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How come she doesn't have a Russian accent?

posted 2 years ago by TMC-4 (20258)
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Mila was said to have moved from Ukraine to the United States when she was 7 years old. She didn't know or speak English what so ever at the time.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2140183/Mila-Kunis-cried-day-speak-English-moved-America.html

I heard that if you begin to learn English after the age of 12, the chances are higher that you'll retain your native country's accent.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/19ysru/how_did_mila_kunis_learn_english_so_late_in_her/

So 7 years old in the greater shape of things, probably isn't "too late" to learn how to speak English and not do it with a strong accent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJhPa4lMLDo

[–] emori (3661) 2 years ago

She actually DOES have that ex-soviet accent. Its not as in-your-face visible. But she does not sound like a true American either. You can clearly hear it when she talks. She speaks like a foreigner that came to USA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvyYhgqxy4

[–] Biltong (9) 2 years ago

Rofl. No she doesn't. She has a regular American accent because she came to the US when she was only 7 years old.

[–] FilmBuff (7343) 2 years ago

I hear nothing other than an American accent there, which makes sense since she's been in the U.S. since age 7.

[–] bek (759) 2 years ago

I can't hear it.

[–] ewd76 (1319) 6 months ago

They wouldn't recruit somebody with a thick accent to be on hit TV shows while they are spying for Russia.