@gentooP @xianc78

> "you guys" is kind of foreign to me,

This is interesting but does require some at least vague explanation of the region.

> I don't really know what my accent is, I just know it's not really southern or boomhauer type, nor Baltimore.

I thought my accent was messed up due to having lived in other states for a big chunk of my yoof, but this placed me firmly in Los Angeles: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html . (I don't know if it still works, I took it years ago.)