Contributions to Parent - Ego II
It can be amusing to listen to a returning diplomat speak with his customary accent, while his wife and daughters have adopted new accents.
Children are often very quick to pick up accents, because they feel a greater need to adopt “psychological camouflage” and blend in with their companions, while an adult may subconsciously resist something new to preserve a unique identity as a representative of a culture. In this case there might not be any single model for the new accent, but more a number of models.