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I've noticed while traveling that American English is actually rather difficult to understand. My slurmumbling west coast accent with no consonants or spaces b

I've noticed while traveling that American English is actually rather difficult to understand. My slurmumbling west coast accent with no consonants or spaces between words is basically undecipherable in a lot of places. So I pull out my Cheesy Irish Accent. That thing works wonders. Words all start with a capital letter, and have gaps between them. You speak louder and more decisively. It's really the perfect form of speech, apart from the embarrassment of having other native English speakers (or god forbid Irishmen) hear you do it. And you get to talk like a Pirate. What's not to love? Give it a try next time you're abroad!

tehwalrus 13y ago
...pirates talk with[1] a west country accent, not an Irish one. Not that this detracts from the story, it's a good hack (and I'd love to hear you do it so I can try and work out where I think you're speaking from!) Certainly when speaking foreign languages, I always do my most over the top accent, which seems to go down very well. [1] EDIT: stereotypically...
- jasonkester 13y ago
  Certainly when speaking foreign languages, I always do my most over the top accent, which seems to go down very well. Indeed. My Spanish goes down best when I'm channeling Antonio Banderas.