Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Holding on to the Accent



A tells me that she is going to try very hard to keep her American accent. She won’t let me record her voice now so I can compare it to her accent when we leave the UK. I have a feeling it will change. This week we were taking a walk and I stopped to take a picture of a neighbor’s hydrangeas pictured here. She said to me, “What if the neighbor looks out the window and yells ‘Oi! What are you doing taking pictures of my garden!’” Keep your accent sure. A month in and she’s already using ‘Oi!’ It’s just a matter of time before she sounds un-American.

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