The effect that mother-tongue has on one’s accent especially when they are using some of the English words, is sometimes very hard to beat. For instance, I came across this funny conversation that has two Kalenjin characters (Chelimo and Keplimo) talk about the experience that one of them underwent while in GSU training.
From ‘sweerat’, ‘right-ann’ to ‘about-ann’, here is how they mercilessly killed the queen’s language.