at the same time idgaf

 

[7nclave]

accents can be seen as unique and even hot in some cases

it depends on the country

my british accent in usa gives me halo

 

[Stalker]

I tend to mimick the accents of people i speak to, I dont even notice it most of the time unless someone points out

great strategy tbf

 

[Yliaster]

Yip its as you say, Accents are a Physical phenomena that becomes cemented over time into your
Vowels/Oratory Memory in contrast to simply just learning a new Language which is more/less a matter
of Memory.

Most of my Cousins grew up speaking Spanish as adolescents but ultimately became fluent in sounding
like Native Yankees when they came to America.

Not sure what the Science is behind this but my Theory is that Accents become cemented into your Muscle
Memory after about 7-8 years old