OH MY GOD IT DOES SOUND LIKE THATS WHAT THEY SAY!! My daughter actually likes it here and has picked up on the accent a bit. It makes my face hurt.
I have an accent, I want to say it's just rural Pacific Northwestern, but think a weird combo of Middle American, Canadian, Welsh and a spicy hint of Tex-Arkana. It has been a struggle to learn how to speak the King's English the rest of the world enjoys. Yes, I say "Eh?" but not incredibly often, anymore. But I like to step the pedal to the medal with the country speech every once in a while, especially when I'm at a county fair or drunk on top of a mountain making a bonfire.
Canadian accents work by speeding up words. Toronto is pronounced "Ch'ranna". Calgary is pronounced "Calgree". Ya'll is produced "all of you". Focus: Peanut butter. I love it like Joe Black. I like it as a plain sandwich or on toast, that's it.
I have a Minnesota accent, not quite as bad as in Fargo (the show/movie), but it's noticeable. The accents in Fargo I notice immediately because they're very forced, but a real Minnesota accent I have to actually listen for because I'm so used to hearing it. Some of the middle-aged housewives around here are embarrassingly bad. Whenever I'm on the phone with someone who has a Southern accent I try to throttle back on my accent so I don't sound like so much of a dim wit. A lot of people think a thick Southern accent makes you sound stupid, I believe the same is true for MN accents.
Ah, Minnesota. A wonderous place where two young Canadian fellas were able to convince a couple of pretty young women that they had to park their dog sleds at the border. FOCUS: My secret shame is my love for pizza pockets. Not pops, pockets. My wife shakes her head in sadness every time I come home with a box. She doesn't want this trait passing on to our children.
Wait but what is a pizza pop Edit: I couldn't stand the anticipation so I looked it up myself and am sorely disappointed. I assumed it was a pizza lollipop or maybe even a pizza popsicle. (I have no idea how I know what a pizza pocket is, I know what a pizza bite is, but I just learned today what a pizza pop is.)
^^^^seriously because it sounds icky. I have an obsession with Arby's beef n cheddar. The Husband finds it revolting and won't even sit near me when I'm eating it.
Taco Bell. Taco Bell is my fast food weakness. My intestines have callouses on them at this point. And it's not *just* from the anal sex.
Same. I'm only self conscious about it while traveling and if someone points it out, the accent only gets worse. Can't help it. Focus: Some nights I just blast pop music at my workbench.
Yes. But it will fade some. My parents moved from NYC to Spokane in the 70's, and you can hardly tell my dad is from there. A lady I used to work with is from Alabama. She still has an accent, but it is definitely less, and it comes on strong when she ends up on the phone with someone from the south.
Focus: Oftentimes on the weekends, el husband and I will get a large take our order from either the Chinese or the Thai place down the road. We get a lot of food. When they ask how many people are eating so they can supply to-go utensils in the bag for us, I always lie and say 4 people because I don't want to offer any more explanation and I can't take the judgemental looks from the tiny Asian lady cashing us out.
Maybe where you live, around here we pronounce it like a normal human would, just like it's spelt. Toronto, or steaming pile of shit. Really either way is fine.