Do you still speak with your native regional accent and dialect?

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Do you still speak with your native accent and dialect? For example, do you still sound like you're from New York, Boston, the Great Lakes, or the Deep South if you now live in California or Nebraska? Can people accurately guess where you're from?

My family is originally from Chicago. Many of my relatives sound close to the Superfans from classic SNL (Daaa Behrss!)...

My parents don't have it as much anymore. As for me, I've caught myself a lot with that hard, nasaly "R" with words like "heart" or "cart". I've noticed my "A" seems to have a slight "eh" twang to it. Apparently, my inner Chicago comes out if I'm either really angry or excited.

Do you still speak with your native regional accent and dialect?

Do you still sound like where you're from? If you've left, that is...

Lliam · Accepted Answer

I was born and raised in California and have lived here all my life. So I'm sure people from other parts of the country/world would think I have an accent. I don't speak like a valley girl or anything. My speech has been shaped by watching TV and films and listening to the radio, so I think my accent is close to General American English (a linguistically neutral dialect). But my dialect was probably shaped to a certain extent by relatives and peers, as well.

spartan55 · Accepted Answer

I am was born and raised in the Midwest (Illinois) and moved to the South (North Carolina and Texas) thirty years ago. I never realized how distinct my Midwest accent was until it was pointed out to me frequently. It seemed like daily at one point. It rarely gets brought to my attention now. I guess thirty years finally killed my Yankee accent.
by the way North Carolina and Texas have two distinctive types of accents.

Calyptomaniac · Accepted Answer

Other people apparently still notice the "twang" and "drawl" from growing up in Tennessee, but it's nothing like it used to be and I don't hear it in my head anymore. I swear Arizona people have no accent though, so I feel like anything sticks out around here.

queenofcardio · Accepted Answer

I speak my mother tongue, but I’m not fully fluent. Still, I speak it well, and my dialect is different. English is still technically considered my first language.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

What accent? You should be asking other people, not me.

OneViewpoint · Answer

Nope. Born in Texas. Moved to Oklahomo. Then off to Spain. North Africa. Germany. San Francisco. By the time I landed in Boston, my hillbilly accent was a liability. I lost it intentionally and went with a neutral American English accent. Not Texan, Not West Coast. Not Boston.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

I never had one. The grandparents came from different states and moved states at least twice. My parents never picked up a dialect and our towns were a wild mix of people coming from all over the country. I can imitate half a dozen dialects, though. :-)

NathanDavis · Answer

I grew up exactly in the border between Mexico and Texas... and speaking two languages as well, so...

in my case, it is more of a neutral "accent and dialect" both... and not a particular distinctive one

so, let's say that I got both generic versions of the language... lol

Levin · Answer

North West England.

I think I sound warm and proper.

I'm very stubborn, so even if I moved to the US for the rest of my life, I would never soften my accent because... it is correct and the US one is wrong...

KostasKouvalis · Answer

We don't really have one, aside from saying "amond" instead of "almond', when they're on the ground. But I never use that. I just use generic American accent.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Yes, but, sometimes, I use others.

Tarifa · Answer

No, but I recognize it instantly, even though I moved away 20+ years ago.

exitseven · Answer

its just like this

Jersey2 · Answer

NJ accent. I lost a lot of it. Some people can detect it as some words I say are definitely from that area such as “wooder” for water.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Not. I meanwhile speak English 97 % of the time. German does not get you far enough 🫠

AngryCarl3 · Answer

People have told me I have a broad West Country accent. Someone thought I was from Bristol.

Iron_Man · Answer

I’m an American Miami guys don’t have accents and I’m not Cuban so I have none

purplepoppy · Answer

That women's accents all sound the same

sage2021 · Answer

I'm from California so... totally!!

Anonymous · Answer

Nope.

Agape93 · Answer

No my accent drifted a bit

Godihateyou · Answer

I'm from Philly. I tawk like it to no duh?

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