Try exaggerating the accent when you do it, too. It may sound ridiculous, but to native speakers it will sound better than your normal Italian accent. Someone

Try exaggerating the accent when you do it, too. It may sound ridiculous, but to native speakers it will sound better than your normal Italian accent. Someone gave me great advice once, they said to pronounce French with a French accent. When you think about it, it's obvious why that results in good spoken French.