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Whoa, I never thought an article about Liberal would be on HN. I'm a Liberal, KS resident since about 2005, and now that I think about it...people here do have a kind of unique accent, but I don't know if it's really as striking as the article makes it out to be. I don't know, maybe I've just gotten used to it.

I was shocked when I opened the article and saw our welcome sign. Hahaha

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fwiw, I grew up in Miami, and I 100% thought that me and my friends did not have an accent of any kind whatsoever ... because for whatever reason, there weren't really a lot of people born and raised in miami in popular media (at least that I was aware of, days before Pitbull, etc).

Well, I moved away to central florida (very different demographics) at 17 ... and it wasn't until a few years later when I went back to visit, that I realized just how distinct (to my ears at least) my friends sounded. Nowadays, I can hear someone start to speak, and within a few minutes of listening can tell that they were raised in Miami. It's a few subtle clues that thus far have almost always been right

> and I 100% thought that me and my friends did not have an accent of any kind whatsoever

I suspect everyone thinks that. It's all those people from other parts of the world/country that have accents. :)

I'm 37 and I'm still perplexed that it rains some places in the summer.

Here I am from Michigan thinking "When else would it rain?!?!"

Ha! ya, first time I realized this I was like 14 and we went to the Midwest during the summer and there was a big storm. Before that, I always thought summer = dry and hot everywhere.

It rains in the tropics, like in those tropical rainforests.

How about Maui: '"Big Bog," a spot on the edge of Haleakala National Park overlooking Hana at about 5,400 feet elevation had an estimated mean annual rainfall of 404.4 inches over the 30-year period of 1978 to 2007' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui#Rainfall)

It's funny you mention this, I'm 37 and just visited Las Vegas for the first time recently ... as a Floridian, I never fathomed that air could be _that dry_.

In in California and I'm perplexed that it even rains here anymore...

Listening to the audio, it's subtle but it definitely sounds unique to my ear. :)

Really? That's interesting. If you don't mind me asking, where are you from?

I live in the Pacific Northwest.

What do you do there? Why'd you move there in 05?

I'm a sysadmin.

Well, I moved up here because my parents decided to, and I was a child at the time. :)

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