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Language mimicry

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There’s a young Russian virtuoso guitarist online who speaks English with a brummie accent.
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  I’m an idiot American. What is brummie?
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    Someone from Birmingham, a city in the middle of England.
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    Sorry, I’m the idiot for assuming it’s universally understood what a brummie is.

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