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[-] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

I once heard that Lenin spoke with an Irish accent. I know a few people from South America that also spoke with a US accent because that's where their teachers are from.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

His English tutor was Irish. James Connolly's son (yes, that James Connolly) met Lenin and noted that he spoke English with an Irish accent.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I've known quite a few foreigners with distinctly American accents because they learnt it from Hollywood films.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I have a coworker from China who speaks like an american because he's so into american football.

Why he moved to Australia to pursue that idfk

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