At the risk of offending US'ns on the board: When I was working on a macadamia nut plantation in Oz, there was one bloke in the nursery who used to talk to me in a US accent. I'd then adopt a US accent to reply....This went on for a few days before one of the other women said to me, "I'm sorry, Ian's such an asshole, making fun of your accent like that." I said, "He's making fun of my accent? I thought we were both making fun of American accents!" What he was doing was definitely not Canajun, eh. - On a similar topic: I managed to pick up a few Australianisms, but.