How has she gotten away with this for five years? 

I used to think all Americans doing fake accents were incredibly obviously fake. That was until this past weekend, when my friend Shira bet me that she could convince a stranger at this party that she was Australian. If the stranger could tell it was fake, I got paid. If the stranger couldn’t tell it was fake, she got paid. Lo and behold, she busted out an incredibly compelling Australian accent that fooled someone at the party. To be honest, if I hadn’t known her, I probably would’ve been fooled too! Maybe it’s because I don’t know that many Australians, but not all Americans are as bad at doing foreign accents as you’d think!

Doing a fake Australian accent for 10 minutes at a party is one thing. Not saying that Shira’s feat wasn’t impressive, but I highly doubt she could’ve kept that charade up for months and years at a time. Basically nobody could. Well, nobody but Daniel Day-Lewis, and the college student from Ohio in this story. Somehow, she has faked a British accent for five years, convincing all of the friends she made in college that she’s actually from London. To me, that’s far more deranged than dressing up as Abraham Lincoln to go to the grocery store. 

She’s in a bit of a pickle now that her parents are coming to town for her college graduation, and her friends are planning a British-themed graduation party for her. Do you think this girl is telling the full truth to r/AITAH? I think you have to read the full story to form an opinion.