So I believe there is something to this and will give my two perspectives on it. 1. So stuttering is often very identity-based. So we often have a difficult time operating from our own identity, but feel comfortable doing it from someone else’s identity. So maybe what happened is that your brain led you to speak in foreign accents because it helped you not stutter, and also just generally feel more comfortable, as you weren’t operating from your own identity. 2. The other part of it is that I’ve read that people that stutter have what’s called a strong “feed-back” mental program. What this means is that your brain continues to try to correct you until you meet the expectations of the external world/your own internal expectations. For example, if you were to practice a sport, then when it were time for you to play in the game, you wouldn’t let go and play like it were second-nature. You would stay in practice mode and continue to think about technique and bettering your skills. On the other hand, people with a strong “feed-forward” mental program can, to keep the example going, practice a sport, but then when it’s time to go into the game, they stop thinking about practice/techniques/drills, and just go out and freely play like it’s second-nature. So for you, as far as accents, your brain may have heard it, and rather than saw it as neutral stimuli, your brain kept doing its best to learn the accent because it thought it was helpful. It took it as that everybody has that accent and in order to fit in with others, you have to learn it. Kinda like how a little kid learns their parents accent, except your brain never stopped picking up accents because it stays in learn/practice mode, rather than expressing freely and setting learning aside. So you have a strong “feed-back” mental program. Does this make sense? I have the same thing and people think I have an accent and ask me where I’m from.