[RegulatorCountry]

It is an ugly accent though, and it's spoken in New Jersey. So much so that it's named for the state.

Blame it on New York all you want, but you're stuck with it, lol.

[Clemenza]

At most 5% of the population of New Jersey speaks with the accent in question. It just that some moronic f-tards in Manhattan and southern California spend their entire daily lives around yuppie douchebags who do everything possible to speak generic (read: California) English.

20 years ago, it was called the "Brooklyn accent." Since the hipster douchebags have taken over said borough, it has become the "Jersey accent."

BTW: I hail from Lawn Guyland, where we REALLY speak with accents (see Jerry Seinfeld and Fran Drescher, to say nothing of Islip's own Edie "Carmella Soprano" Falco). My parents are from NJ, and I spent a few years living in the Princeton area. I know of what I speak, even if the Hollywood/Manhattan axis of evil doesn't.

Besides, if you really want to sound mentally challenged, go to South Boston and try to imitate the locals.