In the southwestern United States, we're generally not known for having an accent. However, there are a couple that I hear from time-to-time. First, of course is the Spicoli-type pothead surfer accent. I do hear that, but not too often. Maybe I'm not traveling in the right circles.
But there's also a sort of baffling SoCal hick thing. Not like a southern hick thing at all. I remember someone telling me that they went "well watching." They weren't watching holes in the ground fill up with water, they were watching whales. I heard a female employee at a pizza place talking on the phone: "Okay, so that's two mill dills?" Meal deals, of course. People talk about the whills on their cars, or maybe that their hill (part of the foot) hurts. My friend just got out of jell. You know, where they keep drug dillers.
People with this accent, even when middle-aged, will often refer to something they like as "bad" or "sick". "Hey, you saw wells when you were out fishing? Sick! That's dope!"
When my kids were little, we worked on this. "Say whaaale. Wheeel. Heeeel." Fortunately it seems to have mostly worked.
But there's also a sort of baffling SoCal hick thing. Not like a southern hick thing at all. I remember someone telling me that they went "well watching." They weren't watching holes in the ground fill up with water, they were watching whales. I heard a female employee at a pizza place talking on the phone: "Okay, so that's two mill dills?" Meal deals, of course. People talk about the whills on their cars, or maybe that their hill (part of the foot) hurts. My friend just got out of jell. You know, where they keep drug dillers.
People with this accent, even when middle-aged, will often refer to something they like as "bad" or "sick". "Hey, you saw wells when you were out fishing? Sick! That's dope!"
When my kids were little, we worked on this. "Say whaaale. Wheeel. Heeeel." Fortunately it seems to have mostly worked.
