How come some asians has a brittish accent?

Question

I met this asian in the mall. I talked to her then she everytime she talks, her accent is brittish. How come?

I thought only english people had a brittish accent.

I thought only english people had a brittish accent not asians.

Answer 1

The same reason that some Asians have an American accent. They were born and/or raised in the country that they have an accent from.
My friend adopted a child from China and named her Isabella. Does that sound like a Chinese name? Do you think she will speak Chinese or have a Chinese accent when she grows up? Think about it...

Answer 2

British only has one "T" in it.

Your accent, or lack of accent, shows your education. If you learned English from the English, that's the English you'd speak. If the Asian you met at the mall grew up in Georgia, you'd hear a different accent. There's a comedian named Henry Knox from Tennessee. I think he's Korean, but he sounds like Jeff Foxworthy. It's the English he learned.

Answer 3

Umm, there are people of Asian descent that were born and raised in Britain. Same reason Asians who are American have no accent or have an accent from their area. Wait till you meet an Asian from Texas, now that will throw you off a little.

Answer 4

How you speak English depends on who you learn it from. If she learned it from a British speaker or through a British-oriented program, then she'll sound British.

I heard a speaker once who worked at a mission school somewhere in Africa. The English teacher there was from East Tennessee...so these kids in the middle of Africa had an outrageous Southern accent when they spoke English.

Awesome.

Answer 5

Several areas of China were occupied by the British for over 100 years until 1997, so that is why she has a british accent

Answer 6

..because she was raised in England. Just like Asian Americans, many have an American accent. It's not like she has to neccessarily have a Chinese or Japanese or Korean ot Vietnamese accent just because she's of Asian origin.

Answer 7

If she is from England, that was probably why she had a British accent. However, if you know she lived in Asia for a long while, she probably lived in India, which used to be a British colony and still has British roots.

Answer 8

Hong Kong was a British colony

Answer 9

anyone who learns english in England or who learns from people who are from there would learn a Brit accent too

the King's English, "fetch the parcel" and all that

Answer 10

Ever been in New York?
People adapt to where they live.
and the best place to learn English is in English schools.
Do you ask where they are from??