Watching the first episode of the new season of Kitchen Nightmares tonight (Hulu), I was thinking that it was good I wasn't born and raised in New York or New Jersey. I'd hate to have that accent. The grandfather who originally started the restaurant is from Spain, but both of his grandsons speak with that accent. I think one of our classmates from Christendom was from New Jersey, but she didn't have a strong accent. (Besides,  her friendliness, cuteness, and intellectual curiosity would have made up for it.)

I don't think I could sit through an episode of Jersey Shore, because of the accent alone.



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CBS cast interview

Speech Therapy (which suggests Speech Accent Archive and Atlas of North American English)