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← The belief that an adult can no longer learn a good accent is false: singers and actors do it routinely.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject The belief that an adultcan no longer learn a goodaccent is false: singers… GW Gabriel Wyner — holds since 2019-07-18 Keeping a foreign accent is a choice about who you are, not a limit on what you can hear or say. Keeping a foreignaccent is a choice… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2008-10-21 A person who studies a language for years and cannot speak it was taught the wrong method; it is not a failure of talent or of effort. A person who studies alanguage for years and… SK Steve Kaufmann — holds since 2026-04-13 What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid. What stops peoplespeaking a new language… BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work. Empathy, body languageand tone of voice are… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01
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