Quote Originally Posted by robb_k View Post
I think Jerry was joking when he said his "Area" is the only one without a regional accent. There's NO region in USA that doesn't have an accent different from all others. Standard TV American [[taught in announcer schools) seems to be about half way between that of Northern California and Upstate New York. So, not even one of those 2 closest dialects are right on the mark, Upstate New York having a slight "twang" [[especially in Buffalo/Rochester), and northern California having vowels slightly "flatter" than Standard TV American.
When I'm home for long periods of time, I never notice the accent from local TV announcers but if I've been away a while, that Southern twang hits me like a ton of bricks. I guess they go to the Southern version of announcer school. LOL