I cannot remember a word. I wonder if someone can help me. Using Fake Accents.?

Question

Today I was trying to describe the way a person talked. There is a woman who called for a business call. She speaks as if she is from another country. A country from Europe. Apparently she is not. She had me fooled. What is the word used to describe a person who uses a fake accent? Also what is the word to describe a person who uses a voice to sound like they are elegant and rich? It is a fake way of talking. Another person of a higher level talked to her today and she did not talk like that to him. She spoke normally, so I realize this is fake.

This is not when people are acting in a movie or a play. This is when people use this in real life.

I cannot remember these words to describe this and it is bugging me. Please help.

The 1st answer was the closest, but not it.

Thank you. GTN and Cookie gave me the words thank you.

Nicki Hiltion is one person who uses the voice GTN described. In my opinion. I want to give that woman speach therapy.

The woman who was calling me was using some sort of fake voice. I am not sure which. I just thought she was foreign, but I am thinking it is the one GT described.

Answer 1

You might be referring to the word "affected." As in "affecting an accent" in order to make someone react a certain way by pretending to be someone or something they're not.

—adj.
1. assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
2. assuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarrassing.
3. inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker's cause.
4. held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents.

Answer 2

A person using fake accents has an affectation.

Answer 3

there grew to become into honestly a learn finished that took human beings of equivalent intelligence and gauged persons's perceptions of their IQ. those with a British accessory have been perceived as smarter than those with a Souther accessory.

Answer 4

I don't know the one about the fake accents, but the second word could be ostentatious

Answer 5

It is referred to as the vernacular of the rich and snobbish A**holes.

Answer 6

Go for trickish
or illustive
or my best is she's overacting ..... :)

But i can't understand why is that upsets you, she's faking that's okay , but that doesn't make her a real isn't it ...

Answer 7

ok..here is what answers.com has

pompous
flamboyant
ostentatious

Im guessing its one of those. I am betting on ostentatious.

Answer 8

affectation

Answer 9

pretentious

Answer 10

phoney faker......