What accent is this?

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1. Like Spicoli from Fast Times?

   Probably California surfer

2. Originally those come from surfer culture mostly around Southern California but they’re widespread enough now that I don’t think it’s regional anymore.

3. West Coast surfer

4. Southern Californian surfer.

5. Contained to coastal regions of Southern California.

6. Southern California “surfer” accent

7. That would be my home state’s accent of beach boy surfer bum in SoCal.

8. California surfer lingo. The 1990s cartoon ninja turtles is full of it. The movie clueless as well

9. Surfer-speak has been around a lot longer than the 2000 in movies. As someone below pointed out, Spicoli (Sean Penn) was doing it in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”. That was 1982

10. Everyone’s saying surfer, rightfully so, but it also became a frat boy thing.

11. I agree with a couple other answers on here. This accent or manner of speaking may have originated in California. Just like the Valley girl speech. But it’s become so widespread that if you hear someone speaking it they’re probably not from California, any more likely than anyone else.

    Now, if they’re saying things like “hella” then I’m definitely pegging them for Northern California.

12. Californian surfer lmao

13. I was born and raised in Southern California and no one I have ever met ever talked that way. I always assumed it was a NorCal thing. Funny how that goes.