Sahamamama Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 ... do they pick up the readers' accents? My oldest daughter does this, and it's so funny. If she listens to Mary Poppins, read in a crisp, British accent, she emerges from her room saying, "Spit-spot. Pip-pip. Cheerio." She sounds so, so... BRITISH! :001_huh: If she listens to Holly Hunter's rousing rendition of The Three Little Pigs, she talks with a nasal drawl and says things like "ripe and red and better than you said" -- referring to an apple. :lol: If she listens to Cherry Jones reading Little House on the Prairie, she calls us "Ma" and "Pa" -- and sounds a little "country-fied." :D She does this with almost every audiobook -- picks up the accent, along with the story. Do your kids do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsieFamily Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't think so. But they spend hours and hours listening to audiobooks. They pick up a lot of the archaic grammar and vocal, expressions and slang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 yes. my daughter will do this. i do it too honestly. i read the velveteen rabbit to my kids with an english accent, lol. they love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows. 17 cd's. enough said. really enough. Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows. 17 cd's. enough said. really enough. Lara Yep, my boys' favorite audiobook is Harry Potter. They now use "post" and "straight away." It never fails to crack me up when I send them to the mailbox to get the mail and they come back with the "post." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows. 17 cd's. enough said. really enough. Lara Seventeen! :lol: We are working our way through The Chronicles of Narnia -- 31 hours on 31 CDs. Beat that. :001_tt2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 No, but I can't help doing accent with I do read-alouds. Right now we're reading Tom Sawyer and ds has cringed a few times today as I slipped into my Missouri drawl, not while we're doing literature. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsieFamily Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Narnia is that long? We downloaded it from audible and it didn't feel that long. Dh and I were pretty poor company listening to Dan brown's angels and demons, lost symbol and da Vinci code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My daughter picked up a Brittish accent for a while. Not from audio books, but from movies. At the time we had been watching a lot of Brittish films. She didn't even realize she was doing it. She's grown out of it now. I kind of miss it. It was cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yes, he always quotes the portions with the narrator's accent. I love hearing him recite the Peter Dennis Winnie the Pooh stories -- so many voices with such a great accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I hadn't really thought about it, because its not extreme, but I have wondered why I hear British/southern/something accents from the Star Wars toys, Barboes and dolls - now I know that Jim Dale (and assorted others) is to blame!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Seventeen! :lol: We are working our way through The Chronicles of Narnia -- 31 hours on 31 CDs. Beat that. :001_tt2: The whole Harry Potter series is 99 cds I'm pretty sure - ask me how I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My oldest three have listened to the whole Harry Potter series multiple times. My 6yo calls Ron's rat "Scabbuhs" because that's how it sounds when the narrator says it (instead if Scabbers). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yes, he always quotes the portions with the narrator's accent. I love hearing him recite the Peter Dennis Winnie the Pooh stories -- so many voices with such a great accent. Nobody does Pooh like Peter Dennis. We love this! I love hearing her recite "Busy." Round about and round about and round about I GO! All round the table, the table in the nursery, Round about and round about and round about I GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I don't think so. But they spend hours and hours listening to audiobooks. They pick up a lot of the archaic grammar and vocal, expressions and slang. My daughter uses a lot of archaic grammar and vocaublary . . . and I love that about her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfOneFunOne Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 ... do they pick up the readers' accents? My oldest daughter does this, and it's so funny. If she listens to Mary Poppins, read in a crisp, British accent, she emerges from her room saying, "Spit-spot. Pip-pip. Cheerio." She sounds so, so... BRITISH! :001_huh: If she listens to Holly Hunter's rousing rendition of The Three Little Pigs, she talks with a nasal drawl and says things like "ripe and red and better than you said" -- referring to an apple. :lol: If she listens to Cherry Jones reading Little House on the Prairie, she calls us "Ma" and "Pa" -- and sounds a little "country-fied." :D She does this with almost every audiobook -- picks up the accent, along with the story. Do your kids do this? Yes! I love it! Sometime we'll be listening together and if a pronunciation appeals to her, she'll say it. I asked her about it once and she said, "just seeing how it feels on the tongue." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yes, they do. My son in particular has picked up the British accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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