VEGANGELICA

Paloma! I do hear what sounds like a slight Chicago accent when you say "bad" and "sad." Are you from Chicagoland?

I have a run-of-the-mill Midwestern accent, too, which is generally the one you hear TV newscasters use throughout the U.S., I have read. I do use gutteral stops, though, if I'm not thinking about what I'm saying. For example, I say "moun-n" instead of "mountain," and "foun-n" instead of "fountain."

Some people in Southern Iowa actually say "warsh" instead of "wash" the clothes. That always strikes me as very hillbilly. My Iowan accent pet peeve is when people say, "I am going acrosst the street," although "across" has no "t" in it. I always say "wash" and "across."

Paloma, how do you say "sorry?" Do you pronounce the middle like the word "or," or do you pronounce it like "are?" I ask, because people from Minnesota and Canada often seem to say "sorry" like "s-or-y" while here in Iowa we say "sorry" like "s-are-y."

Nice hair-fluffing, by the way! You really do look quite a bit like VeggieLover!

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