This is weird...

[leethet]

...because I"m California born and bred and lived-all-my-life. Which means, if there is a California accent, I don't seem to have it.

Which American accent do you have? Neutral You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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Comments

[nsandik.livejournal.com]

I think you just have a very good ear and assimilate a lot of different voices you hear both in person and on television. TV has done an amazing job of turning more of us into national rather than regional speakers. Fear not! You are awesome!

[leethet.livejournal.com]

You know, I think you're right - TV has broadened and smoothed a lot of regional accents. But I think it's also true that the California/Western accent is kind of subtle (and of course, the way one's parents speak can affect it a great deal - my dad was born in Massachusetts and raised in England, so he didn't talk like the other California parents *G*).

And yes, I am awesome. ;-) We all are - we just all pronounce it differently.