I am terrible for that, I've got a really nasty habit of picking up the accent of whomever I am speaking to. Often people think I am mocking...
Whether it's Dutch Dutch, Quebecois French, Andalusian Spanish or Scottish English. I don't speak any of those properly, but still I find myself unconsciously imitating aspects of it (okay, in the case of the French it's not unconscious, it just sounds nicer). I've never been accused of mocking, but I could see it happening. I have on occasion in the Netherlands avoided the problem by speaking English instead of Dutch, but that gets a bit ridiculous.
And I got some very funny looks when I was working in Indiana. But that might just be because I had the correct number of chromosomes.
They were making fun of you in Indiana? That's amusing...very, very amusing.
In Indiana, and the USA in general, I found I had to consciously adjust my speaking patterns a lot. As a west coast scot, I tend to speak very quickly, and the Americans struggled to make out what I was saying at all. But I also get the same problem in Aberdeen, so it may be just me.
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I blame Alric
Rebekah, this is addressed to you (and anyone else with Scotland lore 
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couchsurfing.com / globalfreeloaders.com / travellerspoint.com / wikitravel.org / ayp.subvert.info *NM*
- 04/03/2010 02:55:06 AM
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Lovely Bed and Breakfast:
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And this has the added benefit of being close to both Ben and us. *NM*
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We usually recommend Pillars House, and everybody seems to love it. *NM*
- 04/03/2010 12:15:44 PM
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It says everything you need to know about Edinburgh...
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Re: It says everything you need to know about Edinburgh...
- 04/03/2010 09:33:55 PM
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No, no I appreciate exactly why you asked her.
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repeat *NM*
- 04/03/2010 09:44:06 PM
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Re: No, no I appreciate exactly why you asked her.
- 04/03/2010 09:47:10 PM
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I'm not entirely sure if it helps, but I try to speak with a Scottish accent in Edinburgh. 
- 04/03/2010 09:45:37 PM
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- 04/03/2010 09:45:37 PM
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Well, I applaud you for making an effort.
- 04/03/2010 09:48:07 PM
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Same here.
- 04/03/2010 09:52:17 PM
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I have Irish friends who accuse me of urine extraction.
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Re: I have Irish friends who accuse me of urine extraction.
- 04/03/2010 10:08:19 PM
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Not quite making fun, but I got a few odd looks.
- 04/03/2010 10:13:47 PM
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Wibble is! *NM*
- 04/03/2010 09:35:22 PM
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Wibble is Scottish.
- 05/03/2010 07:52:49 AM
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As above, Wibble is the token Scot. And the token Dunfermline supporter.
- 05/03/2010 08:20:33 AM
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