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08-08-2007, 01:15 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Actually, once you hit Toledo, Ohio on I-75, you travel another 50 miles and cross the Ambassador Bridge and you are in Windsor, Canada.
I lived on a small island for 16 years (Grosse Ile) mid-way between Toledo and Detroit and could look across the Detroit River shipping channel and see Canada about 3/4 mile away.
My boys used to go with their friends by boat or jet ski to a great restaurant in Windsor & tie up at the restaurant dock for a couple of hours.
The Canadian/ US border goes right thru the middle of Lake Erie, Detroit River shipping channel, on north thru middle of Lake St. Claire, and then thru middle of Lake Huron.
Not too far from Kentucky. And once you cross the Ambassador Bridge, you find another accent - Canadian.
All different; all charming and interesting.
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08-08-2007, 01:33 PM
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08-08-2007, 01:53 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Great maps & statistics, and a few surprises. Thanks, Louisvilleslugger!
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08-08-2007, 04:06 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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I wonder then why we went through Michigan? We even made a stop in Detroit. Oh well.
Thanks Slugger for posting your maps again. They are very informative!
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08-08-2007, 05:23 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by missymomof3
I wonder then why we went through Michigan? We even made a stop in Detroit. Oh well.
Thanks Slugger for posting your maps again. They are very informative!
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You can also reach Ontario by crossing over around Bay City (I think that is where the crossing is.) or even going up to the UP and going directly into Canada way up there. That's a beautiful, but long trip.  |
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08-08-2007, 08:30 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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Personally I'd rather travel further South but I'll keep it in mind, thanks! |
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08-08-2007, 08:42 PM
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Trying to use my indoor voice.
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Timing is everything!
You have to hit it just right during the 5 weeks of summer in the UP! Gorgeous.
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08-08-2007, 08:50 PM
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I LOVE my truck!!!
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Thank you again!
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08-26-2007, 10:47 PM
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accents
I am from Kentucky, but moved away when I was 23. I have lived in Georgia, Connecticut and now Michigan, and I can spot a Kentucky accent a mile away. The sound, to me, isn't as twangy or nasal as some southern accents, but it has a smooth, soothing quality to me. I am always reminded of my family when I hear a fellow Kentuckian. I love the sound of our "ya'lls" and "reckons". It sounds like home to me.
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08-27-2007, 06:30 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frequentmover1020
I am from Kentucky, but moved away when I was 23. I have lived in Georgia, Connecticut and now Michigan, and I can spot a Kentucky accent a mile away. The sound, to me, isn't as twangy or nasal as some southern accents, but it has a smooth, soothing quality to me. I am always reminded of my family when I hear a fellow Kentuckian. I love the sound of our "ya'lls" and "reckons". It sounds like home to me.
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Its funny, but most Southern accents to me are not nasal or twangy- with the exception of some of the mountain-southern accents.
But northern accents to me are extremely nasal and flat. And I never understood the term southern "twang". I always thought it was a drawl because northerners are the ones that sound nasal to me.
I like Kentucky accents, but to my ears they aren't quite as smooth as we talk here in Virginia. |
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