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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Locust Valley Lockjaw (Long Island)
Larchmont Lockjaw (Westchester)
Basically local terms for mid-Atlantic speech. As in, midway btw US and UK and not as in this part of the country. The accent was affected and taught but died out. Listen to John Cheever reading The Swimmer on Youtube or FDR, William F Buckley or, I suppose, Frasier Crane.

For my money I think the best US accents are the clear California accent you hear with someone like Robert Redford or New England/Northeast accent of Sam Waterston.  [/quote]

Is there a California accent?  That's a new one to me. [/quote]

NP.  Californians, particularly Southern Californians, have such a strong accent that I'm surprised anyone could earnestly ask this.  It's a lot of drawn out vowels.  Watch "The Californians" for a very OTT and absurd version of it [/quote]

They totally do have their own accent and I find it hilarious and cute. [/quote]

I am the PP and I do too.  As do I find their liberal peppering of "dude" "awesome" "man", etc.  (Generalizing, of course).  It's like American speech turned up to 11. [/quote]

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