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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
There is nothing harder to shift than an ingrained accent, especially a Scottish accent. My grandmother arrived at the age of 14 and lost her accent completely. Grandad arrived at 18 and never lost it. He died at 84 and was still so broad that my wife had trouble understanding him. I also know another family where the older children never lost their Scots accent but the younger ones sound completely aussie. My German mother-in-law arrive when she was 20 and still has a bit of an accent but not that much. (With her you can understand the words - just not the logic  And, yes, my wife would agree). |
i sound very Scottish, think Billy Connolly, with Gerard Butler, and a hint of Ewan McGregor. i will never lose my accent, and i wouldnt want to, its part of me. If we go shopping and go to the mall food court for lunch, my partner has to ask for something for me, as they cant understand, especially at Gloria jeans. But then again, i speak Scots English, where the vowels ahve different sounds, i say "ey" as "a" whereas Aussies say it as "ee", you would say "Syd-nee" and i would say "Syd-nay"
FREEDOM !!!
