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You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
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Why does Barbara Walters have such a weird accent?
<|assistant|>
Barbara Walters had a peculiar accent because she grew up in the Midwest and is half German. She later explained, “I’m a little bit German and I was born in the Midwest and I have this kind of peculiar way of speaking. Some people find it adorable, some people find it irritating, but it’s a very big part of who I am."  She also said it was her way of "standing out from the crowd".