wow

This is the second time in 3 days that I have heard I sound different. What does this mean? hmmm I'm not too sure. Last night a Russian and an Australian both said I didn't sound American. I thought to myself what does an American sound like then? Apparently not like me. The reasons they gave for this were

A. I didn't sound like Sarah and she is American
B. I don't sound like the news reporters on the Today show and
C. I have no "twang"

I had a laugh at this since Sarah is from the exact same town as I am and she has been here since Feb. To my being here since July. But apparently no I don't sound the same. Obivously if you were to listen to me I sound American but people can't seem to place it. I was asked by the Australian how many year I have lived here...5, 10, more?! Wow. No buddy, I have been here half a year. I read somewhere that certain people have a larger part of their brain that is dedicated to the sounds and communication of spoken language and it doesn't take these people that long to pick up accents or pronunciations of words. Maybe I'm one of those people. But I can't hear any change in my speech and I hear no difference between Sarah, obiviously an American, and myself, from someplace...