0_Apprentice
I have a standard American accent, what about you?
1_Wizard
I also have an American accent. The quality of my voice and the way we pronounce our vowels and consonants is drastically different from those that speak English abroad.
0_Apprentice
Accent (sociolinguistics)
1_Wizard
Even though we both have an American accent, I'm sure ours differ a bit, since we undoubtedly interacted with folks from varying backgrounds as we grew up. I believe I have a Pennsylvanian Dutch accent.
0_Apprentice
Yes, I wonder why that is
1_Wizard
Well, as humanity spreads across a large area, North America in this case, isolated communities form, which introduce different peculiarities to the language used.