Tourists overseas are accused of having an American accent.
Same difference.
There are many regional accents in the US.
Since I grew up in Appalachia and moved to Brooklyn, I’ve been know to say, “I’m fixin’ to go to the terlit.”
re: “cooter”, well, a term I remember from childhood is “old coot”, synonymous with geezer. I can see where that could lead to “Cooter” as a person’s nickname.
The interwebs are listening, and they sent me this youtube video. Most of the words and phrases were familiar, one or two were new. (Peckerwood had me rolling. We used that fairly often in high school.) But what struck me most was the way people moved their hands when they talked. That’s something I haven’t seen in a long, long time.