[KatieCruel]

For me its the total opposite. When I spoke to people in London with my broad Northern Irish accent half of them don't have a clue what I am talking about (but this may have been because I was living with loads of Americans), I learned very quickly that I have to tone down the accent and not use so many colloquialisms.

[TheWalkinDude]

(Original post by buchanan700)
I have a Wiltshire (farmer) accent, and go to uni in Newport, and I found that I was beginning to sound a little bit Welsh, especially amongst friends. Pronouncing 'school' with two syllables, for example. When I go home though, I find the farmer in me comes out in earnest though!

Apparently you tend to subconsciously imitate the accent if you're around people you like or respect, and if you don't like them or feel uncomfortable, your own accent becomes stronger

Wiltshire! Strong in the arm and thick in the head (I'm from Wiltshire aswell, I'm allowed to say this)

My friend went to uni in Cardiff and had one of the strongest Welsh accents I've heard after literally a month or two.

[Manitude]

(Original post by Aeschylus)
Tangentially related, Aeschylus's Guide to having Fun at University #101:

1. Buy a bread roll.
2. Ask your flatmates what they call said roll.
3. Enjoy the next 3 hours.

Heh. In my first year, all of the guys in my flat (6 of us) were from the same part of England so we probably wouldn't have disagreed too much.

[buchanan700]

(Original post by TheWalkinDude)
Wiltshire! Strong in the arm and thick in the head (I'm from Wiltshire aswell, I'm allowed to say this)

My friend went to uni in Cardiff and had one of the strongest Welsh accents I've heard after literally a month or two.

Lol! I think West Country/ Southern Welsh accents can be quite easily transferred! In any case I think it also depends on how strong your own accent is. Mine's quite diluted, tends to come out most amongst friends with stronger accents/ when drunk/ when saying anything with an 'er' sound!
Honestly, I try and sound all posh, then I end up saying 'I'm froom Wiltsuurrre' Totally gives it away.

[Abbyyyyyyy]

I'm already doomed, I have such a mixed accent. Moved from Hull, to Southport (in Merseyside), to a little town in Cheshire. So mine's like a softened Hull kind of mongrel accent, fun times at uni!