>there seems to be an incredible amount of variation in language and accent mastery that doesn't improve with experience (or above a fuzzy, certain age). A fri

>there seems to be an incredible amount of variation in language and accent mastery that doesn't improve with experience (or above a fuzzy, certain age). A friend of mine is Dutch, he moved to England to study for his master's degree, then to Germany for work. His English sounds perfectly British (very neutral, though), his German sounds perfectly German. Granted Dutch has elements of German and English in pronunciation and vocabulary, but it's still impressive how some can learn a language without accent, even at a higher age.