> I can't imitate accents for the life of me. I was trying to imitate a British accent in Journalism this week, but I wound up sounding like a hick with a piece of chocolate cake in my throat. Accents are nifty, though, particularly ones from over in the U.K. I like Irish ones, too. LOL.
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> ~Den-"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is on TV...yay!"Kara

I'm not too bad at imitating accents myself, although I'm certain that the real foreigners would likely laugh me to scorn upon hearing my attempts.

My problem is, I have to really think about it to keep it up for long. If I try to have a lengthy conversation with someone while faking a foreign accent, it doesn't work, because my "accent" will gradually fade away as I forget to continue doing it. This was embarrassingly captured on tape once. When I was in high school, my friends and I had gotten together to videotape our own spoof of a James Bond flick. Being short on actors, I got to play the villain and some sort of "Premier of Russia" character. The Russian dude was having a long conversation with the Bond-type character about something, and the accent got worse and worse as the conversation continued. (Keep in mind, we didn't use a script; we ad-libbed the whole "movie.") My friend and fellow "actor" noticed, and abruptly asked, "What happened to your *accent*?" My response?

The "accent" abruptly returned as I said, "It fell on the floor!"

Gri"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is on my video shelf! Yay!"shny