Out sounds like owt, boat is bowt, house is howse...you get the idea.
I’ve been accused of being from Canada, Ohio, you name it.
I even had one fella swear I was Cajun!
In my years of driving a truck I only had one person guess right. He lived in northern Wisconsin but had relatives in southern Va so he knew the accent.
“Out sounds like owt, boat is bowt, house is howse...you get the idea.”
I know, because I do that too. I somehow acquired it growing up in Arlington which isn’t exactly Tidewater. Didn’t know I did that until someone in California asked if I was Canadian.