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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: BBC story #135503 12/01/2004 11:58 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I had a patient who was born in France, moved to England at age 5 and 68 years later had the local English accent and spoke very little French. After her stroke she spoke fluent French and no English. At age 73 she started English lessons and her husband of 50+ years started taking French lessons. The strong French accent never went away. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Acquiring an accent AnnaStrophic 11/23/2004 9:35 PM Re: Acquiring an accent nancyk 11/24/2004 1:43 AM Re: Acquiring an accent Rubrick 11/24/2004 4:00 PM Re: Acquiring an accent musick 11/24/2004 4:42 PM Re: Acquiring an accent TEd Remington 11/24/2004 7:51 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Zed 11/24/2004 8:17 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Jomama 11/25/2004 3:19 AM Re: Acquiring an accent Jackie 11/25/2004 2:02 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Buffalo Shrdlu 11/25/2004 2:09 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Jackie 11/25/2004 2:18 PM Re: Acquiring an Hawaiian accent Buffalo Shrdlu 11/25/2004 3:14 PM Acquiring a book musick 11/25/2004 5:58 PM Re: Acquiring a book Dgeigh 11/30/2004 6:23 PM Re: Acquiring a book dxb 12/01/2004 12:38 PM Re: Acquiring a book Dgeigh 12/01/2004 2:34 PM Re: Acquiring a book dxb 12/01/2004 5:21 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Bingley 11/25/2004 4:24 AM Re: Acquiring an accent gonoldothrond 12/01/2004 6:14 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Dgeigh 12/01/2004 8:09 PM Re: Acquiring an accent Jackie 12/02/2004 2:47 PM Re: Zed's lady AnnaStrophic 12/02/2004 3:50 PM Re: BBC story Zed 12/01/2004 11:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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