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Maybe if you don't like who you are, you will try to adopt an accent of some other place,
My aunt liked herself well enough -- and she still does. There's no need to be insulting towards someone you don't even know.
but even as a CHILD I was very aware and proud of where I came from and who I was. I had no desire to become something I WASN'T, my dear.
You don't know me well enough to 'my dear' me. And I don't appreciate the condescension or patronizing tone.
If you think you can escape this,
Where are you getting this from? You're in my head now? You think you know how I think? Not hardly, honey -- in fact, where I'm concerned, you're completely clueless. Where did I say I wanted to escape anything besides winter?
wait until you move. You will be reminded of where you are from by the natives all the time.
And why do you happen to think this is a problem?
I don't ever intend to lose my New Jersey accent, and if I'm reminded of it by the fine citizens of Ocala -- fine with me. It may have been different for you in Naples (especially if your attitude toward the area extends toward the people), but the people in Ocala actually used my accent as a conversation starter -- and not in a bad way. People asked me where I was from, and welcomed me to the area. It was a very positive experience.
I spent all my summers as a kid in Indiana. I actually used to correct them there when I was 10 that it is SODA not pop.
Man -- talk about a cheeky kid. It's soda in New York -- but in Indiana it's pop. So in that case, you were in the wrong, not the people you were visiting.
I have a Brooklyn/Bronx like accent growing up in NJ.
It's because i grew up with a grandpa from Brooklyn and a mom from the Bronx, so i grew up in the same household learning their accent I guess.
I don't ever intend to lose my New Jersey accent, and if I'm reminded of it by the fine citizens of Ocala -- fine with me. It may have been different for you in Naples (especially if your attitude toward the area extends toward the people), but the people in Ocala actually used my accent as a conversation starter -- and not in a bad way. People asked me where I was from, and welcomed me to the area. It was a very positive experience.
You cannot compare transplant/retiree/snowbird haven Naples to any place else. The majority of people here are from someplace else, including Europe. My snowbird neighbor is from Scotland. My other snowbird neighbor is from Pa. The family across the street are from Mexico. WHAT local accent? The majority of people, though, are probably transplants from the Midwest, especially Michigan. If you hear a southern accent in Naples, Florida, odds are the people are from Alabama, Georgia, Tenn., etc. There are very few native Floridians in Naples. They LEAVE Naples to live someplace else in Florida.
Nope. Nobody has a problem "fitting in" here, accent wise.
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Not in Naples
