"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 8/6/2013 4:28 PM, Gary wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>
>>> It's the no accent accent.
>>
>> I've found that many big cities have that no accent accent. It's a
>> meld of many. Drive out into the rural areas though and you can tell a
>> difference fairly easily.
>
> Someone once told me that Ohio had the most no accent accent.
>
> Of course, they were from Ohio. And I'm not positive it's to
> brag about. Many times an accent is nice.

I think Johnny Carson said that. Said there was one city there where no one
had an accent and they frequently employed people from there to do voice
things on radio and TV.