Toby and I were having our usual bedtime chat tonight and he was telling me about his teacher Mr Wilson and his accent (he's from Scotland) and the way he says some words differently. This led to a general discussion about accents and I mentioned the Texan accent...
Toby: Do Texans have an accent?
Me: Yes, you know how Papa and Nana sound different and say some things differently?
Toby: Do they?!
Toby then got me to say various sentences with a Texan accent (yes, I can still do it). He was copying me each time and told me that he could do the accent really well because he's half Texan. Then he asked me to count to ten with a Texan accent and said "That's cowboy talk, Mom!"
I thought it was so sweet that he didn't notice that Mom and Dad sound different to what he's surrounded by everyday. He sounded so funny with a Texan accent but I bet after three weeks in the States with me getting my accent back, which always happens when I'm there, and playing with Kellie's boys that Tobes will have a little Texan accent of his own when we come back to London. It's lovely that he's getting old enough to appreciate the differences.
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I'm actually concerned about my accent coming back while mom and dad are in SD for graduation. I tend to get it back just talking to them on the phone!
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