The accent is characterized by different sounding "a" and "o" vowel sounds due to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. For example: The short "a" sound in the words bat, Dad and map sounds more ...

The accent is characterized by different sounding "a" and "o" vowel sounds due to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift. For example: The short "a" sound in the words bat, Dad and map sounds more like the ...