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Babies Pick Up Mothers' Accents In The Womb

by Tom Henderson, Posted Nov 6th 2009 4:15PM

Babies learn accents in the womb. Credit: jupiterimages

Have you ever heard a baby cry with a German accent? You can -- if you listen hard enough, said Kathleen Wermke of the University of Würzberg in Germany to the BBC. She led a research ...

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