>> John Sundman <[email protected]> >> P.S. Would be delighted to hear what y'all sound like too-also.
I find that my accent is curiously malleable -- when I was in School in Botswana I was occasionally asked if I was American and frequently teased about sounding like an Englishman. In 12th grade in relatively homogenous Kerala I was told that I sounded like a "negro" (the word shocked me, but is apparently fairly innocuous in Indian English). In Bangalore I've been told I sound like a typical Malayali. This contrasts with many people I've met who retain their distinctive accents despite spending 30 years away from the place where they acquired it. == b
