Not to mention truncating every word, even though it'd have the same amount of syllables.
Bikers = Bikeys
After 6 (and another 3) months of living in Oz, I started to say, "How ya goin'" - "No worries" and it continued on to this day (well, with the "no worries")
I used to have a Scottish accent. Lived there for 10 years.
Kinda neutral now.
How's my Scottish accent? My friend from Glasgow had me do it once, and then once the others in the farm requested it, I could tell he got sick of it (as did I)