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[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ever try to speak with an Irish accent only to end up morphing into Jamaican?

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[–] bugbear@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 8 hours ago*

No, not really. I have no reason to fake other people's accents.

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 6 points 13 hours ago* (1 child)

There's actually a strong connection between the Scottish accent and Jamaican. It's wild, but apparently true.

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[–] darklamer@feddit.org 5 points 10 hours ago

According to Wikipedia, that connection is as simple as Scottish slaveholders and overseers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Patois

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[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

I can do a variety of accents, but they all sound like a bad Scottish one.

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