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Old 03-06-2003, 11:41
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I thought she left when she was about 10 years old - when she had a cockney accent and she was staying with her mum who also has a cockney accent.

So how comes in the space of six years, she suddenly comes back with an American accent?
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Old 03-06-2003, 13:27
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It's easy to pick up accents at such a young age just like me when i lost my lovely cambridge accent for that horrid leicester accent.
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Old 05-06-2003, 01:19
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Anyway, didn't she leave way before she was 10? I thought she left in about 1995...

And yeah, you can pick up accents that quickly. I remember when I moved from Gloucester to Kent when I was 11....my accent was gone in a few months!
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Old 05-06-2003, 15:11
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I reckon in reality she'd have more of a kelly osbourne accent - an american twang mixed with some natural britishisms - I guess that's harder to learn at elocution than the abomination that she pulls off though!
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Old 05-06-2003, 20:48
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Originally posted by TOML
It's easy to pick up accents at such a young age just like me when i lost my lovely cambridge accent for that horrid leicester accent.
Don't complain. I moved to Northern Ireland when I was 4 and I now have that HORRIBLE accent. I can't wait till I move back to England.
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Old 06-06-2003, 09:55
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I moved to Northern Ireland when I was 4 and I now have that HORRIBLE accent
LOL

I LURRRRRRVE the Northern Ireland accent - i think it is dead sexy!!!!
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Old 07-06-2003, 13:28
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I have a lovely geordie accent (not strong geordie) and my mams mam has a cumbrian accent.
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Old 07-06-2003, 13:33
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Originally posted by Double Cream
I have a lovely geordie accent (not strong geordie) and my mams mam has a cumbrian accent.
Same here, DC. And me dad's auntie Florence is from Amble and has a lush, soft Northumbrian accent
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Old 07-06-2003, 14:23
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Mine is north east northumberland.
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Old 08-06-2003, 16:21
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I moved here 13 years ago and I never lost my Canadian accent but it is not as strong as it used to be. A lot of Brits think that I am an American.

Anyone else have the same experience?
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Old 08-06-2003, 16:59
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Yes, I thought you were American too
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Old 08-06-2003, 17:33
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Originally posted by bc_baby
A lot of Brits think that I am an American.

Anyone else have the same experience?
I was in hospital in Brisbane a couple of years ago and all the nurses thought my geordie accent was Scottish
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