Preferably Andorran.

That way you're less likely to run into a native speaker.

I already do...A Bostonian with a pretty heavy accent in mid -America, Indianapolis has a much less chance of being understood than a guy from Kamchatka does of having a great talk with Dr. Zaius about rollerskating. In Sumerian.

People do this...it's sad.

This doesn't work for the Renfare crowd.Believe me,they TRY !

I always run into this. . .it makes you look like the lost poseur that you are. . .the worst part is when you call them out the insecure twit (and his or her friends) come down on you for being insensitive. . .I won't even begin to bore you with the tales of the idiots I've met who practice this. . .

I know a lady who does this, although only when drunk. While born and raised in the U.S., she claims she has dual citizenship with Ireland. When drunk (which used to be quite often, although she supposedly stays off the sauce now that she's had a child), she speaks in the approximation of what someone who has never been to Ireland thinks is an Irish accent (although her boyfriend admits it isn't an Irish accent; it's a drunk accent). Hardly makes her appear smarter, or more Irish, for that matter. Only makes her appear to be a pompous drunk.

Yeah, this is really helping Madonna. Just makes you look pretentious and stupid.