Nope. But I did spend the first ten years of my life in Ft. Lauderdale where I was born. And that was just a suburb of New York at the time (in the 70's). But yeah, I was surprised by that result. EDIT: And when we moved to Knoxville and after my first week at my new elementary school, I remember making the very conscious decision that I was not going to 'sound like these people'. Yes, it was a very prejudiced thought, but I was 10 and had just moved. And, frankly, I just don't like 'you'ns' and 'chimbley instead of chimney', etc. So I probably have a very neutral dialect and just a splash of accent. When I lived in Connecticut, however, I found out that I do have a southern accent because they all told me I did.
one of my parents is not a native english speaker and the other one is from in a region not at all red, so it isn't connecting back to my parents.
I think your surroundings affect you far more than your home. You will emulate your friends, not your parents, imho. When we moved to Knoxvile, my sister, who is a social chameleon, developed a southern accent in about 2 weeks. My brother, who was only 8 when we moved here, has a very southern accent, even though mom and dad do not (Dad more than mom, as he was raised in Alabama/Mississippi). My mom is all Ft. Lauderdale (born and raised there).
Pretty accurate for me https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...040180001000010204020004004082101804002j20400
more Madison County than Maryville according to my map. I do the italian accent ok when I speak it, at least for a Tennessean
Took it three times. Apparently Pruitt and I should be able to talk aight. Birmingham, the Gump, and Huntsville. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...2401800106010j00040004040210j00200420020b000j
Took it 3 times, at least it's consistently South and I should be able to converse with anyone south of the Mason-Dixon