Do you sometimes talk with an accent, but not always?

[Azazeres]

Both my father and I lived in Missouri (pronounced Missourah) while going to college. He spent 4 years there in the 80’s, while I only lived there for the first semester and a half of freshman year (in 2020-2021). Both he and I drawl (speak with a “southern” accent) occasionally, but our normal accent is Pacific Northwestern. Is this a thing that happens, exclusive to the southern Midwest, exclusive to Missouri, or is it lead exposure, seeing as we lived in the same house with the same pipes?

That happens

Only the Midwest

Only Missouri

Go see a doctor, you have drain bamage.

[God_of_Thunder]

If I get excited/animated, I sometimes get a southern drawal. Not a heavy one, but definitely noticeable.

I don't live in an area where southern accents are common, but I have a lot of family from the south, so I've picked it up from them. It comes out very easily, when I'm around them, too.

[Tekkasonic]

KC native, I've always heard Missouri, maybe rural or cultural inflection...

[Azazeres]

That’s fair. I just know that’s how me and my family from there always say it.
Follow up, do you, being from KC say war-sh or wah-sh (wash as in wash basin)?

[Tekkasonic]

Wah-sh

[susie22]

I'm from New Orleans, so I've been blessed with that "Southern drawl", y'all, lol. During and after College I was a bit ashamed of my accent, but now I've learned to accept it, and I've found that a lot of people I meet actually like it.

[dustybiker]

Yes. My first accent comes out infrequently. It makes people smile. I don’t notice until they do.

[Guy13]

Nope… I can speak both Bostonian, Thai-Asian, and India.
It is fairly normal but some people are quicker with accents. I’m quick as it is imperative as Business is often dependent upon “sounding like the other” accent.

[Sixgunsound]

I speak fluent sailor in a trucker accent with a construction dialect😁

[Iron_Man]

I don’t believe I have an accent and people can’t put their finger on my voice if I have an accent or not lol

[ericclayton]

"Missourah" is typically the southern third of the state. People from St. Louis typically don't say it that way. The "farty-far" thing is prevalent here however, but not so much in younger generations.

[DCooper]

Yup. Sometimes I like to talk with a Dublin accent, other times I like to do a Russian accent. Other times a Jamaican accent is fun.