Oh, I absolutely "catch" accents if I'm around someone with a strong one, whether it's an accent I normally possess or not. When I lived in Michigan, my coworkers could always tell if I'd been talking to my dad on the phone, because his Texas drawl would make mine kick back in for about a day before it faded out again. And I spent a couple of weeks working in Buffalo with a group of people with various British Empire accents (one actual Brit, two Australians, and a Kiwi), and wound up sounding Canadian (to the point where I had a minor debate with the border guard on my way home as to my actual nationality) for about 3 days. I'm afraid it sometimes comes off as mockery, but it's totally subconscious.
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Date: 2012-01-19 09:52 pm (UTC)