Make Women Laugh – By Martin Merrill © 2006. All Rights Reserved. www.MakeWomenLaugh.com
So make sure you obtain her opinions on controversial figures before you attempt to imitate them.
Fake Accents About two thirds of all people are able to recognize a slight foreign accent and half of them can imitate “popular” accent without practice. Believe it or not, imitation of a particular accent would not only make her laugh but also add charm to you. There are basically two things about an accent: pronunciation and intonation. Pronunciation is determined mainly by the vowels (a, e, i, o, u in English). If you can imitate the way a foreigner pronounce the five vowels in English you are half way there. (For example, a French would typically pronounce a as “a” long “ah” as in hard without the rhotic “r” so “have” sounds like “hahve”. The rest half is their intonation. Strange enough, foreigners from the same country tend to conform to the same tones upon making a statement, asking a question, expressing surprise, etc. For example, the Italians speak in a typical “downward-downward-downward” tonality as in “mama mia!” Finally you must know how to pronounce words with the foreigners’ “favorite part” of the mouth. For example, the French typically
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