When I first saw this video I could not believe this is the pure unadulterated Maine accent. I thought the guy was putting it on.

Maine State Trooper - YouTube

And yeah, my accent moves around like yours does, ElChiv. It even changes depending on if I've had something to drink and don't like a person; I sound more English then. Most of the time, it's a soft mid-atlantic accent.

p.s. Raise daughters to be shin kickers. You will always know what they think of someone.

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"You know, times are changing. Ladies can do stuff now and you're going to have to learn how to deal with it."
"What? Were you saying something? Look, I don't speak Spanish."

I raised mine to be shlt kickers.

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Hah Minnesota accents are quite unique. Northern Minnesota accents even more, and then there are the Yoopers from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. THOSE are funny.

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In Nevada you become a Nevadan about the time you take the California plates off your car. I've probably met 20 people in Nevada who were actually born here.

Interesting quiz. On some of the questions a "check all" option would have been nice since I use different terms at times. My results:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=0220444018000060101009

People generally can't guess where I'm from based on my accent. The closest anyone's come to naming it specifically is "eastern".

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88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Then I am not a Nevadan quite yet. And I was born in San Francisco, CA.

I think you are correct, as my fiancee told me if all the Californians living in Nevada went away , all that'd be left here in Gardnerville would be the sheep.

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