My Accent?

[beauromano]

This is not a medical emergency or even a concern of any sorts but more that i’m trying to see if there is a scientific reasoning behind my accent. If there is more important questions to answer than this please skip mine. I was born and raised in Glasglow until the age of two & a bit, when we moved down to London - which is where I have lived since. Strangely I have a purely Scottish accent with not even a remote bit of English (except for the slang I use). To make things even weirder, my sister who is older than me by a year, sounds completely English. Both my parents also are from England with English accents. Someone help, I am very baffled.

[xsevenx]

Nothing wrong with a Glasgow accent. Didn’t hold back Billy Connolly.

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I do not think that this is a health problem. Some people seem to retain accents while others lose them quickly. Even when lost they can come back when talking to people with your old accent.

[Carlos68]

Nothing wrong with a Scottish accent, my partner and his family move to the US long , long ago from Glasgow , the only one who I notice a different accent is my partner’s sister in law,his mum, aunties, and uncles. They had a very strong accent but I always love to hear them talking. What I say is : Give me some classes!!

[GrumpyPoet]

I left Belfast 34 years ago, and I still have my accent (so I do). But then, I was 23 when I left... my daughter was born and raised in The North West of England, but although she spent a lot of time in a nursery when she was learning to talk, she doesn't have the local accent. You would know she's from the North, but its very mild. Anyway, beauromano, your case, I agree, is strange, weird and baffling. Never heard of that before, and I have no clue, other than suggesting you must have been a stubborn wee *******! 👍😀

[Jonnyb88 in reply to GrumpyPoet]

Hello from Belfast 👋