In article >,
Becca > wrote:

> Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:
>
> > Born in Asheville, NC and raised mostly there I sound an awful lot like
> > that. Even two years in California hasn't changed it. The thing I am asked
> > when I speak to anyone for the first time is "Where are you from? Obviously
> > not here." Yeah, kinda
> >
> > Cindi
>
> Cindi, I get that same question, "Where are you from?" It is so hard to
> hide an accent.


Happily, us folks in California don't have an accent, so we don't get
that question.

:-)

My SIL has a heavy accent. She is always apologizing for it. I don't
understand why, since she is perfectly understandable, and if an
occasional word doesn't make it, just ask and she will explain
perfectly. Nobody asks her where she's from, though.

My uncle and aunt have heavy accents. My uncle has been in the US for
50 years and still has an accent.

My mother came to this country at the age of 25. By the time I knew
English, she had no perceptible accent. My uncle came at the age of 19,
but he never lost it.