Anna's American accent has been slowly replaced by British-sounding words and inflections. She was 5 when we arrived in Heswall, and she is now 95% of the way there, or "theh-ah", as she'd say. I especially like how she pronounces the word chocolate as "choh-co-lt" and tulip as "tyulip". She is also very "fond of" a lot of things, as she says, "Isn't it lovely?", pronouncing each "t" as a passing whisper.
Michael, who was nearly 8 when we arrived still sounds very American. I recall learning that age 8 is the cutoff for learning languages readily, that language is absorbed more easily in younger years. So theh-ah you have it.
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