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purple hayes
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 Posted: 09/14/04 - 09:51 Post subject: Keeping your accent?
I know parents from non-English countries frequently like their children to learn or still speak the language of their home country as well as English. That's reasonable enough, no?
My daughter hung out with a girlfriend this weekend whose parents insisted that she speak with her original British accent around them even though she's lived in the US for 5 years and sounds like a reg-u-lar American now.
I'm not saying that's wrong, just a little different.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 09:54 Post subject:
That's weird. 
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 09:55 Post subject:
My sister moved to Georgia a few years ago, and started speaking with a southern accent. Now that she is in Florida, she has still has a little bit of the Philly and Southern accent in her.
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elkid
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:03 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | That's weird. |
Though not as weird as a world of Running Brewers....
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:04 Post subject:
I worked with a guy born and raised in Northern MN with a British accent (faked 100% of the time).. dang annoying. 
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kristin31
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:04 Post subject:
My MIL is Danish, but she moved to North Carolina about 50 years ago. She now lives in South Carolina and has a Danish/southern accent. It's bizarre, but cool.
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keltic63
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:14 Post subject:
I got rid of my pittsburgh/WPA accent 20 years ago. I sound so much smarter now.
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Sahara
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:21 Post subject:
In my first job outa college I worked in a customer service call center. Tre' boring despite the literally constant incoming phone calls. The woman behind me used to pretend to be from Jamaica and talk with that accent. She was fabulous entertainment... the supervisors didn't mind because she could conduct the whole call that way.
I can understand wanting them to speak with proper grammar but the accent biz seems pretentious.
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gretriever
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:42 Post subject:
I've lived in the Chicago area for 25 years come next month. And people can still tell I speak with a Northeastern Wisconsin accent.
Fo' shizzle, hey dere.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:47 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | That's weird. |
no what's weird is that the first 5 posts to this tread all have my face on them.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:48 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | That's weird. |
no what's weird is that the first 5 posts to this tread all have my face on them. |
I thought it was one person replying several times in a row. 
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:53 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | That's weird. |
no what's weird is that the first 5 posts to this tread all have my face on them. |
It's a Bert-day to remember!!
    
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Pug
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:56 Post subject:
I lost my NY accent after a few years in MN. I couldn't imagine telling my child to fake an accent though just to make me feel better.
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suburbman
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:59 Post subject:
I'm always amazed when people who have lived in N. America for so many years and continue to maintain their accents like they never left their native country and other people can come over and lose the accent in months if they want.
I guess it depends on your inclination.
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/14/04 - 10:59 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | I lost my NY accent after a few years in MN. I couldn't imagine telling my child to fake an accent though just to make me feel better. |
And now I betcha yer gettin a nice nort-woods drawl goin', ain'cha, eh?
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