I have a pretty common american accent. Not country or new yorker, or californian. If i move to england, canada, or the west indies, after time will i have their accents? Or will i still have my american accent?
2007-07-22 12:45:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'm an Australian, who moved to Atlanta last year...so far, i've kept most of my accent, but there are times when i'll adapt unconsciously. Often that's because i'm in a conversation with lots of Americans, so I just tend to pick up their enunciation. When I lived in the cook islands, I started to pick up their different way of speaking also. I think whether you adapt or not depends on the person, and how long you live there! I've know people who have lived here ten years and still have their original accent, but i've also known people who've been here 2 months and have begun to sound like a local...rest assured that if you're concerned about losing your accent, when you come home it'll take you a second to get back to your orignal one!
2007-07-22 12:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by mstatl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some parts of your language will pick up an accent. i grew up in the south, and have since lost my accent and picked up a mid-west accent, with a little bit of northern accent. my spanish has taken on a portuguese accent since i've married my brasilian husband.... i'm sure not ALL of your language will have an accent if you move to an area, but after time your dialect will change somewhat.
2007-07-22 19:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by User Name 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you tend to pick up accents the longer you talk to people with that particular accent. im from boston and we all know that we have a very distintive accent but when i was away in the army in texas it began to pronounce my r's more. i had the worst of both worlds being made fun of the way i talked away and again when i came home.
2007-07-22 19:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met some vacationing Canadians on the coast of Texas around Corpus Christi a few years back.
After only three or four days of hanging out together, they had me saying "eh?" and I had them saying "y'all"!
Yep, you'll probably pick up some of the the accent, while keeping most of yours.
2007-07-22 19:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll probably pick up the accent after being there about a year or 2
2007-07-22 19:47:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent about three days or so in Canada and began picking it up. I think about two years in you naturally speak in whatever accent you've been predominantly in the presence of.
2007-07-22 19:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by Sarbinargh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will pick up their accent somewhat, but they will always be able to recognize you as a U.S.American.
If you come back here, people will think that you sound like a Brit.
2007-07-22 19:50:19 · answer #7 · answered by DontPanic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you will start to develop their accent. it will probably take while though. Also I think the more exposure you have the more likely you will be to "pick" up the accent.
2007-07-22 19:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by beth l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a lot of theirs. My daughter in law came and stayed with me 4 7 months and i was starting to talk like her.She's from Nottingham.
2007-07-22 19:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by less 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your accident will probably never change.
You can be a New Englander and you'll still sound like one for fifth years.
2007-07-22 19:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋