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Originally Posted by porsche tech

A neighbor in VA was German but you would never know it…no accent what so ever. The guy across the fairway from me now is English and has lived in the US for at least 50 years and I can only understand about half of what he says. I think some people hold on to it on purpose.

Nope, I think whether someone loses or keeps their accent over time is more down to some innate ability to hear and mimic others like some folks have natural abilities in music, painting, math, sports, etc... Some folks can hear something and then mimic it, and others can't. I think those that can't retain their original accent