When I first came to school in Boulder in 2008, and I would tell people I was from New Jersey, the first thing people would ask was "Why don't you have an accent?" Most people don't recognize that they have an accent, but I can honestly say that I don't. Never have, never will probably. I even trained myself to say "water" without the South Jersey accent of pronouncing it "wood-er".
Now the question on everyone's lips is the question of Jersey Shore. "How do you feel about that show?" "Do you watch it?" "Is that how people in Jersey really are?" Most of the people I talk to are thankfully educated enough, and can take one look at me and know that at least the latter of the questions is pretty much going to earn a negative response.
iMDb describes Jersey Shore as "A reality-based look at the vapid lives of several New Jersey 20-somethings and their respective friends and/or hook-ups."
My goal is not to talk for pages and pages about Jersey Shore, because that's not what my myth is concerned about. However, I do have this article from The New York Daily News where Gov. Chris Christie puts the show in its place, and I just have to use it.
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