Accent

Teaching a girl in grade 1, whose maternal grandparents are Greek, we came across an accent (>).

Me: This is what we call an accent.  Do you know what an accent is?
Girl [looking at me oddly, raised eyebrow]: Ummm, yeah...
Me: Oh good - what is it? [As soon as I finished that sentence I could see where her brain was going with this but couldn't do anything to stop it]
Girl [in all seriousness, with appropriate hand gestures]: It's-a when you talk-a like-a thisss....a...

Both her mum and I lost it.  Eventually, we calmed down enough to explain this other type of accent.