Interesting. My grandfather immigrated to Canada from Devon, around Barnstaple during WW2 around the age of 30. As a kid, he had only a bit of an accent to my C

Interesting. My grandfather immigrated to Canada from Devon, around Barnstaple during WW2 around the age of 30. As a kid, he had only a bit of an accent to my Canadian ears, especially compared to other people I've known who immigrated as adults from other parts of the British Isles (the speech of one of my best friend's mother from the Rhondda Valley was pretty much not understandable to the eight year old me).