Who doesn't? You have an American accent, I have an Indian accent. He has an Australian accent, Michel has a French accent, she has a strong British accent ... the list goes on. If you want to say my accent is different from your accent, then say, "You have a different accent." That makes sense. Do you understand? Similarly, "The Garcia girls dropped their accent" makes no sense. What you mean is, "The Garcia girls picked up our accent!"
Another phrase I hate is: "It is an acquired taste." Wrong again, because ALL tastes are acquired tastes. In a new-born baby the taste buds are not well-developed and they are not very sensitive. Whatever you feed the baby, mother's milk or formula, the baby consumes it because he/she is hungry. Over a period of time the baby develops a taste for that breast milk or formula (acquired taste). If you suddenly change it, the baby refuses to take it. Then when the baby grows up, if you feed him hamburgers regularly he acquires the taste of hamburgers. If you feed the baby rice and curry regularly, the baby acquires a taste of rice and curry. So ALL tastes are acquired tastes. Thank you.
Shoban Sen
Bestnetguru.com
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