optimusprime
Active Member
So, I'm starting a Rhodes Scholarship (w00t) at Oxford very soon, and I have a question of etiquette for you the Britons.
Namely, I am capable of producing a passable British accent, according to the opinion of my colleague, a Yorkshireman, who claims it sounds of generic southern England.
The question, then: is it bad form to adopt this accent constantly during my time abroad, or would this be somehow condescending? Of course, I will inevitably refer to a sidewalk or an elevator or something, compromising my identity, and I'd rather not ruffle any feathers. Though, I'd also prefer to blend in and be less of an outsider (if that's possible for a PhD student in physics).
Namely, I am capable of producing a passable British accent, according to the opinion of my colleague, a Yorkshireman, who claims it sounds of generic southern England.
The question, then: is it bad form to adopt this accent constantly during my time abroad, or would this be somehow condescending? Of course, I will inevitably refer to a sidewalk or an elevator or something, compromising my identity, and I'd rather not ruffle any feathers. Though, I'd also prefer to blend in and be less of an outsider (if that's possible for a PhD student in physics).