[Integrityrocks]

I'm a born/raised Alaskan and we don't sound like Sara. Not that it is anything to spend a lot of thought on, but since is was mentioned, I can say, her accent is definitely not typical of Alaskans. Most native Alaskans have a very distinct accent and you can hear it with Todd, but otherwise, we're just sort of a non-accent bunch.

[GOP_Proud]

...but otherwise, we're just sort of a non-accent bunch.

Uh...no. I've been there. You do have an accent. We all do unless we've been trained otherwise. My dad had an excellent ear for languages. He could listen to almost anyone and put them pretty close to the region they grew up in.

[muawiyah]

Everybody thinks they are a Non-Accent Bunch.

You'all got an accent ~ heavy one too ~ and not Scanderhoovian at all ~ more specific, like Finnish, Latvian, Estonian, Coastal Polish or Far Western Russian, AND, thanks to a 1930s program for shipping poor people from South Central Indiana to Alaska to grow giant cabbages and pigs, Southern Indiana "German".

If they'd waited a few years those guys'd all been speaking English and there wouldn't be a problem.

We got a call from a young lady in Anchorage recently and she sounded exactly like Sarah. Of course it was something about the Tesoro Oil Iron Dog Racing Team ~ 'at's where Todd does his thing.

[AUsome Joy]

I just returned from a trip to Alaska. One of the meetings I attended was led by a couple of native-born Alaska women. They sounded just like Sarah Palin. One of them joked that she was often mistaken for Sarah. She had long hair like her and when she piled it up on her head, there was a real resemblance. Whether that is a common accent or not I don’t know.

You remind me of my mom. She lives in Alabama and believes she doesn’t have an accent.