Changing from American to British accent.

Yes, this almost always happens to me when I watch British programs (I am Canadian). Interesting to know that I am not the only one. I don't find I pick up any specific British accent, but I find that I pronounce different words in different accents.

The British accent sounds better in my ears but oddly the words come out easily during any conversation if I put on the American one.....

I find myself doing this sometimes, especially after I have watch British shows. I have been told by my Dad and brother that I was talking like a British person and to talk normal!

I am from the U.S.

I tried, but failed.

It's really difficult even though English is not my first language.

I love how British English sounds, but I feel more comfortable and confident when I speak in American English.

Besides, some vowels, like British 'short o' sound is really hard for me to pronounce.

It's probably because I learned American English first.

I didn't necissarily switch accents...

But I spent about two years in London for work and in about the first three weeks I started having difficulty pronouncing words. I'd trip over my tongue often and started chopping off syllables. It ended after a while but for some time I had to consciously focus on enunciation to get anything out.

When I came back home for Christmas to my

Yes. And it happens in every language I know. When you're concentrating on a language it emplace in your unconscious. I am Iranian and I'm learning my 5th, I experienced that in all of them.