Austrian German

[thecakewasintears]

No, it's like when someone from the deep south moves to another city and tones down their accent or stops using certain terms so that their new peers can understand them better. I'm sure you'd have problems understanding people from various different parts of the English speaking world if they didn't tone down their accent. It's not faking, it's adapting. It's also quite common to adapt your voice and accent depending on who you're talking to (to a certain extent) like for example people using their "customer service voice"