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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I live in the US Midwest with almost no accent. Anytime I go somewhere where people have strong accents, my brain really has to work to understand them. It'll take a couple of days of immersion before I really start to understand people.
“With almost no accent”
You have an accent
Midwest is classic "broadcast English". It's considered an almost neutral accent without a strong sense of place associated with it.
A so-called "neutral accent" is still an accent.
West coast people really hear a Midwest accent. I upvoted because it made me laugh.
Yeah lol I will agree that it's less heavy of an accent, for the most part, but most people can still tell unless you literally talk like a news anchor. Same with West Coast accents tbh.
I thought that was the Mid-Atlantic Accent?
Not for about 80 years...
Never really. Mid-Atlantic was taught in elocution lessons but didn't really exist outside film and theatre.
I thought it was native to wealthy families from Jersey/Virginia/Maryland. People that grew up in Martha's vineyard.
I've always preferred calling it "trans-atlantic" to avoid confusion with that "Mid-Atlantic Region" of the US which is on the East Coast roughly from New Jersey down to Virginia, maybe even the very northern Coastal parts of North Carolina. Some people include New York/NYC but I can't agree. Ok, maybe parts of New York bordering Pennsylvania.
Oh I actually thought the comment I replied to replied to your comment about broadcast English xD