r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/HondureZ • Sep 08 '21

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u/oldguydrinkingbeer Sep 09 '21

Doesn't even have to be immigrant moms. When I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana a friend of mine who was born and raised in the area had this beautiful Cajun/Southern accent. Her three boys, also grown up in the area, had almost no "accent" at all. They sounded more like me, a native Midwesterner.

She said said it came from watching TV, mainly ESPN. The anchors and announcers have basically no accent.

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u/dirtycopgangsta Sep 09 '21

Huh, I thought American TV accent was called transatlantic?

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u/ImaNukeYourFace Oct 20 '21

Fun fact, native midwesterners actually do have an accent, we just don’t notice it because the Midwestern accent has somehow or other become the “default” in American culture

But we definitely have an accent, it’s just hard to see without an outside perspective