Foreign accent a necessity?
// April 9th, 2007 // No Comments » // Unveil
Language accent defines the character, attitude and origins of one using it. However, it is not something that anyone could pick up. It involves years of usage, usually from young. Here, I will be referring to the most used language in the world, English.
This language has its own uniqueness. It has its own nature, blended out from your culture, people and style. However, for some strange reason, it has been broken down in to 2 categories; conversing and singing. I believe there is a difference between conversing understandable English, and singing English. I view understandable English, as a common communication tool, used by common people to translate messages among each other. You can however, find weird people who sings the language.
Instead of using it to communicate, these group of weirdoes sings out the language either to: 1) tell the world that he/she had been to a place so far away to the extend of who knows where, or 2) telling the world that he/she is speaking “proper” English, trying to prove that his/her English is far more superior. Some might even give you the reason that if we do not speak the way the people does in their country, they wouldn’t be able to understand us. Now, that statement amazing isn’t it? You do not hear foreign people speak like us, but yet we understood what they say. The list can go further, but I guess you’ve already know what the list will be.
Most of these weirdoes consist of people who are lucky enough to get thrown abroad for either studies or work. Having spoken their home English since they were young, probably for 20 over years, they have the tendency and the ability to “forget” the way he /she used to talk. That is incredible isn’t it? How the hell can you forget something which you have used for over 20 years, but remember things that you picked up 2 years ago? It doesn’t tally at all.
If you think that you are able to impress people by singing, you are wrong. You are just simply annoying the people around you, at least to me. On the contrary, if people around you are somehow impressed by the way you sing, which is a miracle, it only signify that you are in a group of weirdoes and communicates through singing!
The point is, if your English is good, no matter where you are, even if you are speaking in the lousiest aboriginal accent, it can be understood. There is no need for you to go “hoola foola” all over.
