Moved out as far as they can. It’s called “White Flight”.
Si signora io parlo Italiano multo bene grazie - but not as well as I used to 
simply because I don’t use it any more. I also speak enough French, German and Spanish to get by on holiday and business trips.
I know enough German to ask for a menu in English. 
That’s really cool
I was raised in a region where people don’t have a strong accent and I have managed not to pick up one of the other accents or dialects which I sometimes have difficulty understanding. I’m glad that several TV stations are using subtitles if necessary.
I was born in Stockton on Tees and lived their for 18 years before moving to Sheffield for Uni and then stayed on a couple of years before finally moving down here in Suffolk where I have lived ever since.
I have a slight Yorkshire accent that sounds a bit posh but changes as soon as I go and see my parents in the North East to “full on Smoggy”.
weird right ?
Doesn’t SA have 22 official languages Minx ??
How many do you use?
And how many can you name???
Donkeyman!
Im now told my English is old fashioned.
Funny thing was a few years ago OH and I went to Drenthe to buy a car. I spoke to the guy and arranged a test drive. OH went with him on the drive .
He spoke English with OH he said he didnt mind that but he had real difficulty with my Friesian accent!
I don’t have an accent, least not an identifiable one. I have been told its a soft accent and I’m well spoken, but definitely not posh, haha! I do have the weirdest habit of imitating the accent of the person I’m talking to. This can be awkward really because it sounds like I’m taking the mick, but I’m honestly not!
Ach, ye wee blether!
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Ah’m no wan fer haverin’, Ah’m tellin’ ye! 
I have a Doric accent undercut with 20 years of Shetlandic
My accent is Doric undercut with 20 years of Shetlandic (as above post), so quite strong. More Shetlandic when stressed or tired.
Oh! I used to speak Doric when I lived up north. Only with friends though - had to speak “properly” when I got back home, haha!
I quite understood that lady .Very nice .
My difficulty , to my embarrassment is with people with certain Scottish accents on the telephone .
Myself ? Brought up in Yorkshire although I’m told I don’t have a strong accent .
Oh I used to live in Leeds for a while. Went back down there a few years ago for a holiday, and chatted with a lady in a shop. Left with a bag of groceries and a Yorkshire accent. Took me ages to revert to my own voice!
Yes we have 12 official languages.
I am fluent in English (home language) and
Afrikaans (second language).
Limited conversational Zulu.
Enough Sotho to get by and more than a sprinkling of Hindi.
Zulu
Pedi
English
Afrikaans
Venda
Speedo
Xhosa
Swazi
South Sotho
Southern Nedebele
Tsonga
Tswana
Sign language (edited to include)
Picking up where we left OFF
pun intended
Do you have a strong accent?
If yes, describe yours or share a vid that sounds closest to your accent!
Windsorian type Queen’s English and my so called sound alike was Ian Richardson
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Oh I liked him in house of cards!
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