accent

[East]

Accents don't do anything for me one way or another.



I grew up in Texas and I still have an accent (I sometimes like to call it my "Joplin accent" because some people who hate Texas accents like Janis Joplin for some weird reason, and for those curious her accent is almost identical to mine...she's a perfect match for my Granny, down to her hoarse laugh). So I think if there was a California accent I'd have noticed it by now. I haven't (though I suspect people who say there's a "California accent" actually mean Valleyspeak). There are, of course, countless accents as people of every background mix together, however.

ETA: The "Joplin accent" (that's right, she's a Texan, we ain't all like Bush or Perry):

I love Janis...ALOT ...and I love her voice (and her laugh) but I never really associate it with Texas. Interesting. Like I said though...It is more about the person because when I hear Ann Richards talk I am charmed..when I hear Rick Perry or GW...err...not so charmed...:eek: