Chicago accent

Pay attention to how she pronounces Zack (like General American Zeck), faster (like General American fester), back (like General American beck), dot com (like General American dat cam). She has strong Northern Cities Vowel Shift, typical of the Great Lakes Region (a phenomenon that reduced the so called ''Standard Midwestern accent'' area to Central Indiana and Central Ohio (regions that lack the shift)). NCVS accents (from Chicago to Buffalo excluding Erie) are perceived as front(ed) and nasal. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift