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Comment author: David_Gerard 04 July 2012 07:04:27PM 0 points [-]

Also, kids' accent can be easily influenced if you can just place them into a peer group with the desired accent.

AIUI, that's where people's accents are generally set, in school from about six to twelve. (You can self-modify afterwards, but that's where people start.)