Did you ever take a person less seriously because of their accent?

[Al B. Sure!]

New York can still be quasi-respectable. Maybe it's because I knew so many smart investment bankers with the accent.

But New Jersey and Philly? No way.
Never.

Exactly. It's only respectable to you because you've personally known people with a New York accent so you know to look past it. You meet some more intelligent people from Jersey and Philly and you would say the same things. Aint no never or no way.

[Asher]

But why would an intelligent person live in Jersey or Philly long enough to get an accent? Why would an intelligent person retain the accent if they ever had one?

[Al B. Sure!]

But why would an intelligent person live in Jersey or Philly long enough to get an accent? Why would an intelligent person retain the accent if they ever had one?

Why did your investment banker friends retain their accent?

[Docfeelgood]

Funny, when I working at the county hospital they have a lot of out of state doctors from the east coast. This MD was talking to me and this nurse from Nigeria. After he left, she ask me to repeat what he said because she could not understand his accent. I laughed because I could not understand him either. She was shocked that Americans could not understand each other.

[The Mad Monk]

American Standard, the accent of news anchors, originates in Nebraska.

[The Mad Monk]

But why would an intelligent person live in Jersey or Philly long enough to get an accent? Why would an intelligent person retain the accent if they ever had one?

[Al B. Sure!]

American Standard, the accent of news anchors, originates in Nebraska.

Exactly. It's the accent of backwoods hillbillies. **** that ****.

Philly, Jersey, New York Mid-Atlantic. That's ****ing America and how civilized people sound

[Docfeelgood]

American Standard, the accent of news anchors, originates in Nebraska.

interesting fact

[Docfeelgood]

Exactly. It's the accent of backwoods hillbillies. **** that ****.

Philly, Jersey, New York That's ****ing America and how civilized people sound

speak for yourself

[Al B. Sure!]

speak for yourself

I am speaking for myself.

[The Mad Monk]

Kansas City and its environs are in a border zone between American Standard, and Ozark. Makes for an interesting mix, with most people being strongly one or the other, with little blending.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'd rather have Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather be the voice of America as opposed to say Rudy Guiliani.

Interestingly enough Brian Williams of NBC is from Ridgewood, NJ.

[Al B. Sure!]

And yes, Asher, it is WRONG.

It's accent discrimination. It's covered in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as pertaining to national origin.

[Docfeelgood]

accent racist

[Al B. Sure!]

I'd rather have Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather be the voice of America as opposed to say Rudy Guiliani.

Interestingly enough Brian Williams of NBC is from Ridgewood, NJ.

Doesn't Rudy Guiliani have a lisp, though?

And Imran, you're from Jersey!