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.
It's now called the "Peppa Pig Syndrome" or the "Peppa Pig Effect."
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Some parents on Twitter are saying their kids are even starting to use British dialect, like "mum."
A producer at ABC7 Chicago's sister station in Houston says his 7-year-old son has a slight accent and uses phrases like "petrol-station," "taking the lift" and "going on holiday."