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So I watch a lot of british Youtubers/Twitch streamers. I'm very much American but I've sort of started to speak more and more like them recently. Is it bad or abnormal or something?
I tend to almost instantly mimic the accent of who I'm speaking with. I can barely control it.
There are also two kinds of accents: Regional accents and accents when speaking another language that are the result of having another first language.
So sometimes when I'm speaking with Mexicans I'll start speaking in that "Mexican accent" of a native Mexican speaking English. I have to be careful because as I'm a Caucasian and native English speaker there's no reason I should have that accent and I can come across as mocking them.
People tend to gain accents from those they're around. It's usually a very gradual process, but it can be faster.
Picked up a british accent when I was young because I watched a lot of British let's players.
When you subconsciously pick up someone else’s accent it’s called convergence, it’s a normal phenomenon. I have a friend for instance who had a similar accent to me as a teenager but after 4 years in the north of England has lost the strong RP vowel pronunciation.
My own accent is thicker than an elephant’s hide and I’ve definitely noticed people picking it up, especially when I can compare how they speak to other people.
I can pull off an American accent. I've fooled people, including Americans that I'm American XD
I'm more than happy I don't have the stereotypical Eastern European accent.