Chef speaking Japanese with an Italian accent has people shocked thinking it's 'creepy'
No matter where people relocate for either work, relationships or something similar, you can never lose the accent of where you came from.
Of course, if you move region or even country when you are very young, then you're unlikely to sound like where you were born.
But any reasonable time spent at home is going to have its influence on how you sound.
And that is certainly evident with one Italian chef who has gone viral in recent days.
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Gianni, from Rome, Italy, has lived in Tokyo, Japan for 20 years after moving to Asia in 2004.
First working as a waiter, Gianni has worked his way up to running a popular restaurant in the Japanese capital.
And as he has been in Tokyo for such a long time, the chef has managed to learn the Japanese language very well.
So, a video recently uploaded to the likes of TikTok and YouTube saw Gianni discuss his rise through the ranks to the point where he's the boss.
But everyone is saying the same thing after watching the video and it's the fact Gianni is speaking fluent Japanese with an Italian accent.
"I came to Japan in 2004, so this year marks exactly 20 years. When I first came to Japan, I was working as a waiter at an Italian restaurant."
Gianni went on to explain that even though he was just an employee at the restaurant, he decided to stay by and eat afterwards.
Not only did this allow him to have some grub, but it also allowed Gianni to monitor the goings on of a well-run food outlet.
After some staff returned to China, Gianna was pushed into the deep end and learnt how to run a restaurant on the job.
While there were many restaurants that followed, Gianni is now making a real success of himself.
And while his story is rather heartwarming, everyone on social media is focusing on his accent.
"As an Italian, it's almost creepy hearing someone who speak a totally different language with my language's accent," one person penned on Reddit.
They added: "I can't understand but i think i can understand but in reality I can't."
"I don’t speak Japanese but I know an Italian accent when I hear it," a second added while a third remarked: "As someone who knows neither… this sounds almost like just plain Italian."
Callum Jones