tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post1804670469030121645..comments2023-11-05T04:00:56.663-06:00Comments on Great Lakes Views: Great Lakes AccentSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379011900899321480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-37197554900124917752013-10-20T10:26:57.319-05:002013-10-20T10:26:57.319-05:00I'm British and I speak with a very strong sou...I'm British and I speak with a very strong south of England accent, personally I dislike my own accent intensley, this is a very intersting post about peoples differnt English speaking accent from around the globe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-29923237919415972142010-07-27T16:25:50.167-05:002010-07-27T16:25:50.167-05:00When I return to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I...When I return to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I can return to Yooper-speak after decades away. Most of my family speak like American Detroiters now, really more Northeastern city speak asI learned in linguistics, quite Standard American English.<br /><br />When I lived in Central Kentucky I was told that I spoke with a nasal sound; although, Southern country singers sing with a nasal sound.<br /><br />Every so often, I'm told, I end a sentence with 'eh.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-38703674913912375972010-06-15T13:39:07.370-05:002010-06-15T13:39:07.370-05:00These articles are fantastic; the information you ...These articles are fantastic; the information you show us is interesting for everybody and is really good written. It’s just great!! Do you want to know something more? Read it...: Great investment opportunity in Costa RicaCheap Lots in Samara Costa Ricahttp://www.lots-in-costarica.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-980947163051834612010-01-03T00:44:34.849-06:002010-01-03T00:44:34.849-06:00Just found this great post off of google. I'...Just found this great post off of google. I'm from Eagle River, WI, which is about 30 minutes north of Rhinelander. I went to college in Houghton, MI for a year and then in Oshkosh, WI for four years. It's neat how about five hours of distance can find people speaking slightly differently. Personally, I sound more like a Yooper than I do like a Wisconsinite and it shows for a while everytime I visit my family.<br /><br /> On a different note, my husband and I have now been living in Salt Lake City for two months now and I now know what it feels like to have what is considered to be a highly exotic accent. I went to a poker game hosted by my husband's friend's husband's sister, and the sister's husband absolutely loved my accent and kept asking me to say stuff. I never realized how much I elongate my long "a"s and how sharp and long my "o"s are (like when I say "soooda"). I always thought my accent was super boring but now I appreciate it and cherish it because I understand how unique it is. Most people down here can pinpoint where I'm from to either Canada, Michigan, Minnesota, or Wisconsin when they hear my voice. It's a piece of home I brought with me and will always have.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305717284231213047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-34147657497776416992009-12-01T08:48:51.331-06:002009-12-01T08:48:51.331-06:00Thanks. My husband added the following comment to ...Thanks. My husband added the following comment to me off-line.I had forgotten this about his mother.<br /><br />Just to toss my 2 cents worth in, my Buffalonian mother pronounced the numbers 5, 9 and 12 with two syllables each: fi-uv, ni-un and tway-ulv. My Canadian in-laws pronounce Detroit with three syllables: Dee-troy-it.Susanhttp://www.greatlakesviews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-70761242689250222122009-11-29T21:13:54.490-06:002009-11-29T21:13:54.490-06:00So funny! A friend of mine (from Chicago, ironical...So funny! A friend of mine (from Chicago, ironically) laughs at the northern Wisconsin accent with its excessive diphthongs ("add a vowel whenever possible"). Another from Boston loves the way my mother says to-ah-ost (toast). My brother used to travel a lot internationally for work, and was frequently asked if he was Canadian. That used to happen to me a lot, but living in the mid-Atlantic region for a total of 8 years, plus having a college roommate from Utah, made me more aware of it and I've learned to mediate it a bit. But I hear it creeping back the longer I live here! <br /><br />Great post!lakeloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07596533747422148596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972106400049558184.post-38877229710987179462009-11-25T21:24:30.468-06:002009-11-25T21:24:30.468-06:00Well that was an interesting little frolicking det...Well that was an interesting little frolicking detour through phonology. I remember Gerald Ford's first speech after he became President - I found it comforting somehow that he sounded very like my grandfather, who spent much of his life in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. After a number of years in other places, I've been back in the Freshwater Nation long enough now that I probably sound that way again myself. The absence of theatricality can be such a relief sometimes!Gerry Sellhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com