Some people like to poke fun at anything that's a little different.
Minnosota accent
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Yes.
Just kidding
As long as you are speaking so those around you can understand you about 50% of the time, you are doing ok - because people only listen to about 5% of what you have to say
seriously people don't LISTEN.....THAT is much more of a problem than someone's regional accent.
Just kidding
As long as you are speaking so those around you can understand you about 50% of the time, you are doing ok - because people only listen to about 5% of what you have to say
seriously people don't LISTEN.....THAT is much more of a problem than someone's regional accent.
Not as obvious to me as a "Boston" accent or the typical southern twang. When I visited Buffalo, New York last year, the people really sounded odd to me and my family. The a's and o's sounded very nasal like and comical. I'm from the west coast and have been told by northeastern folks that I talk like a TV newscaster. I think they mean to say that I have no accent at all and talk very "text book" like. In a way it's kind of interesting that we all sound slightly different in our accents. I can often tell a New Yorker from a Chicagoan or a South Dakotan from an Idahoan. Just a knack I have.
every region has an accent and funny sayings that show off the accent. your minnesota accent is no different "dont cha know", other regions say stuff like "ya'll" or things being "wicked". "Dude" used to be one of those but everyone says "dude" now. one of the fun things in the military is to hear all the different accents and funny sayings.
It took me a few years to get use to "new words" such as when me and some friends went to kings island I said lets go find a "bubbler", thats what you call a water fountain in minnesota, and saying yes instead of yeah. Oofta the "S" word up there.
Car Talk likes to pick where a person is from... a few weeks ago a woman called from Vermont I think, and one of the guys said, "When did you move out of the Bronx?" She was flabbergasted! She answered "About 25 years ago!!"
Well don't you know,
how about that.
You betcha
Yuk Yuk. Sure like talking to the order gals at Amsoil I personally like the accent!!
how about that.
You betcha
Yuk Yuk. Sure like talking to the order gals at Amsoil I personally like the accent!!
Ya, you betcha they do. I live in central Iowa, and get up to Minnesota several times a year. Even northern Iowa starts to have that same accent. I think it's the Norwegian heritage.
But then I realize that when I'm in Minnesota, I'M the one with the accent!
But then I realize that when I'm in Minnesota, I'M the one with the accent!
so is it "soda", "pop", "cola", "coke" or "pepsi" when you want a "soft drink"?
when i moved from indiana to michigan 10 years ago, people would ask me if i was from the south. my wife and i are quite accent free, really.
now i go down to indiana and hear people say things like "yall come back now, y'hear." i don't remember people talking like that when i lived there...
there's a lot of polish, german and scandinavian up here and while the accent isn't too bad in the thumb, there of lots of places (u.p.) where it takes a bit of processing to understand what people are saying.
no matter what, it's a coke.
now i go down to indiana and hear people say things like "yall come back now, y'hear." i don't remember people talking like that when i lived there...
there's a lot of polish, german and scandinavian up here and while the accent isn't too bad in the thumb, there of lots of places (u.p.) where it takes a bit of processing to understand what people are saying.
no matter what, it's a coke.
So den did ya have trouble learnin' dat yooper talk? I've spent half my life in northern MN where we have a mix of Finn and Canadian so yooper sounds pretty normal to me. Out here on da prairie in ND we have some chermans and norveegens and after being 20 years I can talk to dem too eh.
Co-workers poke fun at me sometimes for my minnesota accent, it doesent bother me. I am from minnesota but moved to ohio with my parents when I was 15. Is the upper midwest northern accent realy that bad sounding?
nope, jus has to be slowd down a bit. everyting ends in "s", an dat takes a bit a gettin useta.
likes "going to walmarks," or "what can i gets youse (guys)."
ya, lot'sa amish in dere if youse ask me.
(hey dere, carl, mah barn's on fire.
yah, graben, help me catch dis here mule an i'll helps youse put it oot.)
likes "going to walmarks," or "what can i gets youse (guys)."
ya, lot'sa amish in dere if youse ask me.
(hey dere, carl, mah barn's on fire.
yah, graben, help me catch dis here mule an i'll helps youse put it oot.)
I always liked when people had accents from different regions and different countries. Why should we be all the same? I have lived almost my entire life in Colorado. I know a woman from back east who was able to say correctly that I was born in Kansas. But I probably lived only a year in Kansas. She said that my accent probably came from my parents (my Dad was born in Kansas and my mother lived there for several years but she was from South Dakota).
I think it is beautiful that some people have a Southern accent, others a New Yorker accent, others a British accent, etc.
The only time I don't like accents is when somebody tries to fake an accent for some reason. For example, I came across a woman who tried to fake a New York accent. Why, I don't know. Maybe she thought it made her sound more advanced then everybody else-I don't know.
I also don't like it when people try to ditch their accent and have a kind of neutral accent instead. A lot of news commentators seem to do this. You find out eventually that, for example, some guy or woman came from a Southern state but they don't sound like it. What was wrong with them having a Southern accent? Doesn't trouble me. As long as I can understand what they are saying I don't care if they came from Alabama, New York, Britain, or wherever.
I think it is beautiful that some people have a Southern accent, others a New Yorker accent, others a British accent, etc.
The only time I don't like accents is when somebody tries to fake an accent for some reason. For example, I came across a woman who tried to fake a New York accent. Why, I don't know. Maybe she thought it made her sound more advanced then everybody else-I don't know.
I also don't like it when people try to ditch their accent and have a kind of neutral accent instead. A lot of news commentators seem to do this. You find out eventually that, for example, some guy or woman came from a Southern state but they don't sound like it. What was wrong with them having a Southern accent? Doesn't trouble me. As long as I can understand what they are saying I don't care if they came from Alabama, New York, Britain, or wherever.
The one that I find interesting is the Native American accent. It seems to be the same regardless of location. Having grown up on an indian reservation, I was very used to this accent, but always assumed it was a local accent. Upon watching documentaries on other tribes from elsewhere in the country, I realized that this accent is very similar throughout the American Indian population.
Funny story - My mom works in a local government office. One day she answered the phone and the guy on the other end, speaking with an obvious southern drawl, said "hello, I'm calling from out of state". Her immediatly thought was that he didn't really need to tell her that.
Happy New Year
Funny story - My mom works in a local government office. One day she answered the phone and the guy on the other end, speaking with an obvious southern drawl, said "hello, I'm calling from out of state". Her immediatly thought was that he didn't really need to tell her that.
Happy New Year
I like all the different accents. I live right outside an Army base in Northeast Kansas. All types of accents and languages. It would be boring if everyone was the same. It is part of what makes the world go around.
People who speak the English language even have different words for some things, different spellings of some words, etc. For example, in England a 'wrench' is called a 'spanner'. And the 'hood' of a car or truck is a 'bonnet'. 'Color' in England is spelled 'colour'.
I wish I knew a few languages. Most people in the USA only know English or maybe two languages like English and Spanish. Most of the people I have met from Europe often knew three or four languages. This is especially true of people who come from European countries like Germany, France, etc. Some of the people I have met from England only knew English. I would not mind knowing Spanish and Latin in addition to English, or at least Spanish in addition to English.
I wish I knew a few languages. Most people in the USA only know English or maybe two languages like English and Spanish. Most of the people I have met from Europe often knew three or four languages. This is especially true of people who come from European countries like Germany, France, etc. Some of the people I have met from England only knew English. I would not mind knowing Spanish and Latin in addition to English, or at least Spanish in addition to English.
While we are on the subject of English, a warning for Aussies in 2005:
The word "snake" has no "i" or "o" or any other extraneous letters that make in pronounced through the nose, as in "snike" or "snoik" or "s-nai-ke".....
Snake = "snAk"
The e "in" snake is silent, of course, and the "a" is long, like "ae" with no nasalation and the tongue begins at the top front of the mouth with the "sn" and the long "a" as a breath over the partially open mouth and the "K" medium sharp closing.
And "croc".......oh fugeddaboutit.........
(testing your sense of humor)
[ January 01, 2005, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: Pablo ]
The word "snake" has no "i" or "o" or any other extraneous letters that make in pronounced through the nose, as in "snike" or "snoik" or "s-nai-ke".....
Snake = "snAk"
The e "in" snake is silent, of course, and the "a" is long, like "ae" with no nasalation and the tongue begins at the top front of the mouth with the "sn" and the long "a" as a breath over the partially open mouth and the "K" medium sharp closing.
And "croc".......oh fugeddaboutit.........
[ January 01, 2005, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: Pablo ]
What sort of jobs are you able to train the snake to do? Which ones do you use?
I think I still have hair on my brain this AM
The work snake stays in the iron jock at all times.
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