What does an american accent sound like to a foreigner?

[damkira]

makingmusic476 said:

Khuutra said:
Louisiana is kind of emblematic of the problem: I can think of at least three major accents in that state alone, and it only has six million people.

I can think of at least five.  Typical New Orleans people like myself, that have often been said to have no recognizable accent at all, New Orleans ghetto, St. Bernard (Y'ats!), cajun/creole, then Northern Louisiana folks that sound like typical Southerners.

Its strange... New Orleans people don't.. but Slidell people sound very different from Chalmette people.. and Gretna is different, too. Baton Rouge people have no identifiable accent but they do in Lafayette or Houma...