Americanization of the Kids

For the fourth time in as many days someone has mentioned that Isabel has a very strong American accent. Well, what do you expect? To be truthful being over here I hadn't noticed any difference and have to listen really closely to even get a hint of the accent. To me it is not so much the accent but the use of specific words which is really noticeable; mom, jelly etc

Liam on the other hand does not appear so afflicted. He still retains a semblance of his Australian twang, although he too has started to adopt popular American idiom. I find it interesting and have refrained from interjecting until I heard "y'all" (I think he meant to say "you all"). I may let him use "y'all" when we visit N'orleans in the summer or if we meet Oprah in Chicago but until then a simple "Mate" will do.