June 02, 2006
The new accent
Jacob's english is starting to display some of the broader vowels for which the australian accent is famous. Ron and I speak only Dutch to him so it is the creche and his grandmother who are his primary sources of english.
The girls at Jacob's creche are fabulous carers but between them have some terrifying vowels, with accents almost as broad as their hips in some cases. Grandma would have had a fit when I was growing up if I had displayed some of the same sounds, 'moine' for 'mine', 'howse' for 'house' so it looks as if quality control will be resting with her.
Posted by Faith