Accented English

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "saintbacchus" <saintbacchus at y...> wrote:

> Side note: when I was in New Mexico about five years ago,
> I thought everybody sounded normal. Couldn't detect an
> accent. They all wanted to know where I was from, though.
> Weird, I thought. But when I got back to Wisconsin, I
> noticed, for the first time, how nasal everybody sounds!
> It's very weird to hear your own accent.


If you were in Albuquerque you would be correct in saying we have no 
accent. In fact there's a study (of which I can't remember the name) 
that tracked accents/dialects through out the US. The study found 
that Albuquerque had no discernable accent compared to the rest of 
the country.

However there are several different accents through out the state. 
Eastern New Mexicans tend to have the west Texas drawl. In northern 
New Mexico they have what we locals call a moach, a type of spanish 
accent.  If you have ever seen the Milagro Bean Field War you'll see 
what I mean, or rather hear. 

I myself have a bit of a southern drawl because I grew up listening 
to my dad, who was from Mississippi. 

Cheers,
Kristin