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"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern I
by hcolomb 13y ago
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
Interestingly, it seems to have pegged me mostly correctly. I've lived all my life in and around Atlanta. Most people notice a Southern accent on me, but I definitely don't have a Classical Southern accent.
- sabat 13y agoYeah, I so reject this myth. The areas you name have a clear, non-standard accent, and on TV or radio would stick out like the proverbial sore thumb. The "neutral" accent you're imagining is western. Not eastern.
- wambotron 13y agoI got The West, which had a very similar description. I'm from PA, fwiw.