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Originally Posted by MSD
As far as I'm concerned, Brooklyn accents, Jersey accents, and heavy Southern (redneck) accents have transcended accent territory and developed into full-blown speech impediments.
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There's not so much a "Jersey" accent as a regionally influenced one depending on what part of NJ you're in.
I am from South Jersey-speech influence is from Philadelphia, in my opinion THE WORST accent outside of maybe Buffalo.
Those from the North and Central parts of NJ are influenced by New York. A Manhattan accent is not the same as a Brooklyn or Bronx accent; someone from one borough can discern another's locale by accent. Same with the south-the accents, while sounding the same somewhat, have regional nuances that, if you listen, can be easily discernable and with practice, guessed pretty correctly. They're not necessarily by state-regions cross state lines, but a person from, say Charlotte, NC does not sound the same as someone from Birmingham, AL but very similar to someone from Lynchburg, VA. They also don't use the same phrases.
"Might could" I hear from GA., never from NC. ( as in, "Could you stop by Saturday?" "I might could find the time.")