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Jack Passion said...
The midwest is generally known for having a very neutral dialect as compared to other regions. Most people you see on TV speak this way.
LOL WUT?
The most neutral accent I've ever heard is from Northern California or the greater Denver area.
The Midwest sounds like the lady from Fargo. I remember I had a teacher who went to "ELL-BE-YON" (Albion) College.
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One Eyed Jack said...
I think there's a perception that a Michigan accent is nasal. A kind of breathing out of one's nose while speaking. And I have heard it with many in Michigan. I wouldn't say that it is common with everyone in Michigan though. Of course once you go North, you definitely hear an accent.
But I think the most nasal accent in the Mid-West is with Chicagoans. Many native Chicagoans sound like the Ditka guys on SNL. They really nailed it with that skit.
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about the michigan accent pronunciation guide
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Nitro Biscuits said...
I wouldn't say there is a michigan accent that is specific to michigan, just that many michiganders have very mild versions of the canadian thing and the Minnesota thing. I didn't realize this either until I lived away in NYC for 10 years.
My wife, for example, (green eyed blond and Vietnamese of course) is from a detroit suburb and her michigander accent comes in the form of TOE'est instead of toast. Others have the pronounced A sound going on.
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Nitro Biscuits said...
I wouldn't say there is a michigan accent that is specific to michigan, just that many michiganders have very mild versions of the canadian thing and the Minnesota thing. I didn't realize this either until I lived away in NYC for 10 years.
My wife, for example, (green eyed blond and Vietnamese of course) is from a detroit suburb and her michigander accent comes in the form of TOE'est instead of toast. Others have the pronounced A sound going on.
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Jaheab said...
Cool guide I stumbled across a few years ago that goes into a lot of depth about the Michigan accent. First time I saw it it totally pulled me in and I spent about an hour on the sight. it poins out a lot of idiosyncrasies that I never noticed until seeing them in print.
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Quebec Spartan said...
I don't really get why those people think they're from the Midwest. I generally think of the Midwest as Big Ten country minus Iowa. Kansas City, Iowa, and Nebraska are definitely in the Plains, and should have no claim to being from the Midwest.
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This post was edited by numberonealcove on 4/4/2012 at 6:02 PM
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numberonealcove said...
Confused by folks here who think we Michiganders speak in a neutral, General American accent. Listen to this youtube video from our Governer, Rick Snyder. How do you explain this strong accent? And if you do not hear this accent, it's because you have this accent?
That said, there is no "Michigan accent." There is an Inland North accent whose defining feature is the Northern Cities Vowel shift. We express this vowel shift. But so too does every major city on the Great Lakes. Hell, even western New York state shares this accent. (Listen to Rochester native Robert Forster in Jackie Brown; he sounds like he could be from Detroit).
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Plate of Shrimp said...
Why do you live in California if you hate it so much? Is money so important to you that you'd live in a place you hate surrounded by people you hate, except the few people who are from the place you'd rather be living?
Also, LOL at Michiganians who don't think they have an accent and blame Northern Michigan. All of Michigan has a very distinct accent, don't fool yourself into thinking that TV journalists come from the "Midwest" therefore it's neutral. There's nothing wrong with it, I love the accent. It's much better than Minnesotan or Chicagoan or Canadian, eh.
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