LL-L "Language adaption" 2003.12.02 (02) [E]

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From: PPMAC56 at aol.com <PPMAC56 at aol.com>
Subject: Accent Acquisition

Hello all,

I would like to know of your experiences and knowledge of accent
acquisition. I am particularly interested in why some people, on moving from
one place to another, adopt the accent of their new area, and some retain
their original accent no matter where they end up.

I was born in Glasgow, and, of course, grew up with a Glasgow accent. But
from the age of 8 till 13 I went to a boarding school in Edinburgh, and over
that time I acquired the accent of that area, as well as various changes to
my vocabulary, such as saying "ken" instead of know, "dinnae" instead of
don't, and so on. However my aunt, who was also born in Glasgow, moved down
to London many years ago, yet still has the same accent as when she moved
there. Here children all have London accents.

Do any of you have any experiences of this phenomenon, either loss or
retention of accent? Has any academic work been done on the subject?

Look forward to hearing from you,

Peter McLean.

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