Bad accent? Don't lose it, use it

I've gotten used to people nodding and smiling politely at me whenever they have no clue what I've just said - Chinese, Americans, and even some fellow Englishmen; they all do it.

My accent is not easy for some people to understand.

On almost a daily basis, while in discussion with one of my Chinese colleagues, I will ask a question to which the response is a patient stare as they wait for me to continue with whatever it is they think I'm saying.