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You would still be in America. You could get by speaking American English.... or Spanish, actually if you don't want to learn how to speak English.
The problem you would run into in Idaho is that culturally, people tend to be more independent and your neighbors would expect you to take care of yourself and they would not be at all interested in taking care of you. So you would have trouble fitting in at the cultural level, not the language level.
The first thing that comes to mind is “creek” being pronounced like “crik.”
In Montana, someone calls their pickup truck or their car their outfit. Maybe they say that in Idaho too?
I don’t think you’re going to need to change your accent to be understood though. And hey there’s no official language in America so speak Spanish all you want. Remember, if someone insists on you conforming to speak English, that’s some unAmerican behavior, and you know you’re free to speak any language you want
The first thing that comes to mind is “creek” being pronounced like “crik.”
In Montana, someone calls their pickup truck or their car their outfit. Maybe they say that in Idaho too?
I don’t think you’re going to need to change your accent to be understood though. And hey there’s no official language in America so speak Spanish all you want. Remember, if someone insists on you conforming to speak English, that’s some unAmerican behavior, and you know you’re free to speak any language you want
Idahoans call their vehicles “rigs”. In the rig, is a “jockey box”, also known as a glovebox.
Rig is very common up north, especially outdoor oriented vehicles. A truck and trailer, UTV or even a motorhome can all be rigs.
I have not noticed any discernible accent like Boston or NY or New Orleans have.
The first thing that comes to mind is “creek” being pronounced like “crik.”
In Montana, someone calls their pickup truck or their car their outfit. Maybe they say that in Idaho too?
I don’t think you’re going to need to change your accent to be understood though. And hey there’s no official language in America so speak Spanish all you want. Remember, if someone insists on you conforming to speak English, that’s some unAmerican behavior, and you know you’re free to speak any language you want
Most native old generation Idahoans probably say "pop" for soda or "ruff" for roof. Otherwise, West coast english is pretty much standard for Idaho nowadays, something like 60% of the state's population is originally from California.
Pop still is in use on the west coast, maybe not Idaho so much. But it still exists as the west coast version of soda, perhaps lessor in SoCal.
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