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06-29-2008, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by dynimagelv
2ndxwifewhatzername and all her family would say things like "you wanna go with?"
WITH WHAT???????
and minnesotians talk without moving their lips...especialy in the winter time.....
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with us... maybe thats why you got a divorce. |
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06-29-2008, 10:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dynimagelv
2ndxwifewhatzername and all her family would say things like "you wanna go with?"
WITH WHAT???????
and minnesotians talk without moving their lips...especialy in the winter time.....
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Oh, that's what they are talking about. I think it's a more efficient way of speaking.  |
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06-29-2008, 10:16 PM
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Back in high school we sang the Hallelujah Chorus. And our choir director would get so frustrated with us because we couldn't pronounce the word Hallelujah. We all pronounced it like we just got off the boat from Sweden.
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06-29-2008, 10:56 PM
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Saepe errans, num quans hesitans
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Minnesotans (northern branch) sound exactly like Canadians from Sask, Man. and Alberta. Except the don't say "Eh".
Only way to tell them apart.
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06-30-2008, 12:54 AM
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Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb)
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Originally Posted by dynimagelv
2ndxwifewhatzername and all her family would say things like "you wanna go with?"
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"Going shopping. Wanna go with?"
Sure. Normal English. 
Me, silly. Or us. Depends on context. 
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and minnesotians talk without moving their lips...especialy in the winter time.....
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You wouldn't want your lips to break off, either. Besides, you wouldn't be able to see my lips through my frosted beard, anyway, so how could you tell? |
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06-30-2008, 09:03 AM
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Sunshine And Palm Trees
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It's funny I never noticed the accent when I lived in Minneapolis but I can really hear it down here in southern Minnesota.
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06-30-2008, 09:53 AM
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Do Minnesotans have an accent?
Oh, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, we do ya know.
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06-30-2008, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by mystree
It's funny I never noticed the accent when I lived in Minneapolis but I can really hear it down here in southern Minnesota.
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They have it in the cities too. Especially in the suburbs. |
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06-30-2008, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by kuan
Man what I get around others with an accent I find myself talking like them. Funny, I was in Hannibal MO and someone asked me if I was from up North.
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That's funny, I do the same thing. NY, the deep south, western Canada... even here when I get around someone here I start drifting into an accent.
And olecapt is absolutely right. The accent is largely interchangeable. |
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07-02-2008, 06:45 PM
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Arizona dreamin'
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Location: Reality: Duluth, MN - In my heart: Phoenix, AZ
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Originally Posted by ozzie679
That's a good way of putting it. A toned down Fargo (the movie) accent.
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No way. I feel the best way we talk is like the people on the Weather Channel. I don't think that's too accenty.
I get a lot of Canadian customers at the place I work, and I hear them and their eh's all the time. It's great, haha. |
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