Toddlers more likely to pick up local regional accents than those used by their parents at home
In view of the findings of this article, it seems to me that compusory listening to the Archers for all babies will deliver the right accent to ensure future policy makers at least sound as if they come from rural England it tells us:…
Toddlers are more likely to pick up their regional accent than those used by their parents at home, according to new research published today.
So, if you are a middle to upper class southerner who happens to have settled in Manchester, your children could be speaking with a Lancastrian accent well before they start primary school.
The findings are based on a study by the University of Plymouth’s “Babylab” – which has a database of around 3,000 children whose development it has monitored until they start primary school.