55 minutes south.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from Tidewater and no one my age (30s) has an accent anymore.

Op here. Speaking of loss of accents. I’m 40. My college roommate was from Suffolk and did not have an accent either.

Every one of you has an accent.

Stick you in London or Sydney or Singapore and they can tell what country you're from as soon as you speak.

Anonymous wrote:Older people from Northern Virginia have an accent. My family is from this area (Loudoun County) and my parents and grandparents and great-aunts and great-uncles have what is called the Piedmont accent but younger generations do not have it.

Yep I hear a southern accent here with older folks maybe 55+ who grew up here. It’s not super thick but it’s there. Even some of the people my own age, Millennials born in the 80s, I will hear it a little bit. But younger Millennials and younger, no.

Older people from Northern Virginia have an accent. My family is from this area (Loudoun County) and my parents and grandparents and great-aunts and great-uncles have what is called the Piedmont accent but younger generations do not have it.

I'm from the tidewater area, and I am 60. I don't have any discernable accent. My parents and grandparents did have a significant regional accent, however. My Father always said that my generation and younger from the area lost it because of the influence of generic Mid-Atlantic speech patterns on television.

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Tidewater and no one my age (30s) has an accent anymore.

Op here. Speaking of loss of accents. I’m 40. My college roommate was from Suffolk and did not have an accent either.

I'm from Tidewater and no one my age (30s) has an accent anymore.

So, I'm in the Richmond area. There are so many transplants here now that it's tough to really hear the old time southern accent - it does appear though at times especially if you get into some of the spots were some of the long time Richmond residents are congregating. I hear it a lot after church services when in the coffee and donut line, lol.

My kids were born here and do have a few words they say that come across in a more southern way.

I grew up in Pittsburgh and my Western PA accent has diminished over time but does regain strength when I am back there.

Just an aside, my daughter picked out that Curt Cignetti, the Indiana U football coach, was from Pittsburgh as soon as she heard him talk. She said he sounded just like her great Uncle! Unc is a true Pittsburgher!

I'd like to know too.

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Anonymous wrote:What accents? South VA accents? Roanoke accent? Blacksburg accent? NoVa accent? Richmond accent? Leesburg? McLean? Or wait... Are you asking a different question?

Op here. All of the above. In this same way we discuss the Annapolis lack of local accent. Excluding DC and PG County specific demographic based accents. That very much seems to be Northern Virginia now with no accents much farther out even into Central VA. For instance, are there accents specific to the Allegheny highlands areas of Virginia and where do those start to appear? Which towns do those begin?

I have family in Lynchburg with no audible Virginian accent and family in Henry County who do have accents. I have friends raised in Richmond without accents and a friend from Front Royal with one.

Annapolis lacks the surrounding regional hoi tider accent. It has an accent otherwise.

Anonymous wrote:Accents relative to what? Everyone has an accent.

+1. I grew up in Alexandria and attended school on the west coast. I was routinely told I had a southern accent.

Anonymous wrote:What accents? South VA accents? Roanoke accent? Blacksburg accent? NoVa accent? Richmond accent? Leesburg? McLean? Or wait... Are you asking a different question?

Op here. All of the above. In this same way we discuss the Annapolis lack of local accent. Excluding DC and PG County specific demographic based accents. That very much seems to be Northern Virginia now with no accents much farther out even into Central VA. For instance, are there accents specific to the Allegheny highlands areas of Virginia and where do those start to appear? Which towns do those begin?

I have family in Lynchburg with no audible Virginian accent and family in Henry County who do have accents. I have friends raised in Richmond without accents and a friend from Front Royal with one.

Accents relative to what? Everyone has an accent.

What accents? South VA accents? Roanoke accent? Blacksburg accent? NoVa accent? Richmond accent? Leesburg? McLean? Or wait... Are you asking a different question?

Question in the title. Which city or county?