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I worked in a call center a long time ago, and every now & then I'd talk to someone in Connecticut (or somewhere thereabouts) who would tell me I have a "western accent."  I wasn't sure how to respond.  Later on, I took a radio move to Vermont, where I was not only told I have this "Midwestern 'nice' thing going on," (okay, I just try not to be a jerk,) but also that I enun