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 Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:45 pm
No no, the thing is, I'm not from Minnesota, I'm from Colorado. Minnesota people even think I talk funny. Half of them say or think that I'm English because of how I talk. I don't know why! Just yesterday, someone asked me if I was a foreign exchange student from England. What the hell? Gah...
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:49 pm
I bet Minnesotans and people from just about any other state would get annoyed with Californian accents. Even though most of the valley girl/surfer dude lingo has fallen into disuse, we still use the word "like" left and right as a result.
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:47 pm
Koko.Dk Vajra B. Hairava Hey... thats kinda how I talk. Wa? Meennesohta......I though you guys had a germanic like accent when you speak We don't have Germanic accents. We have Minnesotan accens. pirate For the most part, you have to listen to hear it unless you're really from quite a ways away, in which case it sounds like a generic American accent talking a little bit strangely. mad D I can barely hear a difference between Colorado accents and Minnesota accents. o.O
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:16 pm
Well, thats because they are pretty much the same, except for the odd random Minnesotan vowel. But I have no Colorado accent, its a screwed up English one, apparently. neutral
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:47 pm
I don't speak in nearly as much of an accent as some of the people I know. mad D
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 3:01 pm
I finally saw one of those square cars today. Reminded me of a hamburger.
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:49 pm
I don't think I have an accent...- 
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 7:32 pm
But you do have an obnoxiously large and useless green version of your name floating there for no reason.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:33 pm
Man, this guild seems to be kinda dying.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:58 pm
I think it's dying down because a lot of people are busy with finals and other end-of-the-school-year things.
Happened last year too.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:04 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast I think it's dying down because a lot of people are busy with finals and other end-of-the-school-year things. Happened last year too. yeah that ...goes back to other post....These very similar accents were wikipedia heavily influenced by 19th century immigrants from Scandinavia, Finland, Germany and Poland. Many people in Minnesota, particularly those who are older and live in rural portions of the state, have a melodic way of speaking that is reminiscent of Swedish and Norwegian. In these accents, "yah" or "ya" is frequently used instead of "yeah" or "yes" (cf. Swedish, Norwegian, German, Danish, Dutch, "ja"). The Germanic trend of replacing /ð/ with /d/ and /θ/ with /t/ is sometimes heard, including "that" becoming "dat" and the Minneapolis Northeast district sometimes, often in jest, referred to as "Nordeast." In addition, many Minnesotans use the word "borrow" to mean both "lend" and "borrow," as in, "I borrowed him the book." This usage may be traced to Swedish or German, where the word for "lend" and "borrow" are the same (låna). These speakers tend to leave out the object of "to go with," "to come with," and similar constructions. "You wanna come with?" is considered correct, with an implied "me" or "us" at the end (cf. German "Kommst Du mit?", Norwegian "Blir du med?", Swedish "Följer du med?", Dutch "Kom je mee?"). This descends from the Germanic separable prefix verbs, which heavily influences the speech in the area. (This phenomenon has also been recorded in French-speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland: "Vas-tu avec?".) A common feature is a long "A" sound (such as the sound used in "day") in words with the "ag" combination such as "bag", "flag", "wagon", and several others. and my friend from Minnesota hates that fact that Utahns use 'Sac' for the word 'bag' (we still use bag)
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:07 pm
Where I am, only the first of those is true. We do say "yah" more than "yeah." It's never sounded right to me to always use "borrow," believe me; and most people don't.
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:16 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast Where I am, only the first of those is true. We do say "yah" more than "yeah." It's never sounded right to me to always use "borrow," believe me; and most people don't. we also add "t" to "teat-chur"-teacher, preacher as "preat-chur or the worst one "Pitchur" for picture so it makes it confusing to tell the different between Pitcher and picture.....Are and Our are always pronunced the same. We do vowel switching too Bowl-bull foaly-fully poll, pole- pull Further diphthongization (splitting one sound into two) of eh as "egg" and "leg" are pronounced "ayg" and "layg", "leisure" and "pleasure" pronounced "layzhur" and "playzhur." girls say "fer cute" and "See-ick" for sick (teens) probably- probly or prolly. Non-native speakers often have trouble distinguishing between the local pronunciation of words like "can" and "can't" I use luckfully instead of luckly
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:43 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast I think it's dying down because a lot of people are busy with finals and other end-of-the-school-year things. Happened last year too. Aye aye. Exams here and less and less interest in Gaia as well. Although this is the guild I visit the most. Nowadays I just come to Gaia to check my messages since I'm still talking to some Gaians through those. So even though I am online, I'm not really active, just uploading every once in a while to check for messages. Erm. That sounds sad. Anyway, I might get active again this summer. :]
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:05 pm
Yeah, I thought something like that was probably happening, the finals thing and all.
Where are you from, Mr. Blue person holding the green mug? (I really don't like your name, I don't wanna say it.) You accent sounds pretty Minnesota-y.
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