Having learned to speak from my mother, a native of NEO, but growing up in Northern California, then living in the South briefly as an adult, I can tell you for sure the Cleveland accent is for real. I slip into it myself if I've been talking with my mahm (mom) or my uncles. It's nothing to be ashamed about, it just is. If you are ever in doubt about it, try asking for a bahx at a restaurant in Canada. Then listen to how they say box when they finally get what you're saying
Speaking as one of the members of the millennial generation, thank you for seeing it again. It's easy for some to forget the chaos that was post 9/11 and how fear and uncertainty seeped into everything. That is the root of this disaffected generation's discontent and it's aftermath is still affecting all of us.
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