Is it possible to gain lose an American accent and speak with a foreign accent in English?

You can do whatever you want, speak however you want -- although it helps to have a good ear and a talent for languages. Meryl Streep does this all the time and has won several Academy Awards for her efforts.

MANY MANY guys do this without actually knowing a foreign language or moving anywhere. The purpose is simple: Many guys and girls love a foreign accent.

You may, it depends on how thouroughly you integrate in your surroundings. I've lived in Spain for 30 years and though I don't have a "Spanish accent" I have acquired a slight lisp because people all around me lisp their soft c's and z's. If you set about trying to, you can. Actors do it all the time. Look at David Suchet as Poirot. He not only speaks with a French/Belgian accent, his voice is considerably higher and softer when he plays Poirot. When he is speaking in his own voice it's much lower, and definitely British.

sure . IM from texas we say YA"LL for 22 years ive said y'all that's what we say. on day i just started saying you guys that's an upper united states saying. It sound so natural when i say it and saying y'all sound to me so odd. so yes. i would like to say i have a good french accent. im the one at the office that does all the voices and jokes and accents. Some times i will say things with diff erect Accents. just a word or two . i don't know that i do it till every one around me starts laughing thinking i didn it on purpose. So yeah. i would say yes . it you start speaking french . it will be like spanglish . English and spanish put together. only for a while. when you ll start to speak fluent french and when you speak english it may just come out with an accent. not that its a bad thing .

You may, it depends on how thouroughly you integrate in your surroundings. I've lived in Spain for 30 years and though I don't have a "Spanish accent" I have acquired a slight lisp because people all around me lisp their soft c's and z's. If you set about trying to, you can. Actors do it all the time. Look at David Suchet as Poirot. He not only speaks with a French/Belgian accent, his voice is considerably higher and softer when he plays Poirot. When he is speaking in his own voice it's much lower, and definitely British.

sure . IM from texas we say YA"LL for 22 years ive said y'all that's what we say. on day i just started saying you guys that's an upper united states saying. It sound so natural when i say it and saying y'all sound to me so odd. so yes. i would like to say i have a good french accent. im the one at the office that does all the voices and jokes and accents. Some times i will say things with diff erect Accents. just a word or two . i don't know that i do it till every one around me starts laughing thinking i didn it on purpose. So yeah. i would say yes . it you start speaking french . it will be like spanglish . English and spanish put together. only for a while. when you ll start to speak fluent french and when you speak english it may just come out with an accent. not that its a bad thing .

not necessarily unless you make an intention to lose the american accent and take on a french accent

You can do whatever you want, speak however you want -- although it helps to have a good ear and a talent for languages. Meryl Streep does this all the time and has won several Academy Awards for her efforts.

MANY MANY guys do this without actually knowing a foreign language or moving anywhere. The purpose is simple: Many guys and girls love a foreign accent.