Do you put on a bad accent travelling to other places (lighthearted)

[Deftandglory]

We travel round a bit and always end up pronouncing stuff in a bad approximation of the place we are. A bit of West Country if visiting Wiltshire or Bristol or “sarf “London if going into town.
Just wondered if anyone else does this or ifs it’s unspeakably rude and no one does ( it’s just sort of chat between ourselves rather than taking the piss out of people iykwim)
Does anyone come to the South East from somewhere else and do the same?

Yes all the time. But I'm rubbish at accents so never sound like the one I'm trying to do anyway.

You take the piss out of the accent of the place you're visiting? But badly?
Bet you're a hoot and the locals love you.
Light-hearted my arse.

Do you mean you do it deliberately or that you sort of automatically pick up the local accent while you are there?

Get over yourself.

It's a well known thing. People don't do it deliberately

That’s a really rude thing to do.

It's called linguistic convergence.

😂 I have done it on occasion.

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Oh come off it. If I heard an obvious Geordie doing a rough approximation of my accent, I'd just think "oddbod" and move on with my day. Why anyone would get het up about it is beyond me.

Missed the bit where I said we just did it between ourselves?
Like in the car where you drive past places that have names that are completely different to ones you are used to and you say them in local dialect. Or you start saying “nae bother” in Scotland even though that’s not something you’d say down south.

No, I wouldn’t do that.

Ooo no, mustn't mimic regional actions. Not even in private. Not even in your head 😲🙀

Does anyone come to the South East from somewhere else and do the same?

Mockney <shudder>