I was born in and raised in California and got The Inland North: > You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step

I was born in and raised in California and got The Inland North: > You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago? Interestingly enough though, my parents ARE from Chicago. Hmm.