"Say that again..."
The tale of my accents requires a little back story. I was born in the United States. Shortly after, my parents decided that my brother and I should be schooled in Nigeria [It was an interesting life, but that is not the focus of this post]. I picked up an accent there, as I was very young at the time this happened. The Nigerian accent is quite interesting. Words are typically pronounced exactly how they are spelled. Some say there is a British influence on how Nigerians speak but, I beg to differ. I have mingled with British folk, and the Nigerian accent is as far from it as east is from west. A typical Nigerian would pronounce butter as bot-a and water as wot-a. The intonation and the flow of words with the Nigerian accent are remarkably different from Western accents' rhythm. Nigerian Accents- as seen on Pinterest Of course, I was comfortable speaking in a Nigerian accent as a resident of the country. Everyone spoke exactly like me or close enough. All my English/Grammar class...