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NAS82817

HI, 

I have a daughter with ASD she is 5, I have a question that I'm hoping someone may be able to answer for me.

She speaks with an American accent even though we are British and she is around very strong Yorkshire accents, I sometimes wonder if this will be something she may grow out of or if she will always speak with the accent.

I'm just looking to see if others have grown out of it and lost the accent they used to speak in. 

I look forward to reading some replies.

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  • in reply to Mariusz

    Yes! I totally relate to everything in that video!

    I was accused of talking 'posh' at school too, although as my parents were from 'down south' it was assumed that was why rather than TV. And I didn't swear until I got to uni. I think there may be an element he missed though thinking about that - I had no urge to copy other children who were supposed to be my 'peer' group, I never really saw them as my peers I think. The few who were my friends, yes, but certainly not the great number who were often mean to me or bullied me. But when I got to uni I did feel more like that was my peer group so was more likely to copy them.

  • in reply to Mariusz

    Great video! My son has "perfect" accent in all languages that he is learning, he uses apps to learn foreign languages as a hobby although he still doesn't talk much. Does it also has to do with perfect pitch and/or perfect memory? 

  • in reply to Mariusz

    That’s a great video, entertainingly done and quite funny. I think that guy must indeed have  ‘fluent BBC’ in his very bones, as even the font he uses is ‘formula one’ - instantly reminiscent of the Doctor Who credits from the early eighties.