https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:41:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673072 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:54:09 +0000 lamariniere 1673072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My father is an immigrant, but my English is, I've been told, accentless for an American. </p> <p>My husband is French and we each speak our respective language to our kids. However, we live in a German speaking country and my son goes to daycare here. I've been told he speaks with a French accent at school, so maybe he pronounces German with a French accent. His English sounds mostly like mine, but some of his pronunciations and vocabulary are more UK since the English speakers at daycare are non native English speakers, but use British English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673065 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:52:19 +0000 travelgirl1 1673065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: ha the zebra thing came up with some friends of ours last week. They were trying to teach A what a zebra was and thought I was joking when I said it after them "zehbra"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673062 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:51:34 +0000 avivoca 1673062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are both from America, but my daughter will likely have a strong Southern/Appalachian accent like her father and I speak with more of a Northern accent. I'm from the DC metro and he's from Eastern Kentucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673059 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:50:41 +0000 looch 1673059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: that is a good question, I don't think I did, othwerwise I feel like I would have retained the accent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673048 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:48:17 +0000 tinyperson 1673048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have family friends where the mom is English, and the dad is Canadian. I haven't seen them in a while, but the kids used to have a generally Canadian accent but would pronounce a few words with an English accent and use English terms for some things (would say zehbra instead of zeebra, and would call dessert pudding, for example). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673030 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:44:28 +0000 travelgirl1 1673030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: That sounds super cute!</p> <p>@looch: Did you ever speak with your parents' accent when you were talking to them? I had a friend at school whose parents were Scottish, and she went between both accents depending on who she was with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1673021 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:41:31 +0000 looch 1673021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up in the US, with immigrant parents with an accent. I speak with an American accent, even when I am speaking a foreign language. I know the dialect, which is unusual for a nonlocal person.</p> <p>My son speaks German (again technically a Swiss dialect) with an American accent largely because I spoke a lot of American English to him, even though he was born abroad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672997 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:36:03 +0000 MamaMoose 1672997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I are from Boston but we live in the South. So far M seems to be picking up a slight southern twang. Particularly when she says "buh-bye" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672988 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:33:52 +0000 travelgirl1 1672988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raspberries: Wow, he's so lucky having exposure to all those languages. Such a great skill for him to have when he's older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672972 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:30:19 +0000 raspberries 1672972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: He goes to a half-day daycare (so 9AM to noon, I think?) His parents speak to him in Punjabi, Hindi, and English, and the daycare is English/Spanish bilingual, so everyone was curious what kind of accent he would have, but American seems to be winning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672957 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:26:38 +0000 travelgirl1 1672957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raspberries: Is the LO in daycare or do they stay home with him? I wonder if A has my accent because she's with me all day. I have another English friend here whose daughter went to daycare and sounds very Canadian now (although all her friends think she sounds very English). It's so interesting how it differs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672951 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:24:08 +0000 travelgirl1 1672951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: ha ha, I bet that is super cute!</p> <p>@Mrs. Pen: They will probably be like your sister. DH has two cousins that grew up in Spain with a Spanish dad and English mum. They can speak both languages brilliantly with perfect accents and grammar in both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672945 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:22:29 +0000 raspberries 1672945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My good friends (one parent Australian, one parent Indian) have a 3-year old who's lived in the United States his whole life and sounds completely American! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672939 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:21:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1672939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>interested in this! My sister's family is bilingual, so her kids will be. BIL has strong accent, but my sister is American. When she speaks spanish though, her accent is impeccable. I wonder if the kids will be similar, since they are growing up in America? Ability to speak well, accented, in either language? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672932 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:18:56 +0000 mamimami 1672932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son speaks English with a Mexican accent. We're working on it LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-dont-have-the-accent-of-where-you-live-which-accent-does-lo-have#post-1672908 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:12:41 +0000 travelgirl1 1672908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has an English accent, like us (think Downton Abbey but the "downstairs" staff). She has plenty of exposure to Canadian and American accents though, so I wouldn't be surprised if she picks up a North American twang.</p> <p>How about your LO? </p>