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American Tongues is a documentary film highlighting the wide variety of accents of American English. On their offical YouTube site, they have separated the entire movie into eleven clips:
The different ways Americans speak - American Tongues episode #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QojGc9M0W2s&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=1
Computer Talk circa 1985 - American Tongues episode #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ctm0tElsU&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=2
The odd accent of Tangier VA - American Tongues episode #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRED-vr_xFw&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=3
Dialect Road Trip! - American Tongues episode #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSstSG0O9U&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=4
Spicy Cajun Accents - American Tongues episode #5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8TQTUSsgw&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=5
Weird and wonderful regional words still used in the US - American Tongues episode #6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4vMw-IMtI&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=6
You Talk Funny (And Other Opinions) - American Tongues episode #7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIm5TT77stg&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=7
Robert Klein riffs on Southern accents -American Tongues episode #8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKBgIRGwKiE&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=8
"A dying race" - two Boston Brahmins converse - American Tongues episode #9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGaVUO1kLI&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=9
Tough Guy from Boston's North End - American Tongues episode #10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpnBKllISTg&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=10
Hilarious credits spoken by regional English speakers - American Tongues episode #11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu0MzO6C8Bo&list=PL6089621A87373FBE&index=11