What does your accent say about you?

I attended one of the nights of the Justice preaching series. The preacher for that night was Hector Cortez. I cannot do justice to the sermon here but I'll just paraphrase the beginnning of the sermon, which I then quoted during one of mine.

When I meet people the conversation often moves to, so where are you from?
when I answer, Chicago there's a puzzled face and they then say, where are you REALLY from?
my accent, in spite of my best efforts, betrays my Latino origin.

This particular sermon has tremendous relevance to what our country is going through with regards to the immigration issue. This past Sat. I was at an immigration information session. It was supposed to be an informational session but in the back there were two women who always go to any immigration forum around this area and heckle panelists with gross generalizations about the "illegal immigrants" who are ruining our country. I mention this here because it is related to the issue of one's accent. To these women the majority of the evils in our society are because of these illegal immigrants. Now, these people do not have the means to check on the indentification of those they are accusing. So, how do they know who these "illegal immigrants" are then? "my accent, in spite of my best efforts, betrays my Latino origin".
An accent is something that speaks to the person's origin. It may not be race specific but it does say something about where that person learned to communicate. It denotes a certain cultural, environmental grounding. An accent is also something that is readily evident when encountering someone. It does not take long for anyone to hear the difference and begin to formulate an opinion about that person. A distinct accent allows a person to be identified even before said person makes any effort to mention his/her origin.
We all have an accent. If you are from philly and find yourself chatting with someone in Alabama that person will know you, "have an accent". So, an accent, in a way, speaks for you. I wonder if it is possible to have a "Christian" accent. Do you live your life in a way that speaks to your Christianity even before you get to say, I am a Christian, I attend this or that church etc...