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Ever try to speak with an Irish accent only to end up morphing into Jamaican?
There's actually a strong connection between the Scottish accent and Jamaican. It's wild, but apparently true.
According to Wikipedia, that connection is as simple as Scottish slaveholders and overseers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Patois
I can do a variety of accents, but they all sound like a bad Scottish one.
No, not really. I have no reason to fake other people's accents.