On 2011-08-21, Dave Smith > wrote:

> accent. He had been hanging out with South Africans and had picked up
> their accent. It was gone within a week of his return.

Yep. I lost mine within weeks.

In the service, you meet ppl from everywhere. Once, we were sitting
around discussing accents. One guy said I must be from CA. I'd never
told anyone. I asked him how he knew, as I had no accent. He said
that's how he knew.

nb