-I speak English (my third language) with a marked Aberdinian accent - despite never having lived there; this is courtesy of the kids next door when I was a chi

-I speak English (my third language) with a marked Aberdinian accent - despite never having lived there; this is courtesy of the kids next door when I was a child - their family had moved from Aberdeen to rural Norway, and if I wanted to play with them, I had better learn how to speak English. (And for a couple of years, said kids were the only teachers around...) I have tried to lose the accent, but I still get asked by Aberdeen locals how long I've lived there whenever I visit for work. Good thing the kids next door were from Aberdeen and not the Outer Hebrides, methinks. :)