Hah, once I used the word "prestinaio", which is how we call the baker's, and a friend from the South was all "The WHAT?!" XD It's funny how certain words are only used in certain areas. :)

And I think my voice sounds different because I try to hide my accent. I mean, of course my English and German accents are "fake", because I learned them, while my Italian accent comes from growing up using the language. Most of it comes quite naturally by now, but I still need to pay attention to Rs and THs... >_<