you are english, so why the foreign accent?

[sleep envy]

Steve McClaren - is he a total idiot?

Speaking English to a Dutch reporter in a French accent, he even went for the advanced gallic shoulder shrug.

[King of d sofa]

May i suggest you never come to manchester then, there is a lad in my college who ive always though was eastern european, just turns out hes from stockport.

No disrespect to anyone from stockport unless they talk like that

[Bushmaster]

Reeeeeeepost

[Muntu]

I thought this thread was going to be about 'yoofs'

[Saskia7]

I'm Danish, I've lived in London for years and when I go home everyone comments I speak Dansk in an english accent. I also use more british english words than the average Danish person (American English is our second language) and that always brings a smile to peoples faces back home - they call it pretentious!

[Pigeon]

Was helping a mate out with a VW the other week and we ended up laughing over the fact that we dropped into speaking to each other in a silly German accent over the German car

OK, I suppose you had to be there

[littlegreenfairy]

Bit like the twins on my uni course - they were Iranian, claimed not to speak much English and got a load of help because of it. One Friday I saw them with a suitcase in uni and struck up a friendly conversation and asked where they were going ¨home¨ they said. Spent the whole weekend thinking it must have been a special event if they flew all the way to Iran for the weekend.

When I saw them Monday morning I was soo confused. Turns out home is fecking Leeds and they've only been to Iran a handful of times. Not only that, but they were born and educated in the UK. They did the whole being foreign thing just to get easy marks...

[Turbo5]

I work for a French company which has a site here in the UK. We have numerous French people working in the UK, they all speak perfect English but majority of people still speak to them like something off Allo Allo.

[anonymous-user]

That's brilliant. I was half expecting him to ask the interviewer for a schmoke and a pancake. What an utter mong.

[Parrot of Doom]

I reckon he did that for a bet. The man isn't stupid.

[filski666]

sleep envy said:

Steve McClaren - is he a total idiot?

Speaking English to a Dutch reporter in a French accent, he even went for the advanced gallic shoulder shrug.

that is the universal "uncomfortable about speaking to a foreigner" accent! We get that a lot at work - people talking to the chinese speak like that - always makes me laugh, I think they do it because they believe it will make it easier for the foreign types to understand, by turning every word into a question by raising the tone at the end.

Just talk fking normally you tt - it will be easier for them to understand if you speak how they have learned English

[Geronimo]

UNBELIEVABLE

He is speaking as though he had learnt English as a second language. The interviewer speaks better structured English than him.

[Glassman]

Sssshhhtaaap!

Thish manager ish now known ash Shteve van Claren

[sleep envy]

Parrot of Doom said:

I reckon he did that for a bet. The man isn't stupid.

he gave Arsenal a good hiding didn't he?

he's a loon

[Saskia7]

Is it not the case that he is simply adapting to where he spends most of his time? I know it may seem laughable to you English types, but why would the way someone pronounces thier words make the slightest bit of difference if you can get the gist of what they say????

[sleep envy]

because he's been out of the country for less than 6 months and his accent wavers between normal and some faux french/dutch accent

[Saskia7]

sleep envy said:

because he's been out of the country for less than 6 months and his accent wavers between normal and some faux french/dutch accent

I'm Danish, and I'll be the first to admit when I speak Dansk I do it in a british accent because I've been here for so long it just happens!, I can't see what the problem is????

[sleep envy]

Saskia7 said:

I've been here for so long

define so long

[sleep envy]

sleep envy said:

he's been out of the country for less than 6 months

Saskia7 said:

9/10 years

not quite comparable is it?

[sleep envy]

I preferred your first answer