American kids adopting British accents after watching Peppa Pig

Thursday, February 14, 2019
American parents are noticing their little ones adopting British accents after watching Peppa Pig, a popular children's TV show about a female pig and her animal friends.

All of the characters in the British cartoon have accents.
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It's now called the "Peppa Pig Syndrome" or the "Peppa Pig Effect."

Some parents on Twitter are saying their kids are even starting to use British dialect, like "mum."
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