Such a balanced and thought provoking article. Quite insightful I must say. Personally I'm so taken with different accents all around me in Dubai and I wish I had some sort of an accent too haha Its nature vs nurture so yes its understandable that people absorb from their environment. I don't know why people would make such a big deal out of it. My niece is born in Pakistan but used to watch Youtube in her first thee years of life and when she started speaking she had a British accent! We all were so surprised since none of us have any accent whatsoever. She just picked it up from British cartoons on Youtube.