Common voice

I was mistaken for a German exchange student.

It was during my first year of German.

I pick up accents.

I don't try to imitate.

I fall into it.

You hold a conversation,

and subtle things start to happen.

You start to sound like the person next to you.

Talking chameleon.

Now, 

some would think I was taking it lightly.

Having a laugh.

No.

I stopped,

and listened.

Joined a conversation.

Connected.

All of our voices sound the same.

Reviews

[Lorry]

Love the simplicity of this Jon and know exactly what you mean. When I've been to the states in the past, I fall into copying the accents too. It's not intentional, just the natural flow of what you are hearing rubbing off on you. It's a great feeling when you realise that what you are hearing becomes accent-less and completely understood, and that is just with pretty much the same language, but I did notice the very little Spanish I know didn't go down so well so well, because of the Euro Spanish lisp in pronunciation. I couldn't get the hang of that because I know so little of the language.

[Jon Roggie]

Euro Spanish would raise some eyebrows in the southwest. You start running into completely different dialects. My biggest saving point when I went to West Germany was when I didn't understand. I would tell them I was an American, and ask if they could speak a little slower. The fact I attempted this in German made it go over well.
Thank you, as always.