[DFWAg]

My mother was raised in Iowa and has a pretty neutral "standard American" accent, and my dad lived in Minnesota for awhile, so his is a bit more northern/midwestern (the "a" in the word "bag" sounds a bit like the "a" in "acorn", same for "egg").
They moved to Texas, where I was born, raised, and currently live, but I've never really picked up on the Texas twang. My accent's pretty neutral, and I only get the twang when I get mad

[surfsnowgirl]

I'm from Fairfield County, Connecticut and until I moved to California i thought how I tawked was the same as everyone else. Folks in Fairfield County do have a distinct new yorkness about them. Everyone that I grew up with and to this day says cawfee, dawg, tawk, wawk and so on. The difference lies in the ending pronunciation of the word. The words water would be prounced from Fairfield County people as Water, just like everyone else. Someone from New York; Brooklynn for example would say Wata instead of water. Watch My Cousin Vinny. This is a classic example of what I'm trying to say. The deeper into the burroughs of New York you go, the thicker the accents get. Also, I have a friend from Philly and she has a distinct northeastern accent and she and I pronounce many of the words the same, cawfee, talk, etc.

[mattpresley]

I have a light southern accent

[Lowerdeck]

Most people tell me I have a slight Boston accent. Except I sometimes pull off a longer "a" sound like what's done in Rhode Island or in northern New Jersey.

[brattpowered]

Some things I notice when I get back to Fairfield county:

Water = Warder
Orange = ARRinge
Drawer = Draw
Hot = Haat
To = Tuh

[Vienna123]

Originally Posted by Stratford, Ct. Resident

There's a small segment that tends to pronounce the letter r, as the letter w. I.E.: No-walk, Bwidgepowt, Dawien, Fow(the number 4),etc.

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I find theabove message by Stratford,Ct. Resident to be very interesting:

Watch thison YouTube and note Danny Kaye's statement from 11:10 - 12:40. He musthave referred to East New York, Brooklyn...


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[Rich Cabeza]

Years ago I stopped saying awnt (aunt) and started saying aunt (as in ant) when people kept asking where I was from.

[Shorty458]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

Years ago I stopped saying awnt (aunt) and started saying aunt (as in ant) when people kept asking where I was from.

Yes... I noticed when I lived in Florida... so many people there... it was their Ant, and not their Awnt. I've always said Awnt. One thing though that I did stop saying was wicked. Once I moved back up here - it was amazing how many times a day I was hearing it! LOL.

[ct4life]

I was called out for saying "somewheres". I don't know where the extra "s" ever came from, but it never even occurred to me that that's how I said it! Now I make a conscious effort to keep it out of there!