I grew up speaking with a Lowland Southern accent to friends in the South and extended family, but mostly a Western accent at home. My parents are from the PNW (mom from WA and dad from rural NorCal) so I have a pretty bland accent but the Southern is like a flip of a switch (When tired, drunk, or angry I drawl and become a weird intermediate in between but leaning towards southern). Does anyone else have similar experiences. I'm 20 and have lived in the PNW for 11 years and I still have like Pin/Pen merger and a slight drawl at times.
>>35985648
I had to juggle western (California-Utah), Brooklyn and Southern (mostly Georgia) accents at home. I don't even know what my "true" accent is anymore. It's some kind of urban southern hybrid accent. I was around my Brooklyn grandfather when I was a young baby learning to talk, and think I picked some of that. My school was full of transplants that had midwestern, southern and other American accents. My mom still speaks with a western accent in spite of living in the south for over 40 years.
i lived around ghetto niggers so whenever i get angry its hard not to talk in OOGA BOOGA EBONICS i fucking hate it so bad
Tfw you have a south jersey/Philadelphian accent
>>35985648
Ironically enough, mine is very similar. I lived in SeaTac for about 10 years and moved to Texas. I've got almost no accent, but some words twang or drawl. If I've been drinking, the Texas comes out swinging though.
>>35985736
Mine is worsened because of my rural Kentucky Grandpa. Its just a cluster fuck and it just drifts all over the place when speaking relaxed. I try to cover it up by doing goofy accents and voices though.
>>35985746
I speak with a clear Western accent most of the time. But as soon as I talk to my brother drawling and using a mixture of hick and urban nigger slang.
>>35985771
Tacoma here, but rural NC and Suburban North Florida with Southerners all around. I also sound a little gay around other homos so its just a train wreck of an accent when speaking casually
>Mother is Irish from New England
>Father is hillbilly from Ohio
>We moved to Virginia 5 years ago
>I have a new english/mountain folk/southern accent
killme
>>35985920
>WA+NorCal+Eastern Washington+Mountain Folk+Southern+Sometimes slightly faggy
I feel you bro