Re: Re: Pronunciation

In a message dated 18/08/2006 09:47:26 GMT Daylight Time,  
foreigner-NQqDYL4TTn4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
writes:

My  recollection, it could be wrong, is that in general, children who start 
growing up in one country and then move, before the age of eight (8), to 
another country and stay until adulthood, demonstrate little or no noticeable 
originating country accent, that is they take on the accent of their host 
country. 

You seem to be correct,  I have personal experience of  a Chinese girl who  
came to the UK as an eight year old without  any English what-so-ever. Three  
years on, her English is near perfect  showing a strong local accent without  
trace of the home  country.    Alternatively, her brother, aged thirteen,  
became fluent in English but still retained, to some degree, his Chinese  
accent.
 
Peter
 
 


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