How are comedians so good at imitating accents?
Yes I know they rehearse their bits, but I'm talking about the ones that can do it off the cuff , like on podcasts, where they say a random sentence in a random accent during a conversation. Feels like they can all do convincing accents in languages they obviously don't speak.
I can mimick a sentence that i've heard spoken a certain way before, but as soon as I forget the way it was said, then it falls apart. Wondering if its possible to learn this "skill" without having to fully learn the language.