Quote Originally Posted by Евгения Белякова
A friend of mine father came from Russia at age 1. He spoke English with a Russian accent, even though he had lived in the USA for almost his whole life.
Bollocks. At the ripe old age of 1 no one can be said to have a specific accent - at that age you just babble producing all sorts of sounds in all kinds of accents. Either he grew up in a Russian ghetto surrounded by speakers of Russian 24/7, or you're telling porkies.