3 of my grandparents were from the North, 1 from the Central region. However, both sides of my family ran to the South before my parents were born. I was born here, and picked up generally my parents' and grandparents' way of speaking.Theta wrote:Are you from south Vietnam? I've read that's a characteristic difference in the dialects there compared to those in the North.
Generally, all my grandparents speak with Northern accent (even my grandfather from the Central region; even though he died when I was ~12 so I don't remember much of his speech, I am almost certain he spoke Northern usually, and switched to Central when he was with people from Central - it's common practice for Central dialect speakers, since their dialect is insanely difficult to understand). My parents also usually have a clearly Northern accent, although some Southern vocabulary has seeped into our speech as my parents lived in S. Vietnam for the time they were in Vietnam. As for me, I've been told that I have a very strong Northern accent (albeit one that is slightly "Americanized" since I was born here).