well, i've become aware of accents becuz you have americans here from all over the states (and of course lots of brits, south africans and ausies). my mom has a detroit accent, my dad a D.C. accent and my best friend used to have a pretty strong new york accent until she met me....hehehe her parents say ive ruined her

lol. one time i was in detroit with my family and i got together with friends of mine and they said i lost my american accent. i was very upset, but i knew it wasnt true (ok, i was little when this happened, thats why i took this VERY seriously

). so i asked my mom "mommy, did i lose my american accent?" and it turns out i lost my detroit accent bcuz of my friends (from new york, jersey, LA, boston, new york, LA, new york,LA.....lol) and now i sound like im from minasota (wut does that mean?!

). but when im in the states ppl ask me if im from there, so i guess its true.
BTW, ppl from ohio have accents. its kindda like a detroit accent.
also - ive noticed that guys from LA sound like theyre gay....has anyone noticed this?