The Sound Of Money

Don't ask me why, but I was thinking about Veronica Lodge, the snooty girl in Archie Comics. Or more particularly, her voice. She's of the Riverdale Lodges, the richest family in town. So I was wondering, why did the Archie cartoons years ago feature Veronica with a ridiculous southern accent? (The video I've linked to features all five main characters--Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie and Jughead. Betty and Reggie sort of make sense. Archie and Jughead are ridiculous. But Veronica is the most absurd of all.)

The newer Archie cartoons have a Veronica that's at least in the ballpark, but if they wanted to do it right, they'd try to make her sound like a modern Katharine Hepburn.