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Nope, no NY accent here. IVe been told I sound like I'm from Connecticut, whatever that means?

I've had people tell me I say things weird. I'm only from MI! Lol...not sure what they mean...

I suppose people from other places all have accents to other people. No one would think they themselves have an accent....right?

I've been asked where I'm from but I've never been told I have an accent. I'm from Michigan but have lived in the south since I was around 3 or 4. I have no southern accent so I guess that's why people ask where I'm from. Some words do sound very midwestern though (mainly things like "hand" and "sandwich" with how the a sounds).

@prettylizy: As in we say paap? or we say pop? lol

@Bao: you guys say paap . Most mi accents I hear turn o sounds into a sounds

I'm pretty bad with the Minnesoootan accent...

i don't think so. i have a few friends who have moved here from abroad and they've found my speech easier to understand than other people's because, as they've put it, i 'sound like television' =D

I've been told that I have no accent by some and then called out for being American by others. Guess it depends on whose ear is listening.

I do! I can't stand to hear my voice on recording. It irritates me!!

@Rubies: it's funny, now when I go home some people think I'm Canadian! I think it's because I used the word toque in a sentence.

@prettylizy: hahahaha oh my gosh DH and I are getting a kick out of this!!! We are like "we are totally saying it that way"...then we realized because she is from MI too. We think we are saying it the right way. I'd like to know how others say words we say, differently. Side note, we point to where we live on our hand too whoever this girl is, lives exactly where we do. Thanks for sharing!

@Bao: I'm originally from WI and I used to point on my hand where i was from too. I forgot I did that until you said it.

I've lived in the south for awhile now and have married a southerner. I've got a mixed accent. Most people from the midwest will say they don't have an accent, as it's the TV voice. It's the easiest to understand accent.

When I moved to California people were really bummed that I didn't have a Boston accent. Sometimes I fake it though!

Southern here, bad.

Texas here y'all!

@prettylizy: we thoroughly enjoyed it and had a few laughs!

I've been told I have a California/ valley accent. Ack!

I've moved around so much in my life I don't have an accent, although I've heard if I'm a little tipsy, I start sounding like a Chicago Super Fan. Very attractive, I'm sure.