I mean , here in the south they ' re pretty desirable , but I understand what you ' re saying . <| sep |> What , you saying that Trump and his campaign rhetoric has had no role in unleashing and legitimizing open and overt expressions of racism across the country , initially amongst his White supporters , like AltRight and the KKK , but spreading outward so that now many others , including those who aren ' t White , have picked up on it ? And , that his appointment of Steve Bannon as Chief Strategist doesn ' t just add fuel to the fire ? <| sep |> From a linguistics standpoint , there are 15 possible vowel sounds in American English . No single regional dialect has all of them , and some of them are unique to a specific region . Generally speaking , people from New England have the most vowel sounds at about 13 . People from the MidAtlantic states PA , DE , MD have about 10 . Southerners and Midwesterners also have about 810 but not necessarily the same ones as other people east of the Mississippi . Californians only have 3 , which is why their accent sounds flat and broad to the rest of us . That being said , it ' s difficult to acquire vowel sounds that are not native to you , as you have difficulty perceiving them think about the Asian stereotypes about l and r sounds those sounds don ' t exist in Asian languages so they may have trouble discerning the difference between the two . Attempting a regional US accent may land you in the same boat , as you may have difficulty noticing some of the nuances of the vowels . For workcharity purposes , you may want to stick with the generic newscaster speech as mentioned below . It ' s our version of RP , and it is deliberately easily understood worldwide . Source BA degree in Linguistics .