Are you a rhotic or non-rhotic speaker?

[Technocracy Timmy]

I’m not Boston, British, or Bernie

[Technocracy Timmy]

Non-rhotic, standard middle-class southern accent. Rhotic accents are very uncouth to my ears. I think it's a shame that the non-rhotic American accents like Tidewater have died out, they sound lovely.

What about this?

[Technocracy Timmy]

Rhotic

People from Sacramento are really bad about leaving out t’s before vowels. When I say “intercontinental,” it sounds like “innercon’inennal.” Saoirse Ronan talked about about the accent when she was doing interviews after Lady Bird came out.

Same thing in my home town. Nobody pronounces Huntington Beach with the T in it.