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To: discostu

No, Midwestern accents sound “hick”. Californian non-accent is the media default.


15 posted on 02/10/2016 2:01:46 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man St anding.)
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To: Hugin

Nope. The general American accent used by the media is midwestern:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American#General_American_in_the_media


19 posted on 02/10/2016 2:08:50 PM PST by discostu (This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
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To: Hugin

You think Californians have no accent?

That’s funny rite there!


30 posted on 02/10/2016 2:28:49 PM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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