The participants were asked to describe how they spoke in their own words.
How do you describe your accent: "Informal Queen's English - upper middle class Surrey accent as it's easily understood worldwide."
Have there been other influences on the way you speak: "I spent 18 months working around Europe - typically a different country every day. I've spoken to international audiences for 11 years and have worked with American people for 11 years."
Do you have skills in languages other than English?: Yes
Other languages: Swedish, American, French, German
The thing I find hardest with acronyms is that we have reuse of acronyms so in ummm DPE, which obviously is an acronym, we use SIP. But SIP is completely different to that in EPG, of course another acronym, and reuse of them completely screws with my head cos I can't remember the new meaning for it cos I'm locked into the old one.
Foreign Language Syndrome occurs when people with brain injuries lose the ability to talk in their native accent. After a stroke, George Reynolds developed an Italian accent.
