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    Posted April 18, 2011 by
    LadyGigi
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    Pembroke Pines, Florida
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    Hetrogeneous Me

    By LadyGigi  |  Posted April 18, 2011  |  Pembroke Pines, Florida
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     LadyGigi has contributed to all Cultural Census assignments.
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    I learned to speak in the Bahamas with an emphasis on the Queen's English. Then at the age of 8, I got dropped in the middle of South Florida and continued my development among the mix of Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and of course African and Anglo Americans to name a few... My accent is certainly not very Bahamian anymore, but I don't think its American either except maybe in that America "the melting pot" definition. My accent certainly reflects that. I also tend to be a verbal chameleon, without any effort or consciousness I pick up the accent of the people I'm around.

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