I grew up in Nebraska too. When I left to join the Army, I was stationed in Georgia. After a few months there, my mom told me she could hear a Southern accent when I called home.

I went to London a couple years ago and found that it was a little difficult to understand anyone at first even though they were all speaking English.

I work in technology so I hear a lot of Indian accents. I've been living in Colorado for 10 year but still have a bit of a Northern California surfer accent from my time there at the end of my Army tour.