Vocaroo your accent!

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VVqeYJT9Fa

Lol...that was embarrassing
Never noticed how much I say "eh" either.

Funnily enough, my parent(s) have a very nigerian accent so didn't get it from them. It was mostly from school. In Hong Kong, the first person I came in contact with (who is still my best friend today), was American. Literally everyone one I hung out with developed some kind of american accent after a few years at the international school. It's not just the majority american ones, the british international schools have the same phenomena - where people have English accents without ever living in England. It's quite interesting, I find that when I talk to english people I tend to echo their accent. I'm kind of like a chameleon!

Check out some posts on the subject:http://blendedpeopleamerica.com/chameleon/december/126-the-tell-tale-accent-of-a-global-nomad.html, http://expatlingo.com/2012/05/28/the-chameleon-like-accent-of-the-expat-child/, and the story of my life http://www.buzzfeed.com/autmnjones/signs-you-were-an-international-school-kid-grak

edit: This article sums it up:http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/26/news/26iht-rkid_ed3_.html

Funnily enough, my parent(s) have a very nigerian accent so didn't get it from them. It was mostly from school. In Hong Kong, the first person I came in contact with (who is still my best friend today), was American. Literally everyone one I hung out with developed some kind of american accent after a few years at the international school. It's not just the majority american ones, the british international schools have the same phenomena - where people have English accents without ever living in England. It's quite interesting, I find that when I talk to english people I tend to echo their accent. I'm kind of like a chameleon!

Check out some posts on the subject:http://blendedpeopleamerica.com/chameleon/december/126-the-tell-tale-accent-of-a-global-nomad.html, http://expatlingo.com/2012/05/28/the-chameleon-like-accent-of-the-expat-child/, and the story of my life http://www.buzzfeed.com/autmnjones/signs-you-were-an-international-school-kid-grak

edit: This article sums it up:http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/26/news/26iht-rkid_ed3_.html

You have the same accent as my teacher !

Your teacher has an awesome accent then

Do you find it easy to understand him or her? I've been told when abroad that the Glasgow/South West Scotland accent can be hard to understand because we use a lot of slang and talk really fast. I tried not to use slang in my recording. I should have used it and see if people still understood me

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It sounds like you've had such an interesting life! You've certainly been all over the world. How does Scotland compare with elsewhere you have stayed?

I know someone who went to an English International School, and he has an English accent, despite being from another European country.

Accent is so fluid, my mum has a half English, half Scottish accent. When she's in Scotland, everyone thinks she's English (which she is), and when she's in England, everyone thinks she's Scottish!

I read those articles. The buzzfeed one was hilarious and very insightful

Haha yes I can relate to the Buzzfeed article so much (they did actually close the school once due to a bomb threat). And yay, Aberdeen representing.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s07VhSVW8nZK

I made another one but this time how I actually talk, you know like full on slang and not speaking slower so you understand me on here lol.

I understood everything! I know what 'ken' is as well, the real question is do you ken what 'fit' means?

Yeah - 'fit' means foot in Scotland

http://vocaroo.com/i/s07VhSVW8nZK

I made another one but this time how I actually talk, you know like full on slang and not speaking slower so you understand me on here lol.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s17hxaUzr9gm

I'm so awkward and I sound like I'm 12 lol