[AandW1121]

I never noticed my accent until I went to Denver for a few months. Good news is, the accent goes away quickly. Now we are back in MI and I hear myself and my friends with the accent, lol. My husband is from CO and he has been living here for a few years now and he still doesn't have the accent.

[yankinscotland]

Originally Posted by AandW1121

I never noticed my accent until I went to Denver for a few months. Good news is, the accent goes away quickly. Now we are back in MI and I hear myself and my friends with the accent, lol. My husband is from CO and he has been living here for a few years now and he still doesn't have the accent.

An accent shouldn't change much, if at all, when you're more than about 10 or 12 when you move.

I've lived in 3 states other than Michigan, and 2 other countries. I spent ages 4-12 outside of Michigan and left permanently at age 38. My accent - Michigan but less nasal and rounder 'O' s.

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by darstar

Anywhere you go , the local hillbilly talk comes mostly from the less educated. Some words and speech mannerisms also come from ethnic backgrounds. The UP is no different, the Finlanders have an old world way of talking....Quite a bit like " Fargo" , but still their own.

I lived in the NC mountains for 18 years , when you got back , realy back in the woods...it was sometimes hard to understand the locals.

My mother's side of the family hails from the deep south, so I understand what you're saying.

I reckon so........

[snidely_whiplash67]

Originally Posted by AandW1121

Good news is, the accent goes away quickly.

Why is that "good news?"

My Michigan accent is one of the few direct links I have with my home state. I don't want to lose it.

You're not ashamed of being from Michigan are you?

[tulips4you2]

I don't go beyond my small Michigan town long enough to hear my accent

[rabbitluvr33]

Originally Posted by stock66

My friends in CA say they can pick up my accent on certain words but have never been able to tell me which words.
A friend from MI was visiting and our waitress figured out her home state for the way she pronounced omelet. I guess ahmlet instead of ohmelet.
My kids have Ants, their friends have Aunts. Since they have pretty much grown here they switch back and forth between the two pronunciations easily. They would never refer to their MI aunts as anything but ants. They would never call their friends aunts, ants. I am pretty sure I have never said aunt

I'm from Grand Rapids and i don't think i have an accent... but people always ask me if i'm from chicago or something when i go to colorado!

[rabbitluvr33]

Me either! I been living in Grand Rapids all my life and i don't think i have an accent at all...yet people say i do when i go out of the Great Lakes area. What do i say so diff?

[rabbitluvr33]

Originally Posted by Southernkomfort27

Accent?,what accent? I grew up in Lansing, and currently living in Kalamazoo...I definitely do not have an accent!

Me either! I been living in Grand Rapids all my life and i don't think i have an accent at all...yet people say i do when i go out of the Great Lakes area. What do i say so diff?

[Maxine3]

While in Georgia, I was told by a former "Northerner" that she recognized my "Yankee accent"

[Zippyman]

Originally Posted by Maxine3

While in Georgia, I was told by a former "Northerner" that she recognized my "Yankee accent"

I was told a couple of times that I had an accent when I visited California - one giveaway is using "pop"... instead of "soda"... I still don't hear my accent, but I'm certainly proud to have it!.

I can't wait to get back to Flint so I can buy some decent chinese food @ Canton, and a coney dog @ Starlight. The rest of the country thinks a freakin' chili dog is a coney dog.