1 hour of Peppa Pig per day gave my daughter a British accent. | CBCKids
their own children’s English accents, a flood of funny and relatable tweets surfacing. Many of these kids have never left their own hometown, but their accents suggest otherwise. It’s all thanks to the sensationally popular English television show, which features a cast of animal characters in a fictional English town, with Peppa and her little brother George at the centre of the storytelling.
By the time Manley published her article my daughter had long-outgrown Peppa and her British accent, but reading the author’s words brought back memories of those days with my own mini-Peppa in tow. I wish I had other parents to compare stories with, confirming that I wasn’t the only one raising an oddball Canadian kid with a British accent.
Rebecca Thompson, a speech pathologist based out of Guelph, Ontario shared that it’s not unusual for children to mimic the sounds and conversations they hear around them. Thompson also pointed out that Canadian children may just naturally speak with an accent that sounds a bit British.I Finally Let My Kids Watch Disney Princess Movies And It's Now My Favourite Part Of The Week
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