[AbsoluteDestiny]

Really good article. For those interested in this sort of thing, wired did a pretty good series on accents in the US recently on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KP4ztKK0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsE_8j5RL3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw7pL7OkKEE