Best representation of your native accent

I was born and lived in North Carolina until I was 8 years old. I'm sure I had a Southern accent. Then we moved to Tampa, Florida and no one there had an accent because so many were transplants. My mother and father kept their charming Southern drawls but I lost any accent at all. I've lived in Texas now for 18 years and still have no accent.
 

CooCooforCoCoPuffs said:
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Snow Hill/Ocean City/Pocomoke) they have a southern Virginia accent and say"

"Wooterr" for water. "Sharr" for shower. "Farr" for fire. "Fishin" for fishING. "Nuttin" for nothING.
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And "Hooom" for home, right? I have a good friend in Philly.
 
AnnieA said:
Great examples! The cultured Australian sounds nearly British Oxbridge to my American ears.
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When Hubby and I toured the western states of US we were often mistaken for English people. Our accents are very much of the general category, although I can talk broad and cultivated as well. My education developed the cultivated form, but I lapsed back into general when I began teaching.

When I first travelled overseas I landed in Hawaii and I could hear myself talking exactly like Paul Hogan. It was my response to feeling like a foreigner.
 
My son says that I use southern expressions with a Long Island accent. I was raised on Long Island by a father from North Carolina and a mother who grew up in South Carolina. I noticed long ago that there are a number of different "southern" accents. I have not lived up north for over 50 years. Florida is a linguistic melting pot.
 
I never thought I had an accent, but apparently I do. I was out one evening and out of the blue a woman asked if I was from Southern California. She said my accent and demeanor was very coastal. Good observation, I guess ?!? I did live there many years when young.
 
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