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If I travel to Australia, Barbados or the Carribean, would I pick up thier accent? How long would I have to be there before I did?

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Pretty much what others have said.
It really depends on how old you are. Generally, most people over the age of about 11-12 will retain their original accent of where you are born (you might lose a bit but will retani the original).
So... if you are over 12 - and come to Australia you will unlikely lose it.

No worries, mate!
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It depends on you. Some accents are 'contagious' and you can't help picking them up right away, a little. You lose them when you come home. I would think Australian would be one of the more contagious ones. Like Irish.

There are people who live in a foreign country for 50 years but never lose their accents. OTOH there are others who lose their accent in a month. Ever hear of Maurice Chevalier? He came to the US in about 1930 and had keep his accent because everyone wanted him to sound like a French guy. He ended up having to work with a speech coach in movies so he could sound French!
I live in australia. I know a canadian who has lives here for 20 years and he still has his Canadian accent. I know this Aussie who moved to Canada 6-7 years ago and she still has her Australian accent.

You need to be a young child (0-7) to be able to pick up the accent quick or at all!
ive lived in australia for 5 years and i still have my own accent and proud of it.
maybe, no, no

months and months. aussies E thier A's

i.e. wax = weyx
We have a friend who came to Australia 30 years ago when he was in his mid 20's and he still has his American accent.
We think he sounds American, when he goes to the US they think he sounds Australian.
He doesn't, it's just the figures of speech he uses are not common in America.
You learn your accent in the schoolyard from your peers. You don't get it from your parents or people you speak to every day. Once you have an accent you can learn another but you will always have traces of your own and will revert to your own when the other is not needed.