American Accents: Difference between revisions

 

== Dixie ==

* Rogue from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', so much it gets to look kinda like a caricature sometimes.

 

* Any show or movie set in [[The Deep South]] or [[Sweet Home Alabama]].

 

* Actress Evelyn Keyes worked hard to rid herself of the accent she had from being raised in Georgia. She needed to bring it back in all its glory when she got the part of Suellen O'Hara in ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''.

* [[Dan Aykroyd]] adopts an atrocious one in ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''.

* In ''[[The Faculty]]'', Canadian actress [[Laura Harris]], whose character is from [[Atlanta]], puts on a ridiculously over-the-top Georgia accent. {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in after [[The Reveal]] that she's really an alien, meaning that her accent was fake in-universe as well.}}

 

* A real life example: Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the friendly and gentle sniper from Easy Company in ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]''.

* On ''[[The Closer]]'', [[Kyra Sedgwick]] (who's from Manhattan) plays a [[Southern-Fried Genius|very bright Dixie woman]], with a dead-on Dixie accent.

* [[The McCoy|Dr. Leonard McCoy]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]].'' Increases in strength when he's mad.

 

* Most [[Country Music]] singers have either this accent or a Texas or cowboy one. Even if they're not from the region (like the [[Land Down Under|Australian]] [[Keith Urban]] or the [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]] [[Shania Twain]]), they still tend to effect one of these three accents.<ref>Compare the phenomenon of American indie bands putting on British accents while singing to sound like [[Oasis|Liam and Noel Gallagher]], or '60s [[The British Invasion|British Invasion]] bands imitating the American accents of '50s [[Rock and Roll]] singers.</ref>

 

* Starcraft has the Terrans. Almost all of the units have strong accents, the strongest include Duke, the Civilian and the Wraith.

 

* Having grown up in Tennessee but moved to New York when she was older, traces of this accent can still be heard whenever [[The Nostalgia Chick|Lindsay Ellis]] talks.

 

* Perfect example of how the nuances of the Dixie accents don't get across to non-Americans: the character Mouse from ''[[Re Boot]]'' has an inexplicable "Southern-ish" accent that doesn't quite sound like it's from anywhere in particular, but is probably closer to Texan than anything else. Not surprising, given that the show was produced in [[Canadian Series|Canada]].

* Lola Bunny spoke in a supposedly sultry variation of this when [[Kath Soucie]] originally voiced her for her debut in ''[[Space Jam]]''.

 

== Florida ==

* Andrew "[[Memetic Mutation|Don't tase me, bro!]]" Meyer.

* [[Dwayne Johnson]], formerly known as [[Professional Wrestling|The Rock]].

 

== Miami ==

* Andy Garcia.

 

 

== Hillbilly / Appalachia ==

* Clarice Starling in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' not only has this accent, she tries to hide it; it's the topic of the original [[Hannibal Lecture]]. ("...not more than one generation from poor white trash...").

* The best place to hear it is bluegrass music; see ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''.

* In ''[[Nell]]'', part of the reason Nell's speech was misunderstood was her heavy North Carolina accent. A lot of ''Nell'' is about mistaken assumptions based on preconceived notions. Speech pathologists listening to tapes of Nell thought she was saying "me" when in fact she was addressing the spirit of her dead sister, May.

 

* The narrator, Violet Brown, of Barbara Kingsolver's ''The Lacuna'', and her family.

 

* In ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', [[Miley Cyrus]]' character [[The Danza|Miley Stewart]] normally speaks in a Midwestern accent that she developed—in real life as well as the show—soon after moving to California. However, Miley often unconsciously reverts to her natural Tennessee accent, and this is sometimes deliberately exaggerated for comedic value. Understandably, because [[Real Life Writes the Plot|like her character she spent her early life in Tennessee]], Miley ''Cyrus'' also exhibits this behavior in real-world interviews and such.

* Sawyer (Josh Holloway) from ''Lost'', a Tennessee native.

 

* Matt Shultz of Cage The Elephant.

 

* T.K. Baha and especially Scooter in ''[[Borderlands]]''.

* Larson from ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' has a hillbilly accent and it becomes more exaggerated in ''Tomb Raider Chronicles''. The Anniversary remake changes Larson's accent to be more Texan.

 

* Boomhauer is a legendary example from ''[[King of the Hill]]''. It's based off of the accent of an angry caller to [[Mike Judge]] while working on ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''.

* Applejack from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] has been generally identified as having this accent, and it's likely what they were going for.

 

 

* Osaka in the English dub of ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' (her accent is specifically derived from the Houston area).

 

* Robert Duvall and [[Michael Caine]] got it pretty close in ''[[Secondhand Lions]]''.

* Every film where [[Tommy Lee Jones]] uses his natural accent, from ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' to ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]''.

 

* [[Jim Parsons]] has an [[Most Wonderful Sound|especially charming one]].

* Although their characters on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' were born in Kansas, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki (both native Texans) occasionally slip into this accent on the show.

* Mike Nesmith of ''[[The Monkees]]''.

 

* [[WWE]] wrestler John Bradshaw Layfield was a stock market wizard rather than an oil billionaire, but had the accent and otherwise fit the stereotype very well (right down to the white limousine with longhorns on the hood).

 

* Gibby Haynes of The Butthole Surfers.

* All three guys in [[ZZ Top]].

* [[Kelly Clarkson]]

 

* The Engineer from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' uses this accent, as well as more gun.

* Cubot in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjExSnn-cqE&feature=related this cutscene] from ''[[Sonic Colors]]'', that is, until his voice chip gets changed which then ends up making him [[Talk Like a Pirate]].

* [[Big Bad]] Natla in ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' sports a Texan accent. The Anniversary remake changes Natla's accent to be more refined and mysterious.

 

* Matthew McConaughey.

* Former President [[George W. Bush]], unmitigatably.

 

 

== Cajun ==

* Gambit from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.

 

* Ray the Firefly in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.

 

* Remy from ''[[True Blood]]''.

* Eugene Roe, medic from ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]''.

* Troy from [[The History Channel]]'s ''Swamp People'' is an especially good example, but most of the gator hunters have some degree of authentic Cajun accent.

 

* Killer Croc in ''[[The Batman]]''

 

* James Carville.

 

 

== Yat ==

* [[Krazy Kat]] speaks in this accent, as did the artist of the strip George Herriman. In the [[Adaptation Decay|animated shorts]] she (the [[Ambiguous Gender]] was removed) has a Dixie accent.

 

* Caroline, the recurring DA on ''[[Bones]]''.

* Det. Will LaMontagne on ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.

* ''[[Steven Seagal]]: Lawman''. YMMV.

 

* Harry Connick, Jr.

 

 

== Tidewater ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzVKCWXrRA This TV pitchman.]

 

* [[Game Show]] announcer Johnny Gilbert (a native of Newport News), best known for announcing ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and the latter days of the ''[[Pyramid]]'' franchise. It's particularly notable in the way he drops the "R" in "dollar".

 

 

== Noo Yawk ==

* [[The Honeymooners|Ralph and Alice Kramden]].

* [[The Sopranos|Tony Soprano]].

 

* Arguably [[Velvet Underground|Lou Reed]], famous for his Long Islander snarl.

 

* Big Wayne from ''The Lazlow Show'' has the Queens variant.

 

* The Scout from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', although canonically, he is a Southie.

* Cubot in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km6n_Wkq0VE&feature=related these] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XROon4-PpSM&feature=related cutscenes] from ''[[Sonic Colors]]'', that is, until {{spoiler|Orbot slaps him, which supposedly makes his voice return to normal.}}

 

* [[Charlie the Unicorn]].

 

* [[Looney Tunes|Bugs Bunny]].

 

* Curtis Sliwa.

* [[Carl Sagan]].

 

== Joisey / Da Bronx ==

* Meowth from the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime.

* Joey Wheeler of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', in the 4Kids dub (although he has a few Noo Yawk affectations too).

* Similarly, many of the characters in ''[[Baccano!]]'' fall somewhere between this and Noo Yawk, especially Firo.

 

* Jeff Anderson's (Randal Graves in ''[[Clerks]]'') very distinctive snarky drawl appears to be a hybrid of this and Philly. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8H7wUKryrw&feature=related Judge for yourself.]

 

* Common on [[CSI: NY]], combined with Noo Yawk. Danny Messer notably.

* Many characters on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' (set in Atlantic City), combined with Noo Yawk.

 

* Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of thrash metal band [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]].

* [[Blondie|Debbie Harry]].

 

* [[Star Fox (series)|Falco Lombardi]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]

* Frank Fontaine of ''[[BioShock (series)]]'', as befits his role as a mob boss. However, {{spoiler|he affects a mostly convincing Irish one in his guise as Atlas.}}

 

* Daniel O'Brien from ''[[Cracked.com]]'' occasionally displays this accent when he appears in videos.

 

* Snap from [[Chalk Zone|Choikzone]], [[Verbal Tic|bucko.]] Toh somtimez itz a New Yoik accent, bucko. And fuh no apparent reason, bucko.

* Sheila Brovlofski from ''[[South Park]]''. She even mentioned that she is from New Jersey in the episode "It's a Jersey Thing."

 

== Prep ==

* Major Charles Emerson Winchester III from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''.

* George Feeney from ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.

* Thurston Howell II from ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''.

 

* [http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=QWosCcYY1Dc Christopher Buckley].

 

* Judge Whitey from ''[[Futurama]]''.

* Francis X. Bushlad on ''[[Taz-Mania]]''.

 

== The Affect ==

* Lina Lamont in ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''.

 

* "[[The Nanny|The flashy girl from Flushing]]," Fran Drescher.

* Edith Bunker from ''[[All in The Family]]''

* Janice from ''[[Friends]]''. AW... MAH... GAWD!

 

* Cyndi Lauper puts this on when she's in character, although her natural accent is straight-up Noo Yawk.

 

* Adelaide from ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''.

 

* A [http://www.raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Ludiv Ludiv] from [[Rayman]] 3.

 

** Whose voice was inspired by Judy Holliday.

* [[Betty Boop]].

 

== Jewish ==

* Vladek Spiegelman uses this sentence construction in the graphic novel ''[[Maus]]''.

 

* George's parents on ''[[Seinfeld]].''

* [[The Unseen|Howard's mother]] on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]].'' ("WHO'S CAWLING AT THIS UNGAWLDY 'OWAH?!")

 

* Comedian-actor Jackie Mason (who is Jewish) has practically made a career out of this accent.

 

* John Byner imitated Mason to provide the voice (and accent) for the Aardvark in the 1969-1971 "[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]" cartoons from [[DePatie-Freleng Enterprises]].

* [[Futurama|Doctor Zoidberg]] speaks in this accent, although in the comic book version it is acknowledged to be "Squiddish".

* Walter Wolf had one of these in ''[[Animaniacs]]''; he was typically attacking Slappy Squirrel, the gimmick being both were in Social Security territory. I don't recall if he was Jewish at all. Slappy herself seemed to hail from New York, by accent.

 

* Billy Crystal as "Miracle Max" in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', and as "Julius" (a new persona adopted as the result of a hypnosis accident) in the final season of ''[[Soap]]''.

* [[Mel Brooks]] in every movie and TV show he has ever had a role in—including ''Jakers!'', in which he voices ''an Irish sheep.''

 

 

 

== Down East ==

* Watch the early scenes in the classic movie ''Nothing Sacred'' with this in mind.

 

* Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall in ''[[Pet Sematary]]''.

** Most of [[Stephen King]]'s books; not only does he write Down-Easters very convincingly, he has a Down East accent himself.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4B9GObYDY Bert and I.]

 

* President [[Calvin Coolidge]] epitomized the speech and the attitude, as did Margaret Hamilton.

** Given that Calvin Coolidge was from Vermont, it's not shocking. It's surprising that Margaret Hamilton would, as she was born and raised in Ohio.

 

 

* Mayor Quimby on ''[[The Simpsons]]''

 

* Any member of the Kennedy family, but especially [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]].

* Comedian [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bcnY7s-IUA Jay Larson].

 

 

* ''[[The Departed]]'' is a gold mine of these.

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'': The Bear Jew.

* ''[[The Town]]'' and ''[[Gone Baby Gone]]''—Casey Affleck like this trope, unsurprisingly.

 

* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Rogue slayer Faith Lehane]] ([[Eliza Dushku]] is from Boston herself, but speaks with a more middle-class accent).

 

* Nahman Jayden from ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' has a bit of a Bostonian accent going on. Although this might be because Bostonian is the closest American accent his voice actor could produce, being [[Fake American|British]] and all.

 

* Peter Griffin from ''[[Family Guy]]'' has this accent.

 

* The most famous example is probably Emeril Lagasse, who is not from Rhode Island but Fall River, across the border in Massachusetts, where the accent spills over to New Bedford or thereabouts and combines with the Luso accent. (Emeril enunciates his vowels a bit more than the typical Rhode Islander though.)

 

 

== Pittsburgh ==

* Hollywood has yet to represent the Pittsburgh accent properly in films that are set there. In ''Striking Distance'', two characters who were supposedly born and raised in the city had New York ([[Bruce Willis]]') and Midwest (Dennis Farina's) accents.

* ''[[Innocent Blood]]'', John Landis' often forgotten vampire movie set in Pittsburgh, whose main characters are ''very'' Italian-American (portrayed by Anthony LaPaglia and Robert Loggia), and while Pittsburgh does have a sizable population of Italian descent, there's nothing even remotely like [[The Mafia|a Cosa Nostra-type mafia]]. Although the film-makers did get their neighborhoods right.

* [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]'' did an equally terrible job with Pittsburgh accents. Jeff Anderson didn't even try to change his very famous Jersey accent, and their attempt at a stereotypical drunken Steelers fan sounds more like a stereotypical drunken [[The Windy City|Bears]] fan. But on a positive note, the [[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Monroeville Zombies]] hockey team was so awesome that it might soon become a case of [[Life Imitates Art]].

 

* [[Mike and Molly]]: Billy Gardell, the actor who portrays Mike Biggs, is a stand-up comedian born and (mostly) raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, and he doesn't hide his Yinzer accent.

 

* Pittsburgh native Dennis Miller still has a bit of his Yinzer accent left.

** As does character actor Ed O'Ross (born Ed Orosz).

 

== Philly ==

* In the English dub of ''[[The Cat Returns]]'', Muta speaks with a Philadelphia accent.

 

* [[Rocky (film)|Rocky]] Balboa, the definitive South Philly accent.

 

* Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron from ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]''.

** The ''real'' Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron, as seen in the interview clips. The actors portraying them don't use accurate Philly accents.

* Seeley Booth on ''[[Bones]]'' occasionally slips into this. Unsurprising, considering both the character and actor David Boreanaz are from Philadelphia.

 

* Jim Cramer.

* [[Will Smith]].

 

== Baltimorean ==

* Edna Turnblad and others in ''[[Hairspray]]''.

** For that matter, any early [[John Waters]] movie.

 

* ''[[The Wire]]''.

 

 

== Midwestern ==

* Midwestern is the most common American accent in fiction. This is (as stated in the page description) due to the fact that it is very neutral, easy to fake, and doesn't carry the baggage of any regional identity (which would make it harder for Americans outside of that region to relate to the character).

 

* Edward R. Murrow had this accent. This is part of why it is "Newscaster Standard" and the closest to a "generic" American accent.

* Brits: this is [[John Barrowman]]'s American accent. He acquired it honestly, having spent his adolescence in Illinois.

 

== Inland North ==

* Australian [[Heath Ledger]] does a pretty decent job of affecting something between this and Midwestern in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' (shot in Chicago), but Aaron Eckhart does it more consistently and subtly in the same film. (Eckhart breaks his short "a"s, while Ledger only does it part of the time).

 

* ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' was notorious for confusing the two.

* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s Superfans.

 

* Coach Z of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' fame has an exaggerated version of this accent, though most people with this accent will ''not'' say "jorb". (They might, however, say "jaahb".)

 

* [[That Guy With The Glasses]] himself, [[Doug Walker]].

* [[The Irate Gamer]], most obviously in words like "both" or "flaw", which become "bolth" and "flawl", respectively.

 

* [[Dan Aykroyd]].

* [[James Belushi]] and his late brother [[John Belushi|John]].

 

== Upper Midwest ==

* See ''[[Fargo]]'' for a classic movie example.

* Grace, the receptionist at [[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Bueller's]] school.

* ''New In Town.''

 

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' did dead-on parodies of this in several episodes. Tom Servo and Pearl Forrester display less-exaggerated versions of same. (After all, the show ''was'' produced in Minnesota by a cast and crew of Upper Midwesterners.)

* See any show with Richard Dean Anderson (''[[MacGyver]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'').

 

* [[Da Yoopers]], being a band from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, alternate between playing it straight and exaggerating it for laughs.

 

* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]''.

 

* Louie Anderson was from [[Twin Cities|St. Paul, Minnesota]]. [[Write What You Know]].

* Maria Bamford has this accent, even when she isn't over-exaggerating it to sound like people she knows.

 

* As might be expected, ''[[Riff Trax]]'' continues this; in one movie (''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', IIRC), they even have a lengthy conversation about ice-fishing that highlights the peculiarities of speech, with such phrases as "a coupla two-t'ree beers", while Dennis Quaid and crew are walking across a large, snowy area.

* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'': Linkara has a mild case. Most noticeable in his pronouncing "oo" as "uh" (as in "ruhm" and "ruhf").

 

* Suburban mothers in cartoons especially seem to speak like this: see ''[[Life With Louie]]'', ''[[Bobby's World]]'', and Stewart's mother from ''[[Beavis and Butthead]].'' It was also parodied in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' with the villain "Midwestern Mom" and is spoken in a straight version by Hoagie/Numbuh 2's own Mother.

* Basically, any voice by Edie McClurg.

* Reverend Stroup of ''[[King of the Hill]]''.

 

* [[Sarah Palin]] was raised in the Mat-Su Valley region of Alaska, which was the site for a large, WPA-sponsored relocation from Minnesota in the 1930's, thus giving her speech a Minnesota-like sound to it.

 

 

== Cowboy / girl ==

* [[Heath Ledger]] ''pegged'' it in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''.

* Any [[The Western|Western]] film will have examples.

 

* In the pilot for ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', Gary Sandy (as New Mexican Andy Travis) has a noticable one. It's fainter as the show goes on.

 

* [[John Wayne]].

 

* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''. Gosh!

* Wilford Brimley

 

== Valley Girl ==

* ''[[Valley Girl (film)|Valley Girl]]'', obviously.

* ''[[Clueless]]'' is, like, totally all over this.

 

* So is ''[[Laguna Beach]]''. Omigod!

 

* Moon Zappa on (her father) [[Frank Zappa]]'s track "Valley Girl" (which allegedly established the "Valley Girl" as a cultural phenomenon outside the San Fernando Valley itself).

 

 

== Surfer ==

* Jeff Spicoli in ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'' (played by Sean Penn) is perhaps the archetypical example.

* The turtles in ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.

* ''[[Three Ninjas]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4rDflJd1NA features] Fester, Marcus, and Hammer, dude.

 

* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]. His accent is more subdued than most, but he's still from [[Los Angeles]]. This can be readily ascertained from his rhymes, such as "law" and "kazaa" in "[[Digital Piracy Is Evil|Don't Download This Song]]".

 

* Michelangelo of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'' takes it to the extreme, dudes! Cowabunga!

 

* Pauly Shore.

* [[Keanu Reeves]].<ref>Reeves is from Hawaii, which means he come by this accent honestly. See below</ref>

 

== [[Nor Cal]] ==

* [[Clint Eastwood]]

* James Franco

* California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.

 

* [[Huey Lewis and The News]]

* Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

* [[The Grateful Dead|Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir]]

 

* ''[[Myth Busters]]'' is full of these. Kari and Tory both have these, as well as nearly every friend of the show who comes on from time to time.

 

 

* ''American Me''

* [[Cheech and Chong|Cheech Marin]]. Tommy Chong has more of a laidback Surfer accent.

 

* George Lopez.

* Carlos Santana.

 

== Pacific Northwest ==

* Any show shot in [[Vancouver]] tends to have examples of this mixed with a Canadian accent.

 

* Grunge rockers like [[Kurt Cobain]] and [[Foo Fighters|Dave Grohl]].<ref>despite the fact he is from Alexandria, Virginia</ref>

 

Here's [http://kpluwonders.org/content/i-wonder-why-we-don’t-have-accent-…-or-do-we a better explanation (with Audio)] on the Seattle accent.

 

== Hawai'i ==

* Principal Kuno from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is obsessed with Hawaii to the point of having a small palm tree ''implanted in his head''. While not speaking entirely in Hawaiian Pidgin, it heavily flavors his speech, both in the English dub and in the original Japanese.

 

* Consensus among people from Hawai'i is that the Pidgin in ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' was very well done: authentic without being obnoxious. Some expressions included "What we wen hit?" for "What did we hit?" and "Mahalo plenny!" for "Thanks a lot!" It helped that some of the voice actors were Hawaiian natives and that the screenwriters were willing to take advice.

 

* Rastaman Kona (née Preston Applebaum) in ''Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings'' affects this accent.

 

* Kono, Chin Ho, and McGarrett from the ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'' reboot series. Danno (the only one not born and raised in Hawaii) is bewildered by it.

{{quote|'''Surfer Guy''': "Ho, brah, where you eat it?"

'''Danno''': I dare you to tell me what he just said. }}

** Also present in the 1968-80 ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'', though not as pronounced. Chin Ho and Kono used "brother" a lot; and on at least one occasion McGarrett referred to a missing tourist as a "rich haole<ref>the Hawiian word for "foreigner," in common usage it can be a semi-derogatory synonym for "Mainlander" or even "white person"</ref> lady."

 

 

* "[[Honorary Uncle|Uncle]]" Tito from ''[[Rocket Power]]'' spoke like this.

 

* [[Barack Obama]] (born in and spent his teens in Hawaii) has no indication of this accent in his oratory, but is known to be able to talk ''kama'aina'' <ref>local</ref> pidgin.

 

== Military Basic ==

* Geoff Tate of [[Queensryche]], who is the son of a career soldier and was born on a military base.

 

* The Soldier from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' affects this accent, but doesn't consistently get it right—probably by virtue of never having been in the actual military.

 

* [[R. Lee Ermey]]

 

 

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