Totally

seems to be the utterance of choice here in Portland. Said long, like they might say it in Lake Woebegon. Tohhh...tally.

Alex has even taken it up. It can mean: for real! Or, seriously. Also, cool. And especially: I'm in complete agreement.

Whether this is a Portland peculiarity, an Oregonian or American thing, I have no idea. For all I know Austin Powers said it and now everybody's doing it. If it was used a lot in New Orleans I didn't notice it.

Portlanders supposedly have have an accent, but to us from yat-land it sounds like no accent. Regarding Totally, I've noticed the utterer sounds unusually smart, perky, and earnest. That automatically rules us New Orleanians out from demonstrating it properly.

Come to think of it, everything they say up here sounds that way. Is it the accent? Or that "sure, I'm up for it" Oregon-ness that came out here on the wagon trail?

Who can say?