(March 27, 2016 at 7:04 am)Alex K Wrote: I drastically change my dialect depending on audience and occasion. It's the most natural thing. If I spoke like I speak to my grandmother when I give a talk, noone would understand it.
I find that when I work in academia and I am presenting to an audience (as in my work, not my posterior), I adopt a pseudo foreign accent. This is because in any academic environment in the UK you will find a significant number of people who do not speak English as a native language and the accents all sort of mingle into one.