I see you, New York!

I see you, Big Apple!

I see you, Apple!

Don't play with me!

Hello, everyone.

My name is Hunter, and I am from New York.

Of course not.

We often call America a melting pot.

A lot of different cultures, different groups of people find home and refuge there.

So naturally, there's gonna be accents from different places and different people mingling together.

I think the most distinct would be Texas.

Because my mom's family's from there, so...

I'm ready for this.

I think I could do a pretty good job.

Hi!

Hi!

Oh my god, you're so pretty.

Oh my gosh, you're so pretty.

What's your name?

I'm Chelsea. What's your name?

Hi, Chelsea. I'm Hunter.

I love that name!

I mean, it's just great to meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

I'm already trying to figure out...

I know, it's like laser beams going through my brain.

Fighting.

You can do it.

Good girl.

You're from America, right?

I am.

In your state, would you say that the weather is more warm?

I think in my state, the weather acts accordingly.

She's being vague.

She's playing coy with me.

First impression, I think you're pretty normal.

Okay, so what are some things that are popular?

What is this smacking that you're doing?

What are you tasting?

I got it from my cat.

Don't do it back!

I'm sorry.

Wait, what was the question?

Oh wait, I remember it.

What's popular in America?

Why are you so far from me?

Come here, Hunter.

I mean, because you're scaring me.

I may be exposed for who I really am if I get any closer.

Popular things in my...

Film is popular.

Film, okay.

Film is popular.

Trees.

Trees.

Trees are popular.

Traffic.

Traffic.

Traffic's very popular.

Do you know the nursery rhyme, Peter Piper?

Yeah, can you say that for me?

That ain't it.

Can you say this phrase for me?

Sure.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

So in your state, your mother's sister, what would you call her?

My auntie.

Ooh, Atlanta.

Did I get it?

I got it, didn't I?

She did get it.

Okay, so my question for you is, do you think I sound like someone from Atlanta?

At first glance, like hearing your accent, no.

But I think as you talk a little bit more, I'm picking up on it.

Yeah, it depends on the word.

Of course.

I think for me also in my upbringing, even though I grew in the inner city, my mother was very much like very strict in how we spoke in the house.

So even though I can switch it up when I need to, I normally just speak this way.

Especially working in my profession, you have to speak very clearly and precisely.

I'm an actor, baby.

Hey.

Both.

I mean, I also taught English for a while, but also in theater.

I've done musical theater and things of that nature.

But yes, okay, Atlanta, Georgia.

Okay, New York.

Okay, Southern Beach.

I see you, New York.

Okay, Southern Beach.

I see you, Apple.

I see you, Apple.

Oh.

Hello, I'm Ian.

Hi, Ian.

I'm Hunter.

Nice to meet you, Hunter.

Nice to meet you, too.

Ian, where are you from?

USA.

Do you know where that is?

I'm a little aware.

A little bit.

So how do you pronounce pizza?

Pizza?

Pizza?

Okay, Ian, when you drive in a car, do you drive with two hands or one?

It depends how warm the weather is.

Two hands.

Depends.

Sometimes, you know.

Two hands.

Oh yeah, you know, sometimes around the sea.

Yeah, two hands.

Okay.

Do you know, please excuse my dear Aunt Sally?

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

When you are talking to your father or mother's sibling, particularly a woman, do you say aunt or aunt?

Aunt.

I'm moving more towards Midwest.

Interesting.

Not that much.

I'm getting nothing.

Okay.

Ooh.

Oh my gosh, this is hard.

This is harder than I thought it was going to be.

Yeah, what are some famous things in your state?

What's famous is the weather is very, very famous.

Okay.

Zorro is from my state.

Do you know Zorro?

Zorro?

I think that's before I was born.

The precursor to Batman.

I'm aware of Zorro, but I'm not aware of Zorro.

All right, you should educate your daughter.

Oh, weed?

Weed is legal.

Very legal.

Weed is very legal.

Very legal.

Nevada?

Nevada?

We're getting close.

We're getting close.

It's not California.

It is California.

It is California.

Good job.

I sound like a typical Californian to you.

Oh my gosh.

Hearing that you're from California, you do.

I do.

Okay.

I get it now.

Interesting.

I've heard the opposite, actually.

You talk slower than people that I've met from California.

Yeah, I think it's non-native English speakers, right?

You speak slower with them.

It's natural for us.

Yeah, living abroad for so long, it's slow down.

I feel it now.

Cool.

It's a good vibe.

All right, good luck.

Nice job.

Very nice.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi.

Shannon, nice to meet you.

I'm Hunter.

Nice to meet you.

Just throwing it out there.

Where are you from?

America.

Where in America are you from?

A city.

A city?

Mm-hmm.

In your state, how do people say the word P-I-Z-Z-A?

Pizza.

Pizza.

Can you say this phrase for me?

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

Oh, so your mom's sister.

What would you call her?

Or Lee.

Hey, Aunt Lee.

Aunt Lee.

Aunt Lee.

I think it changes, actually.

When I say Aunt Lee, so I think it depends on the name, maybe.

So, Shannon, in your state, what sports are popular?

Basketball.

Basketball?

Mm-hmm.

What other things are popular?

Barbecue, but we are famous for the string of beaches.

Okay, are you from New Mexico?

Nope.

In your state, do people wear cowboy hats?

Unfortunately.

In your state, do people say yeehaw?

If they're drunk.

If they're drunk.

Okay.

Would you see people doing the Cotton Eye Joe?

The fact that you're aware of it.

It's a telltale.

Oh, are you from North Carolina?

Damn.

You're going to have to censor that, but yeah, that was really good.

Yeah, I'm from North Cackalackie.

Let's go.

How did you get that I was from North Carolina?

So your accent, there's a tinge of southerness, but I think it's when you said people say Aunt and Aunt.

Oh, okay.

Because I experienced that, too, with the people that I know.

We kind of go back and forth, Aunt, Aunt so-and-so, Aunt so-and-so.

Yeah, it depends, for sure.

And then, yeah, the cowboy hats was a dead giveaway, so that made it southern.

That made it southern pretty quick.

Yeah.

Like, I can feel it now.

It's coming out a little bit more.

But, like, the I sound.

Like, I say North Carolina instead of, like, North Carolina, and we say y'all and stuff like that.

That would have been a good question.

Yeah, I was trying not to say y'all because I knew it would be a dead giveaway.

All right, awesome.

Thank you.

Bye.

Hi.

Hello.

Hi, what's your name?

My name is Shallon.

Shallon, nice to meet you.

I'm Hunter.

Nice to meet you, Hunter.

Shallon, you're from America, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

I've lived abroad for almost 10 years, but I'm from America.

Wow.

Okay.

So maybe the accent might be a little bit harder to distinguish.

Yeah, the accent's going to be hard.

So, Shallon, your mom's sister, what do you call her?

Aunt.

Aunt?

But also we say aunt.

Hey.

So you come from an impressionable state.

Can you say this phrase for me?

Please excuse my dear Sally.

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.

Mm, okay.

What is your state known for?

We had, so Neil Armstrong and John Legend are from my state.

State size is similar to the size of Korea.

Okay.

We're famous also for baseball and football.

Baseball and football.

You have to be careful.

I don't know much about baseball, but are there any popular foods?

Okay, I don't want to give it away because there's like one that is kind of famous, but

I don't, like if I say what it is, then it's going to kind of give it away, so I won't do that.

But like where I'm from, the city is famous for chili.

Chili.

And.

Oh, would this happen to be like chili, how about clam chowder?

No, no.

Okay, not that one.

Yeah, not that one.

Okay.

Are you from Ohio?

Yes.

Yeah, it's Ohio.

See, ah!