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I'm afraid I've never heard a Kansas accent
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In rural areas they have a countryish accent, but in most other places Kansans don't have much of an accent at all, but of course it sounds like they do to people from other countries.
If you are wondering what I sound like, keep in mind that I am from Omaha, Nebraska, where accents do not exist (unless transported by an individual from their previous location).
Here is a clip from an entry discussing "General American" speech-
The Telsur Project of William Labov and others examines a number of phonetic properties by which regional accents of the U.S. may be identified. The area that is most free of these regional properties is indicated on the map: eastern Nebraska (including Omaha and Lincoln), southern and central Iowa (including Des Moines), and northern Illinois (including Peoria and the Quad Cities but not the Chicago area). It may therefore be the case that the accents spoken in this region are deemed the most "neutral" by Americans. This is borne out in an article in the November, 1998, issue of National Geographic, in which the locals' "neutral accents" are cited as a reason why Omaha is home to a large number of telemarketing companies. Lincoln is home to several of these as well. Other notable media personalities from this region include longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and CNN Headline News anchor Chuck Roberts, both of whom were local news anchors in Omaha.
So, I am accentless.
Though sometimes I fake an accent to get better service at stores, or to get the attention of young ladies.
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The Phantom does not speak - he communicates by telepathy.
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You're partly right.
I have the ability to send and receive telepathic messages. Unfortunately, no one else can do it, so my abilities are rather useless.