re: #270 Aceofwhat?

huh? I speak French with a slight Brussels twang because i moved there early enough. Kids, pre-puberty, can pick up the native accent flawlessly.

they’ll grow up bilingual, with no accent, unless accented teachers are enough of an influence to lend them an accent.

i honestly don’t know the answer to that. but your comment as written is incorrect.

Youngest daughter went to an Italian middle school. Umbrians think she’s from the Veneto, not New Jersey.