I post this here as i didn't want to interfere with another post in the Books & films section. I found a very funny website about the Cockney accent in London. Maybe in the US you have similar ways of speaking. Here it is (I' try to do it into a clickable link):

Cockney

By Janet on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 04:36 pm:

Awwww...Dick van Dyke didn't do a good job? 'Ere now, you just burst me bubble, you did! (hee hee)

By Tink on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 12:12 pm:

What a fun site! I love the Cockney english pronunciation and slang. Of course, I'm just an all-around Anglophile so it's to be expected. Thanks, Maria!