HI, y'all...Well, I'm from West Virginia, so, yes, I do have an accent...
Even within our small state, you can tell where people are from because of their accent. The southern part of the state is very distinctive, while the northern part has barely any noticeable Southern drawl. When my daughter was in high school, she wanted to rid herself of the WV accent, and she asked me to order tapes for her on elocution, which I did, but after she went off to college out of state, she became proud of her roots, and let the WV drawl roll of the tongue.
She used to be embarrassed when we would go thru a fast food drive-thru, and I'd fake a Brooklyn accent, or a French one. I love learning accents!
Patty