# does it make sense to say "effect an accent"

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 23, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-say-effect-an-accent/537062 "2010-04-23T01:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-sense-to-say-effect-an-accent/537062/21 "2010-04-27T17:25:16Z")

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I think an actor could affect an accent, and a sore tongue could effect an accent, and not the other way around.

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