3. TIL Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent, as he had an Irish tutor teach him...

TIL Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent, as he had an Irish tutor teach him to speak English.

Yeah, this happens a lot.

Met a Taiwanese kid in college. He grew up in an Italian American area in NJ. He had the HEAVIEST Italian American accent... it was hilarious. (He fixed it over the years).

I grew up in NY and took French in high school. Had a heavy American accent. Then I moved to Quebec for a while, and took French lessons from a Spanish woman. Then I studied in Lyon for a little bit.

When I started working in Paris 2-3 years ago, I always got asked what the fuck my accent was. (I'm Asian).

I have a southern French accent mixed with a Spanish accent while using a lot of Quebecer slang and phrases.

Yeah.. my french is fucked up.

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