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I was born in California, lived there 6 months, moved to Indonesia, lived there almost 5 years, moved to North Carolina, lived there 4 years, moved to Washington state, lived there 4 years, moved to Arkansas, lived there less than 2 years, and now I am moving to Ohio. When people ask me what my hometown is, what should I say? What would they call me? (Besides my name) In the south, I am said to have a northern accent, but when we visited the North, they said I had a southern accent. I am very confused!!!

2006-06-10 17:39:57 · 11 answers · asked by ♥kistin14♥ 3 in Society & Culture Languages

Every place has its perks. California is coolest because I was born in L.A. Indo is where I lived the longest. N.C. was where I learned how to say the Pledge of Alligence. Seattle was the prettiest. Arkansas is where I have the best friends. And to that first person, I haven't lived there yet. I am just worried that when I grow older and people ask me where I am from, I won't know what to say. And when I was meeting the conselour at my new school, she asked me where my accent was and I must have seemed stupid because I didn't know what to say.

2006-06-10 17:51:15 · update #1

Right now, Arkansas feels like home because that is where I am living.

2006-06-10 17:52:40 · update #2

And I am too young to have lost my heart in any city. Ashley, thanks for what you said!

2006-06-10 17:53:50 · update #3

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just say you are a life long traveler from California, or you could just pick your favorite place and call it home

2006-06-10 17:44:10 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0 1

It depends on the context. I was born in San Diego, but I live now in Pittsburgh, PA, so either could be construed as my hometown based on the context. I have also lived in Phoenix, Tampa Bay, and rural NC and VT. I am said to have a Philadelphia accent at times, even though that's 300 mi down the road.. Frankly, I reckon my accent is a mix of all the places I've lived, and yours likely is as well. :)

2006-06-11 00:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Just tell them you've spent time in Indonesia, Washington and Arkansas. I enjoy having a (mostly) neutral accent. Just watch, you're accent will always sound different to others than it does to you so don't sweat the small stuff. Just laugh at the differences and enjoy your uniqueness! Your friends won't really care.

2006-06-11 01:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by tyghor 2 · 0 0

Where did you feel like home the most? Where did you loose your heart to a town? That will be the town I would call "home town". Or answer with the town where you were born ad than add, but in my life we moved a lot and I learned to have many hometowns with all goods and bads.

2006-06-11 00:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by MaNi 2 · 0 0

well, i dont really know, but the same happened to me I was born in Colombia and i lived there for 11 years, then me and my family moved to the Philippines and lived there for about 6 years and now i live by myself in Japan and i lost my Spanish accent, so when i go back to Colombia all my friends make fun of me, because they say i dont speak with the Colombian accent anymore, because my Spanish has no accent now.

Thank you, now i know that i am not the only person that feels like that.

good luck.

2006-06-11 07:49:18 · answer #5 · answered by john 6 · 0 0

Where were you born? Which place do you remember most. Which one feels like home? I was born in(17yrs) Mississippi. I lived in (2yrs)Hawaii,(4yrs)California and Washington State(2yrs). My spirit sings the brightest song in Washington State(home)

2006-06-11 00:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by wildrover 6 · 0 0

I would simply say, we have lived all over the world and even out of the country. So I don't have specific roots in one town.

2006-06-11 00:43:07 · answer #7 · answered by AOMGMC77 5 · 0 0

Sweetie, your hometown is the U.S.A. with a northern accent and be proud of it too.
As for what to call you, how about a citizen, sounds good to me.

2006-06-11 00:44:01 · answer #8 · answered by fedupmoma 4 · 0 0

wow, lots of moving. in any town, country, or state just be yourself. when i moved north i had a southern accent. they just called me hillbilly...lol. so i sorta picked up northern slang. when i moved south the same. we then moved east.lol. so just call me hillbilly. it works for me.

2006-06-11 00:47:13 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

An international citizen.

You are a wordly young lady.

2006-06-11 00:42:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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