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"Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest"

The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.


Makes sense.
Military brat; always moving from coast to coast during the developmental years: what choice did he have?

None.

Sure,

I could have abandoned my family in the dry Mojave.

I could have left them all.

To escape the god in the clouds in Florida.

I could have left my Own to Die

And this is my judgement....


Most imitated by prospective newscasters.

"The by-default lowest common denominator "to be attempted to be achieved by said newscasters! And to placate my fears concerning my own dialectic issues involvning just HOW much I suck, they tell me that just because it appears that I suck that badly, I may not really suck that much because I didn't grow up in the Midland, and my accent may be confusing their accent triangulation or something.

Yay.

I win for my accent sucking so badly that their computer can't figure it out.
 

"Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest"

The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.


Makes sense.
Military brat; always moving from coast to coast during the developmental years: what choice did I have?

None.

Sure,

I could have abandoned my family in the dry Mojave.

I could have left them all.

To escape the god in the clouds in Florida.

I could have left my Own to Die

And this is my judgement....


Most imitated by prospective newscasters.

"The by-default lowest common denominator "to be attempted to be achieved by said newscasters! And to placate my fears concerning my own dialectic issues involvning just HOW much I suck, they tell me that just because it appears that I suck that badly, I may not really suck that much because I didn't grow up in the Midland, and my accent may be confusing their accent triangulation or something.

Yay.

I win for my accent sucking so badly that their computer can't figure it out.
 

.....and I'm repetitive.

redundant, even.

damn.
 

At least they didn't call you a yankee
 

i, too, am Midland - i think this is 72% full of crap and the other 28% is questionable - i still don't know what question #15 means
 

I definitely have certain words that I speak with a distinctly Southern accent. They just didn't happen to ask about them. Other words I have intentionally changed my pronunciation of in the past few years, my daughters name being one of them. Most Southerners would pronounce "Emma" as "Imma" (short i sound instead of short e sound at the beginning). I have to admit, the yankees are right about this one, so I've changed my ways. Yes, I've even caved on the "pen" vs. "pin" pronunciation [hint - they're not pronounced the same way].
 

I've never been able to call Atlanta "Atlanna." It tends to come out "ATlanTa." That's what I get for living in upstate NY for a year. Frigid Bastards.
 

Surprisingly, it said I had a Southern accent. Many people say I don't really have an accent.

Maybe I'm just one deaf so I don't know how I pronounce these words.
 

What do ya know? I was Southern.