I know this question is weird but I was born in Michigan and at age 3 my family moved to Montana and I am now 20. Well everybody at work keeps telling me I have an accent and I don't hear anything different from the way everybody else talks, but everybody I work with seems to think I have an accent. I don't think there is any way I could have an accent being born in Michigan and living in Montana since I was 3. What do you think?
2007-02-05 10:51:34 · 7 answers · asked by Randi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Everybody has an accent.
People from Michigan definately talk different than people from Toronto, New York, Boston, Vancouver, or Florida.
2007-02-05 10:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by rostov 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have an accent. I'm from Ohio and everyone always knows it, even when I go to Southern Ohio, which is simply a different part of the state I grew up in. Everyone knows I'm not from the East Coast; everyone has an accent. Michigan's accent, from what I've been told from a girl in Detroit, is a mild deviation of the typical East Coast accent associated with New York. Even though you've been in Montana for 17 years, you still have that accent you honed in the 3 years you were in Michigan ...
2007-02-05 10:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by collard greens with hash browns 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Michigan and was shocked the first time I went down south and someone identified me as a "Michigander" by my accent! We can all be identified by our accents. As one of my best friends says, "I don't talk with an accent, you're hearing me with an accent!" (LOL)
2007-02-05 11:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by la buena bruja 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lived in Michigan all my life. I don't believe there is an accent unique to Michigan.
2007-02-05 10:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. everyone does. i find michigan accents kind of sound like wisconsin, but not as obvious or annoying. I like their accents and can tolerate them. sorry but i just can't stand listening to thick wisconsin accents! it bugs the **** out of me! i'm so sorry to all those wisconsinians out there but it's the truth. the more west in michigan you get, the more you notice the wisconsin in their voices.
2007-02-05 16:47:13 · answer #5 · answered by LaMorenaForbiden™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has an accent. It is just the way you talk.
2007-02-05 10:55:40 · answer #6 · answered by Gnomon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone speaks with an accent, which is simply a variation, however slight, in pronunciation and lilt.
2007-02-05 10:56:26 · answer #7 · answered by Not Your Muse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋