100% it’s all in the emphasis. It’s subtle, but just different enough that you can tell if someone is from the area based on their pronunciation.

Oh God,I had an ex from Georgia that would hit me with these. Let’s go with “verse-ay-lees”.

But you forgot, we also have to mispronounce it then get mad if you don’t mispronounce it the right way.

-someone that was born in New berlin, not “new berLIN”, But “new BURlin”.