Where do you think I’m from based on my accent?

I’m really curious where I sound like I’m from I’ve had people tell me multiple different things. I do use several words interchangeably so if I say more than one option that’s why. I’d really appreciate y’all giving my video a listen and letting me know what you think. Thanks

Word list - Drawer Oil Caught Car Theater Idea Bag Roof Route Pen Wash Crayon Casual athletic shoes? Mirror Pillow Caramel Coupon Orange Syrup Bagel Batteries Clothes Dawn Pecan Milk Eggs Aunt To address a group? Lawyer Data Been

Sentences - I didn’t do that! Did you eat? Pick up some milk from the store, please. I told you I wasn’t going to be late again. Can I get some ice in that?

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SomeMichGuy · M

What I notice:

You sound a lot like me (raised in Mich., but lived a bit in California), but I notice:

• use of "y'all" (though this can be an affectation picked up from others, visiting the South, or simply using it as a distinguishable form of "you", plural)

• drawing out A's--seems to be a Midwestern / Southern thing
- long 'a' in "bagel"
- short 'a' in "bag", "batteries", 2nd form of "pecan"
- first 'a' in "caramel"
- "aw" sound in "dawn"
- "ah" sound in 1st form of "pecan"

• transforming the 'o' ending of "crayon" and "mirror" to more of a barely-there schwa sound or making the words a single syllable ("cray[uh]n" "mere[r]")

• "you guys", "didja", "gonna" are pretty common Americanisms.

So you have enough of the S thing that you could have been born and raised in a Midwestern state, a border state, or a cosmopolitan Southern city, but you are educated & well-read and might have a Southern parent.

I have not looked at the info from others.