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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

People in Virginia Beach and the Outee Banks talk this way as well. [/quote]

No they definitely don't.  Those accents are nothing alike.  It's a very regional way of speaking [/quote]

Um think again. I grew up in Virginia Beach. People say dude there all the time. It's a beach thing. They also dress in the same surfer/skater type clothing.  I've actually always been shocked by how similar the culture is (at least the youth culture) between Virginia Beach and San Diego. And I've heard southern 
Californians say the same thing vice versa[/quote]

People say "dude" everywhere in the USA, which is why I said the prolific usage in SoCal is what makes it "America turned up to 11".  The difference is the extent and level of usage, and also the particular accent.  I've lived in both areas- they're nothing alike. [/quote]

As someone who was born and raised in Va Beach and have spent a lot of time in Southern California, I can tell you the usage of Dude is quite prolific in Va BEach as well, not among everyone of course. Personally, I think it's ridiculous, but a lot of young people use it liberally. And again, I've never noticed this Southern California accent, but it's probably not very noticeable to someone who is not from the Northeast. [/quote]

So if you've never noticed it before, how can you honestly come in and weigh in on it as if you know what you're talking about?  You've just noticed a few people saying "dude" and thought it was the same thing... it's absolutely not, in any regard.  Again, people say dude everywhere- not to the same extent or volume [/quote]

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