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Imitating Someone's Accent Makes It Easier to Understand Them - nest0r - 2010-12-17
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101206161826.htm
"In conversation, we often imitate each other's speech style and may even change our accent to fit that of the person we're talking to. A recent study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that imitating someone who speaks with a regional or foreign accent may actually help you understand them better."
Imitating Someone's Accent Makes It Easier to Understand Them - adoette - 2010-12-18
Experience has shown that it helps them to understand you as well!
Imitating Someone's Accent Makes It Easier to Understand Them - Nuriko - 2010-12-18
I read this today too on lifehacker!
Here's the JP version: http://www.lifehacker.jp/2010/12/101210imitationaccent.html
Imitating Someone's Accent Makes It Easier to Understand Them - Nuriko - 2010-12-18
adoette Wrote:Experience has shown that it helps them to understand you as well!Haha sometimes my dad does accents back at people who don't speak English as their first language... I wonder if they get offended...