[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Trudy, another chameleon here. I can talk to someone on the phone and get off sound like I'm from their area even if I've never been there. You should hear me after I've spoken to an Aussie for an hour!

I think it happens to those who moved a lot as a kid. We would move to another nation or region and I'd sound like a native within a few months. Move to the next place, pick up that language/accent and forget the last one existed. The only two languages that stuck at all were German (my native) and American and American is by where I'm living. Accent doesn't stay Californian, which is where I've lived the longest.

Mahalo for the response it makes me feel better to know I am not the only
wacky one out there.

Trudy