Do I Still Sound Like My Mother?

Pondering the vagaries of an inherited accent.

Enjoying a glass of bubbly with Mum. Photo Credit: a kind waiter

I just read an endearing article about a woman of a certain age realizing how much she is increasingly behaving like her mother, even though their lives took very different paths.

Much as I definitely relate to this revelation, what stuns me on a daily basis is how much I sound like my Mum. Not just the intonation of my voice but the…