Im moving to england...will i get a accent?

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I hope so

Flossie

Hopefully you are not moving to Liverpool! lol.
(Only joking scousers!)

P-Dog

I don't really think you GET an accent.
You can PICK UP an accent. But you just don't wake up one day and start speaking with an accent.

Phil H

My wife is a Scot and she still has a Morayshire accent. She has lived in England for 11 years.

When we go to the north east of the UK, I can not under stand what she is saying to her friends.......

eclecticpassion

well both my cousins and myself are english/welsh and they've been living in america for 5+ years now..the 2 kids picked up the accent relatively quickly (they're 8 and 10 i think) but their parents stil have their british ccent. i'd say the younger you are the more susceptible you are to accent change..but i could be wrong..maybe you'll develop a slight "twang" (for want of a better word..what is the english equivalent of the american "twang" i wonder?!

Pleasant Peter Perkins

No. Foreigners almost never get an authentic accent. You might get a few words right, but you will always sound like what you are. A jolly good effort!

G L

you may develop one, but that would take years, if it does happen, good luck in england man!

Anamona

Depends, really. It usually takes a few years to get a bit of the accent.

sarahjanec

No. We have a family friend who's from Ireland and shes lived here for 60 years and her accent is almost like she's pop over for a visit.
Only very young children can be excused for having an altered accent.
Everyone else are complete fakes.

com

If you are there long enough you will. Just look at Kylie Minogue

Pip

You will only pick up an accent if you move there when you are younger and only then if you have been there for years.
You may pick up a slight slang but that will be about it.
I am English and have lived in Canada for years and have not picked up a Canadian accent.
Enjoy you great experience.

drywater

Depends on what you do and how much time you spend interacting with people.

Ryan

While you may pick up some parts of the accent or some pronunciations, it is unlikely that someone past primary age will totally pick up a foreign accent.

autumn

if you try to use that accent for the whole time your there, you'll probably develop it. it takes time.. you never know how long it will take. good luck at your new school though! :)

panzzer

i can understand american and england accent what is the problem with that. well good lunk in england.

X_x_XChaniX_x_X

Where are you from? If English is your first language (American, Australian) then I think you will. But if it isn't then it will take you years and years....or never.

Oli

Yeah England doesn't really have one accent we got tons. You go to London you will have a slight cockney accent, if you go to Liverpool you will have a souse accent and many more, if you go to a posh area you will probably have a posh accent what sucks because being posh is horrible.

Melissa в™Ґ

probably after a few years

dan the man

depends. im guessing if your moving there for school your fairly old 18-25 area. chances are you might develop a slight english accent but not full blown. even better chance of not knowing that you have an accent until you come back to the u.s. and someone points it out. I myself was born and have lived in louisiana for 20 years and i have an english grandmother that has lived with me since i was 6 and many people say that some words in my vocabulary are very english sounding i.e. pillow and obviously are the 2 big ones.

Michael

well it depends how old you are and how long you are staying...the younger you are probably the faster you would obtain that accent

Tunnocks T!ts

Hopefully never you sarcastic mutant, Move to Scotland and be a man.

Peace.

grugrupingpong

A little bit

greenorlagh

Probably. You will start to assimilate as soon as you start talking to people.

rennes89

onlyif you want to.

Sydheadfred

I depends on how old u are.

it will take years and years if u do get one.
but probably not.

jamtastico

I dare say you might young taylorne

mskitty22

Once you get there, you'll already have one. Just ask anyone you meet.

Angel

You may pick up a English Accent after a while,
Why people on here are telling you you will pick up a British Accent i don't know,
British is English, Scottish & Welsh.
You said you where moving to England eh?

Tina

i doesnt matter really because my teacher is from new zealand and he has been here 4 years and still hasnt got the accent yet

Helena

I came across a bloke who was about 20 through gliding. He was originally from America but had lived in the UK since he was 14. He had gone to school here and then university, but still hadn't picked up the accent at all.

UKgirl

lol, are you that desperate to gain the Brit accent? I guess that with Brit friends and studying should be soon as:-D

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