[Aerkuld]

My boys are interesting when it comes to accents. The eldest (my stepson) moved here with my ex and I in 1999, lived in California for 5 years before we moved to Georgia. He's now 13. The youngest was born in California and lived there for 3 years before moving to here. He's now 6.
Both of them have English accents at home.
The eldest will have a pronounced Californian-American accent when he's talking to his peer group, but he can turn straight around and talk to me with an English accent. I don't think he even knows he's doing it. He has no hint of a Southern accent at all.
The youngest has a English accent the majority of the time, even with other American children. He does use American words, such as 't-made-o' (as opposed to t-mart-o) and will occasionally use an American accent like his bigger brother. He can put on a wicked southern drawl if he wants too, but it's usually when he's joking about and talking about huntin' and Wal-Mart (honestly).

It seems as though their accent stems more from the family unit than their surroundings, which may explain the post on the bottom of the previous page to some degree.