Can someone tell me what my accent is if I live in Buffalo, New York?

[joe m]

I'm just trying to find out what distinguishes my accent from others.

[mountain lady]

Generally, linguists use the word "accent" to refer to the way you pronounce a language because that language is not your native language.

The word for describing a regional language is "dialect".

The Buffalo, N.Y. dialect is an "upstate New York" dialect. The one feature I am familiar with is the way of pronouncing the "a" in "rat". It is like the "eah" in "yeah!"

[popowich]

I'm from Buffalo. My rat rhymes with bat. :fryingpan:

-Raymond

[THERESA]

I'm from Buffalo. My rat rhymes with bat. :fryingpan:

-Raymond

HUH???? :confused:

[popowich]

I'm from Buffalo, but I live in Rochester.

Depending on how the question is phrased you may get one city or the other out of me for the answer. ;)

-Raymond