Ah, New England: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Cradle of The American Revolution, home of Plymouth Rock, Ben and Jerry's, Walden Pond and the Red Sox, and chock full of fish. In media, by contrast, New England gets Flanderized into...well, there's kind of a duality here. Come to think of it, fish is brain food, so maybe it all fits together after all... The phrase "Pahk my cah in Hahvad Yahd, 'cuz that's a good ideer" is a well-known shibboleth of the accent. Examples of Hollywood New England include:
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