As a native speaker, I grew up in an area where the boundaries of three American dialects were within about 25 miles, so I did the same. For example, it doesn'

As a native speaker, I grew up in an area where the boundaries of three American dialects were within about 25 miles, so I did the same. For example, it doesn't bother me at all to pronounce 'creek' as 'creek' or 'crick,' or 'wash' as 'wash' or 'warsh.' We all figured out where people in our little town came from by the way they pronounced a few different words. ('Roof' is another that tells something about you, for example.)