You know this reminds of something. Way back in grade school, around
4th grade, there was this kid, name of Russell, I believe, whose parents were Brits -- but he was born here. He spoke with a normal 'merican accent around all of us, but when he talked to his parents, he switched to a perfect British accent.

It was the darndest thing. He couldn't easily consciously switch. When talking with his parents, some automatic Brit switch flipped, and then when he talked with everybody else, it flipped back to American -- but he didn't see to have good conscious control of that switch. Language and the brain is a many splendored thing.

I lost touch with him ages ago and I wonder where he is now....

-Richard