I taught at an English school in Osaka for a couple of years in my 20s and ended up getting told that in Japanese I sometimes sounded like a little kid because I taught a bunch of kids classes and picked up some language from them. I’m a 6’4 Australian man with a very deep voice.

Reminds me of Trevor Noah’s bit about going to Germany and learning his accent makes him sound like Hitler.

Someone needs to watch “Better Off Dead!”

I’ve met guys who learned English from Red Dwarf (sound Scouse) and EastEnders (sound Cockney).

For sure this is a thing.

Also a bartender who had a Scottish “regular” so spoke English with his accent (the bar was in Amsterdam).

My buddy in Korea learned a lot of his Korean from his Korean wife. Korea. Now, apparently he speaks Korean like a woman.