- Within the UK accents change noticeably about every 25 miles
- Sign language has accents
- The crying of newborn babies contains melodies that mimic the speech patterns and accents of their parents
- Although bits and pieces of another accent or language might sneak in if you move somewhere else, it’s unlikely that you’ll ever pass for a native speaker in another region
- Although prolonged speaking in a believable foreign accent is rare, singing in another accent is quite common
- Chimpanzees and goats have accents
- 16th century British accents sounded remarkably like modern American accents”
