For example, if you moved from one region of the US to another which had a different accent, how likely is it that your's will adapt? Why is it that some people's accents change, but other's stay the same?
Do accents actually change? Or do people just "learn" new accents that they only use when speaking in enviornments where people have that particular "new" dialect/accent?
I personally experiences cases where people have moved away to a different region and even when they return to visit, their accent is still their "new" one, and not their original.
Matt Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:35 am GMT