Accents

I thought only us adults sometimes switch accents when we speak to people from different countries. Today, I discovered that Louisa does the same as well. I overheard her talking to her teacher with a British accent. She then ran to me and switched to the way a Singaporean would speak just like that. Later in the afternoon, after Stepping Notes, we stayed behind and she played and interacted with her friends. Again, she communicated with them in a British accent. But once she's with me, she'll speak like one of us.

Previously, I'd noticed that during school term, she'd speak like the way we do when at home. However, whenever it's halfway into her school holidays, she'll speak to us like her fellow friends. I thought it should be the other way round since she doesn't get to speak to her classmates during the holidays and hence will forget how to sound like a British.

One of my sisters had asked her not to speak with an accent and I told her it's not possible since she attends a British school. Another aunt of mine also said to her before we relocated here, 'Don't you come back and speak with a British accent.' How not to let her be influenced, I wonder.