The “itsa croim to pay moa than a doim” girl. I say “suppose to” because it’s certainly a voice actress putting it on. Does anybody actually still talk like that, and where?
One of the New York accents.
Sounds like a stereotypical new jersey style accent to me. Makes me think of Adelaide from Guys and Dolls.
Oh, yeah. New Yawk and Joisey. "So, hoaw are yezz?
Dennis
Nyack is north of NYC, but I grew up on Long Island and know/knew lots of people who talked exactly like that. Sounds pretty authentic to me.
It reminds me of the accent of Mona Lisa Vito, the character played by Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny.
That’s a much better comparison!
Yes, that does sound like her. But she’s a New Yorker in that role. I know that some New Jerseyans claim that only outsiders say “Joisey” but there seems to some debate as to wether this is a New Jersey or New York accent.
Also, this ad is for a New York dealer, but the exact same ad format (same voice actors and phrases) is used for a dealership in Delaware (and it obviously isn’t a Delaware accent).
That’s what I was going to say.
Compare to the accents of the five buroughs? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrA9-6o4tI&t=3s
I watched some “How to do Staten Island accents” videos, and I agree that’s definitely what Marissa Tomei was going for, and that also matches up with Cayuga’s comment. However, I then watched some interviews with actual Staten Island residents, and they really didn’t sound like that. So I’m wondering if that accent is perhaps “old-Timey” or exaggerated (which would match the '40s detective tone of the commercial). A lot of the East Coast accents have been toned down over the last few decades, due to various reasons. I only know know one person under 40 in the Philly area who has a perceptible non-general American Accent.
Same format and voice actors used in Kansas City area commercials for a local dealer.
They must market this around the country.
Based on my years attending SUNY schools – Long Island. Specifically, it’s the “Jewish princess” accent.
:smack: Argh LONG Island. I get Long Island and Staten Island mixed up.
I was going to say nearly the same. I lived in Rockland County in the early to mid 70s and that accent was very common among the "Jewish Princess"s ( and their mothers ) there.
Even so, I still think the girl in the ad was making the accent intentionally a bit thick.
Hoo-boy, don’t get me started. I can tell you more about the Long Island accent than you want to know — starting from the Ice Age (seriously).
For the purposes of the discussion here, suffice it to say that people who grew up post-WWII on the South Shore of Long Island have the stereotypical Long Island accent as depicted in that commercial. People from the North Shore of Long Island have a much more generic-sounding accent ultimately derived, I believe, from early Dutch settlers, which can also be found along the Hudson Valley and in parts of southern Connecticut and Massachusetts as well.