The Singing Talker

Walking in the street of London, you hear many different accents. Scottish, Welsh, South-African, Indian, Australian,  Italian, Polish, French, American, etc...After a few years it becomes quite easy to recognise them and can even become a game (like French do with the number plates on the motorway).
 My personnal favourite has always been the Scottish accent. First, it always amaze me that after all these years I still have NO idea what they're saying. Second, they sound to me like a Belgian talking English while eating a potato and that never fails to amuse me (I know I know, my sense of humour is all about subtilities).
The Singing Talker was born in la ville rose de Toulouse, South of France. Or shall I call it, la ville rause as they would say over there. Like Mancunian or Scousers, Southerners French have a particular accent. For Toulousain, the silent "e" or "s" are not silent ( eh non ma petiteeeeeuuu sinon c'est moinsssss joli); words ending with "in" or "ain" gets a free "g"  (du bon ving et du bon paing) and "r" are prounonced the Spanish way.
Sunny and pinky, the Singing Talker is like her city. She moved to London over 6 years ago. A bright, hard-working Biology student at the Imperial College, she got her PHD and was soon employed by an independent laboratory.
Like many people, after few years in London, her Southern accent got smoother. You can still hear she's French but being around many Northener, her Toulousain accent fadded. Everytime she goes back home though, it becomes as strong as before. 
For a non Francophones, it's quite hard to hear the difference between a French Northener and Southern accent. It is much easier, to recognise an Indian accent (velcome to vaterloo my French friends, ooh mah goosh, dat ees der veree offenseev).
In her lab, the Singing Talker works with Indians. She's never been to India, takes Spanish lessons with her boyfriend. But guess what happened ? Her natural predisposition to get an accent means she caught her colleagues'. Imagine the reaction of people being introduced to a French girl speaking English with an Indian accent ? They often doubt her when she insist she's never been to India. Hard to believe ? Well, not so much in London.