Quote Originally Posted by VEE View Post
As for Datu, no, many of my family are Indian and the accent is nothing alike. I don't know any Filippino-Americans though so can't comment on it's accuracy.
One of the amazing things about most hyphenated-Americans is that they sound pretty much like every other American from the area where they grew up. From my own experience as a Korean-American I can tell you that there's no trace of my mother's accent in the way I speak. But I grew up hearing Koreans speaking English, so I know the accent very well. I'm sure that Jay Olegario's normal speaking voice offers very little evidence of his ethnic roots, but I'd bet that his "Datu" accent is spot on.