"Donna Metler" wrote in message
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We're in the southern US, but not an area with a strong regional accent
(dialect, among some populations, yes, accent in standard American
English, no). Recently, my 4 yr old has started using a dipthong on vowels
in some words, which sounds, to my ears, like a Texas twang. Neither her
father nor I have this accent (I have some strange speech sounds due to my
speech impairment, but she hasn't picked up on those), and neither do her
teachers at school.

It's pretty obviously an affectation, because it comes and goes-it seems
to be something she puts in when talking to a person, but not when she's
playing by herself, putting in voices for toys, and so on. She also
sometimes forgets mid conversation and starts talking in what, a few days
ago, would have been her normal voice.

I don't think it's a problem-but it does seem rather unusual to me.

Anyone else's child do this?
#2 used to put on a Scottish accent when she talked about one of her friends
whose mother was Scottish.
My cousin used to put on an accent when acting. I think she was imitating
Disney princess style accents.
Debbie