I am indeed a native of the Midwest -- born in Ohio, moved to Iowa when I was three, lived there until age thirteen. I've purposefully purged a lot of the midwesternisms from my speech (you won't catch *me* calling a fizzy beverage "pop"), but some of the accent and speech patterns remain.
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I am indeed a native of the Midwest -- born in Ohio, moved to Iowa when I was three, lived there until age thirteen. I've purposefully purged a lot of the midwesternisms from my speech (you won't catch *me* calling a fizzy beverage "pop"), but some of the accent and speech patterns remain.