[Sloth]

Well, at least we still have those fishermen who talk like the “Pepperidge Farm remembers” guy.

[andy58-in-nh]

Well, at least we still have those fishermen who talk like the “Pepperidge Farm remembers” guy.

There are numerous seaside redoubts in downeast Maine and mountain hamlets here in New Hampshire where people still sound just like that. Most of them are my age or older. Unfortunately, many of the younger folk in southern New England increasingly sound like sitcom TV characters.

The old accents are colorful, while the new ones just fade into bland sameness. I still enjoy giving directions to lost visitors from New York and the mid-Atlantic, if only to smile and offer: "You cahn't get they-uh from hee-uh". Sometimes, I wish I was wearing my old black-and-red plaid jacket and the hat with ear flaps, just to complete the image for them.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Well, at least we still have those fishermen who talk like the “Pepperidge Farm remembers” guy.

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Amusingly, the Bodega Bay, California locals depicted in Hitchcock’s The Birds spoke the same way! (Maybe it’s the salt water).