This is interesting. According to the quiz, I have a "neutral" accent, which is associated with the lower Midwest, Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia. I have never lived in this area, but the description does say I could just as easily be from somewhere else and that I may have moved around quite a bit as a child, which is true. But I challenge the notion that people from this part of the country don't have a regional accent. Many folks from the region, especially its southernmost reaches, speak with what sounds to me like a slight southern accent.
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@Rutterman Have you always lived in the same area? I have lived in several states, but am originally from Pacific Northwest and am now in the SW/Mountain. So wonder if that affects it.
Haha! Yes, but he's cute in a dorky kind of way. 😃🤓
@Magenta No, I've moved around. Lived in the Northeast, South, and Pacific Northwest. Living in different places, especially when growing-up, might well have a neutralizing effect on one's accent.
