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Peppa Pig has American kids hamming it up with British accents

Never mind Hogwarts, children have been gauging on the cartoon favourite and learning English on the hoof

Boston-based Tess Darci says that her 4-year-old daughter, Cecilie, sounds like “a little lady” thanks to English cartoon, Peppa Pig
Boston-based Tess Darci says that her 4-year-old daughter, Cecilie, sounds like “a little lady” thanks to English cartoon, Peppa Pig Photo: Getty Images

California kindergartner Dani stunned her parents in May when she addressed her mom, who said she was going to the eye doctor, in a polished British accent: “Mummy, are you going to the optician?”

“And we were like, ‘the what?’ “ says Dani’s father, Matias Cavallin. “That’s like a college-level word,” he says. “At least, I wasn’t using it.”

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