One parent from scotland, one from essex, we live in Devon, why does DS talk with a brummie accent?

[Dragonbutter]

it's as though a venn diagram was drawn, y'know circles around the places our accents and from and where we live now.
The overlapping shape must have been the midlands.

Anybody else have the same problem or know what the hell is going on?

Has he just started school?

he's gone back to nursery after the holidays. do you think that could be it?

Presumably for the same reason that all four of our children speak with a West Country accent when their parents are from Essex and Birmingham!

i'm really not in a position to be accentist.

Dd1 started Reception this month - their adored teacher is from Yorkshire. There is suddenly a lot of 'well I'll go to't foot of our stairs' stuff going on in south Dorset .

it's kind of brummie, but with the student lilt that goes up at the end, where everything sounds like a question.

perhaps a new child or teacher from there?

he's got a new 'keyworker' type, but i think she's dutch.

what you grinning at cali?
what accent have yours got now?

good luck wit dat

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