Originally Posted by Burning Down

Oh yeah, I agree. I think almost 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border, so there are definitely going to be similarities in the accent, all along the border. Same with slang and colloquial language. When I did that "American Dialect Map" quiz thing, the hottest matches for me were Buffalo and Rochester, and most of New York. It makes complete sense.

I have a friend who has visited a number of countries and has been mistaken for an American every time until she showed her passport, and people were saying she sounds American. I always thought that was interesting. My boyfriend once told me that he could never tell the difference, especially back home and would always assume somebody was American at first.