Do u have an accent?

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I have an accent

I used to have an accent but i lost it over the years

I love accents

I hate accents

I dont usually notice or care about accents

I dont have an accent

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As someone with an accent i always wondered how other people feel about them or their experience having one. Maybe its just me but i always have it in the back of my head while speaking to someone. Im also wondering if imma lose it completely once i move for good. If that happened to u pls share ur experience.

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Abstraction · 61-69, M

If someone moves to a new country before they turn c.12 they will probably lose their accent. After that age there will almost always be a trace. Something gets hard-wired in the brain.

My speech pathologist son told me this a decade ago and i've found it to be almost completely consistent.

At home I don't have an accent, of course. Overseas people think I'm English, but I'm Australian.