Catalyst Castle

I couldn't even understand what all the words you said were lol. But I will say that like most native Floridians I think we tend to have sort of absence of accent. We're in the South but most of us don't have Southern accents. There's nothing particularly special about the way we talk we just do it. IF there are words that you feel you said with more of a northern accent though that's possibly understandable considering the number of northerners that surround us. Try thinking about your congregation, or ask around if you don't know and find out how many of them are from the north. I dunno about you but I'll pick up little nuances of accent from people I spend any great length of time around.

Yeah, I never really thought of myself as having an accent before. There are a lot of northerners in my congregation, but none of them have a really pronounced accent. Like you say, though, I could have picked up some very subtle quirks of pronunciation from them.

Yeah I've noticed the kids picking up pronunciations from my Mom, most noticeably the words "soy" and "Hawaii." For some reason Mom adds an extra vowel sound to "soy" so that it sounds more like, "soyee." And she adds an extra 'h' to "Hawaii" so it's more like "Hawai-hee."

Dude, I almost took you for German at first. I was corrected when you menntioned the New England though.

I have to agree on the thought of it happening subconciously. Whomever you are around the most (and how easily influenced you are) may and will have an effect on you.

As for the comment about Floridians, I have to agree. I have no idea how to describe our accents.

For me though I may be a tad different because my mom is from New York, and my dad was from the Dominican Republic. You would have to hear me talk to get an idea if I sound remotely Floridian.

Just heard your voice again and yes, you have some New England in there. If I'm right, it sounds like it would be Boston. The only other accent coming to mind is Chicago (da bears!).

If it's okay for me to ask, then where have you lived the longest?

I've lived in central Florida for approximately 92.6% of my life.