Cities with the most "neutral" accent??? (best, state, place)

[northstar22]

Originally Posted by Smtchll

It's not completely "shack", but it's definitely somewhere between an A sound and an O sound.

To me, the way a Southerner/Westerner says "shack" sounds like "shock," and the way they say "shock" sounds like "shauck."

I'm from Michigan.

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by 8move8away8

Even though their politics are very un-American, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington cities have the only cities WITHOUT accents.

I'm sorry but you're wrong. Everyone has an accent.

http://linguistlist.org/ask-ling/accent.html

[Neutre]

Originally Posted by 8move8away8

Even though their politics are very un-American, Northern California, Oregon, and Washington cities have the only cities WITHOUT accents.

Thesublime's right. Everybody has an accent, unless they're dumb (not stupid, but unable to speak).
Still I agree that people from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington generally have the most neutral American accent.
The racial accent differences are also much less pronounced. Unlike many other American regions, Blacks in Washington generally don't have any dicernible accent.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by flyingwriter

To me, the way a Southerner/Westerner says "shack" sounds like "shock," and the way they say "shock" sounds like "shauck."

I'm from Michigan.

I've never heard anything like that in my life.

[SonnyDaze]

Maybe Columbus, OH or Indianapolis?

[eek]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

I've never heard anything like that in my life.

agreed.

[mattsterish]

Originally Posted by flyingwriter

Fixed it for ya.

exactly. that'd be the NCVS at play.

[Golem1979]

In California, most Whites have a neutral generic accent. But most of the Hispanics have that Eddie Guerrero/Cheech Marin heavy cholo accent.

[taydev]

Houston does have an accent. As a matter of fact, everyone does; some places just have that "general american" accent

[Rachael84]

Definitely not Savannah where she's from, lol.


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