• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Having an accent is code for immigrant. If someone from alabama goes to new york, they are never described as “having an accent”.

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      11 hours ago

      Can’t speak to your specific example but I have 100% heard people say “had an accent” to mean “has a regional accent”, that would include, for example, an Appalachian accent.