As a foreigner trying to learn and communicate in english, I can hear different accents like if they were different languages, your accent(NY) to me sounds kind lots of mid overtones and you tie a lot of words together when you speed up , even more when singing like some bands from NY.Here in Brazil we say british accent sounds like if they were holding a hot potato in their mouths while talking and NY accent sounds like mid overtones like duck’s sound.
I have a lot of friends in NY and after I said that, they started to pay attention and agreed with me, I changed the way they hear each others, now in their minds, they all sound like a bunch of middy ducks LOL
The easy way for you to hear that is taking a vacation far away from there, when you come back you’ll hear what I’m talking about.
That’s the beauty of learning about other cultures, you get to know more people, accept differences better turning you into a better person, differences are the best thing in life 😉
We have so much time and so little to do! / Willy Wonka