Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
Oh man, Nick just had to bring up the Yooper accent.

Aye uhh, I'm eh Sconnie, born en bred, an' deh accend ain't so stron whin I'm arand uders, bhet whin I'm wid my frien's, dats whin flatlanders need teh duck fer cover!

NOTE: Wisconsinites DON'T talk like people from the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). There are differences...that I'm pretty sure only people from those two areas can pick out. Nick, am I right?
We surely don't talk the same! Wisconsin has less of a Finnish influence, for one. People from outside the area seem to think that Minnesotans, Wisconsinites, Yoopers, and Canadians all talk the same. But it's probably the same thing as someone from the Midwest not being able to distinguish various Southern accents.

I read an article once a linguist had written about the Yooper accent/dialect. His conclusion was that there is no Yooper accent, it's just that people from Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. think there is and so they hear it. To that, I quote one of my favorite T.V. colonels, buffalo bagels! He must not have spent any actual time here.

Oh, and I think my accent tends to thicken when I'm really excited about something or, as you say, around people I know.

Cheers,
Nick