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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Most of the accents of the NY area grate on me, and it kills me when I hear myself picking it up.
DC accents bug the hell out of me - flat, blatting, nasal. Ottawa is the same way - maybe it has something to do with capital cities.
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This confuses me. What is a DC accent? Most people here are transplants. When you say flat, blatting, and nasal, it does make me think of Sandra Bullock, who grew up in Arlington, Va, but I have never thought of that as a DC accent.
As a Long Islander, I have always found upstate NY accents to be extremely grating. Talk about flat and nasal.
And to return to a previous topic, people are usually surprised (shock is too strong) to learn I'm from LI. Must be the NPR clip.
