I don't have a local accent except for this word basically lmao

I can imitate my parents very well, but I can't imitate all the other variations I hear

In fact, when I was living in Florida, during high school, I imitated my mother to a friend and he asked why she sounded like JFK. I didn't say they both had the same accent, because I didn't realize JFK even had a Boston accent

I also lost a lot of local vocab, but I kept a lot too, and I think they follow a pattern. Namely, the words I used around friends (bubbler) adapted to Florida versions (water fountain), whereas those I used only with my parents (carriage) stayed as they were (Floridian equivalent: [shopping] cart)

@jordyd omg water fountains are called bubblers?! whoa. cool.

@lopsigon yeah in MA at least

@lopsigon I used to say bubbler for water fountain and water bubbler for those big jugs with the red and blue spouts

@lopsigon the distinction between their referents is admittedly unrelated to the distinction between their names

@jordyd are people who hover around water bubblers, bubbler bees?

@lopsigon lmao no but they should be

@lopsigon especially because with the local accent it would sound more like a sound than a word

@lopsigon bubblabees

@lopsigon see also bumpadabumpa (bumper to bumper)

@jordyd lewd

@jordyd I'll give you a referent

@lopsigon whatever could the referent of referent here be

@jordyd big talking tree people, probably

@jordyd if there was a set of words that made you (or your mouth) shine when you spoke them, it would be a glowcabulary

@lopsigon if there were a sentence that expressed something that may not actually be true, it would be in the subjunctive

(sorry I had to make the joke)

@jordyd
* tries to bite you *

@lopsigon *deflects with an English textbook*

@jordyd gah! my nemesis!
* hides underground before they're turned to ash *

@jordyd I pick up accents way too easily when I travel much less move so I cultivated a Mid-Atlantic Cable TV accent for all but the most emotional moments usually