I once visited my brother in British Colombia. Everyone was so nice. Or so I thought. Someone said to me, "I hear everyone is talking to you to hear your accent. They think you sound like Rhoda (Valerie Harper's show)".
Thank God hubby wasn't turned off. He's from Batavia, NY and always talks about "pop" instead of the correct "soda". LOL
The accent in Central and Western New York State is very similar to that of Northern Ohio and Western PA (except for an area around Pittsburgh which to my ear has a somewhat less nasal, more Appalachian component with broader vowels. I have traveled extensively and my love of language has made me pretty good at detecting regional accents (I’m not quite Professor Henry Higgins, but I like to think I’ve got a good ear for it).