The Kids Have Accents Too?!

By Sydney Strickland-Broden

The English accent has always been something I’ve found joy in listening to. Something about it is just so soothing and not to mention that everything just sounds so much more pleasant in an English accent when all you have to compare it to is the way things sound in southern twang. It’s so crazy to me that the English accent can make everyday profanities (which I heard a lot) sound so normal. They sounded way less gross and vulgar. I don’t know why or how but seriously everything is so pleasant. Like even normal words. But what I really want to talk about is the talking for the second time I was still taken back. Then the second time I was really listening to a child talk I was lost in Harrods and stumbled upon a toy store where I presume all the rich kids would shop. I was intrigued so I went in and immediately I heard a kid begging his parents to buy him this giant stuffed animal which was completely impractical but he was on the verge of a full meltdown. But for some reason his complaining and whining didn’t even bother me. He just sounded so elegant and upper-class. And it’s weird to think of a kid that way. Long story short, yes, everyone has the accent including the children. accent in relation to children. It’s a little silly but for some reason my brain didn’t put together that the kids would have an English accent as well. I was just so shocked the first time I heard a kid talk. I actually had to stop and listen for a minute. I was in the Science Museum and a group of elementary aged kids were laughing at a pair of underwear on display. I don’t remember what was said but it was honestly just such a surprise to me. It was just so weird I felt like I was in a video game because their little voices and laughter sounded so generated but not in a bad way. It actually made me feel a little nostalgic because it reminded me of the laugh from “cartoon doll emporium”, an online game from my childhood. Not only is the accent pleasant but it also sounds so posh. So when I heard kids

It makes me wonder that if they came to America would they think the same things about how our children talk?