It seems to mistake coastal Connecticut for Inland North.
Yeah, it did that for a number of people here. Same for Mrs. JS, who grew up in Fairfield.
It pegged me perfectly as Inland North, based on the map icebear found.
That little blue splotch covers both of the Great Lakes cities in which I learned to speak my current mixture of English and menacing guttural sounds.
While Connecticut is home to a
mixture of accents, I'd venture to guess that the accents of the coastal areas are harder to place, and thus more easily confused with those of another relatively "neutral" area, because of the historically higher mobility and education of the residents along the shoreline.
Also was interested in the suggestion that, in the early 19th century, the building of the Erie Canal provided an enhanced mobility of accents between here and the Great Lakes (Inland North) region. Draw a line from the Inland North cities eastward, travel Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal (low bridge, everybody down), and you end up a likely UConn fan. That's roughly the story of my life, from there to here.
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