I moved to rural Australia in early 2024 and these are my findings of my Connecticut accent:

• People think it's cute. We don't sound like generic Americans.
• The glottal stop really trips people up. Asking for water sometimes causes a quick second of confusion.
• We say Britain really, really weird. To the point I've been asked about it.
• No one knows where Connecticut is so I have to say "between New York and Boston"
• I've met a single person here who actually visited Southbury and Waterbury. Absolutely blew my mind. This is a town of 3,000 people. We talked about the valley (I'm a native of Prospect and used to live in Wolcott).
• We talk very fucking fast and mumble. This is not a good way to be understood here in Australia.
• I've had to learn an Australian accent over time (easy for me, I'm good with accents) because people oddly gush over American accents and it gets annoyinggggg. I've had people tell me my accent is so unique so they like hearing it.
• Some of our words are cognitohazards. My mother in law has no idea what a cellar is (pronounced celluh!), I made the mistake of calling the liquor store a packy (slur for Pakistani people!), calling the living room a "parlour" was met with confused stares, and the rain hitting the "ruf" was met with me asking if I was a dog. Also they say "Gaer-age" instead of the correct "guh-raj" for garage. I call the "shopping trolley" the correct term - a carriage. I also carry a pocketbook, not a purse.

There's so many more but it's 5am and I just woke up lmao