https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 07:51:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1848380 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 05:28:31 +0000 Ree723 1848380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 didn't really start speaking intelligible words until right around her second birthday, when we were staying in the US for two months. She picked up 'mommy', which I was not a fan of, but now that we're in England, and have been for a month and a half, she has switched back to mummy, thank goodness! Other than that, I don't hear an accent with her yet, but I'm fairly sure both girls will sound mostly British, with maybe a tinge of American in there from me, and the odd Aussie phrase in there from DH. We'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1848183 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:09:09 +0000 Weagle 1848183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spent a few weeks with our families in Alabama in June and she's had a very southern accent ever since! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1848120 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:28:35 +0000 Marfi 1848120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: My husband is determined to get any kids we have to call me Mum. His dad's dad was English so he grew up calling his mom Mum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1848057 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:03:32 +0000 loveisstrange 1848057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: She honestly didnt have very many words when we left, so I think it went away quick. It was more general words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1848040 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:56:15 +0000 travelgirl1 1848040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Awwww wow, that happened quickly! Did she have a British accent from the region you lived in? Or more of a generic accent?</p> <p>@Arden: @looch: Amazing that they learned two languages. It's such a valuable skill for when they're older!</p> <p>@Dandelion: Maybe that's how A's accent will develop, mainly like ours but with a twang. That would be cool :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847461 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:08:21 +0000 Dandelion 1847461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we are northern parents raising our kids in the southern usa. Most of the time he keeps our accents, but I've heard some twang come out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847451 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:03:32 +0000 lamariniere 1847451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: it used to be all American. It was around the time he started full time daycare that it changed since he was around a UK English speaker. For example, the way he says "can't" is very British and he uses the word "nappy", among others. </p> <p>@Arden: my son used to sound like that, but with English and French. He didn't start really straightening them out until about 2.5, but we still get a random wrong language word here and there, and sometimes sentences using all three of his languages! It's so fun to watch them absorb language and use it in different ways in different situations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847390 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:23:08 +0000 Arden 1847390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She doesn't have an accent so much but she's using a lot of sentences with two languages randomly mixed up. Like three words in English and four in Albanian. I think it's really cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847386 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:22:31 +0000 loveisstrange 1847386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Shes totally dropped all her British slang she was using and talks totally American now. Im sort of sad I dont get called "mum" anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847371 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:18:52 +0000 looch 1847371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son speaks German with a Swiss German accent, it's what he hears around our house. He speaks English with an American accent, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847321 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:56:08 +0000 travelgirl1 1847321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: has it always been that way or did it change? It's so funny, with A the way she says "more" and "bear" are totally, totally North American. She used to say those words just like me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847313 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:53:43 +0000 lamariniere 1847313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son uses some British vocab and occasionally uses British pronunciation for certain words since he is around people who speak British English. I think when he speaks French his accent skews American for some words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-your-los-accent-changed#post-1847245 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 12:32:26 +0000 travelgirl1 1847245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 21-month-old is starting to lose her Yorkshire accent and is seriously sounding Canadian. I'm delighted and shocked in equal measures.</p> <p>Did your LO ever start to change accents? I didn't expect this until she started school! </p>