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Dialect Map #715406 05/13/13 07:31 AM 05/13/13 07:31 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI Lilo OP
Lilo OP Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI	Everyone outside of SE Michigan talks funny as far as I am concerned. Speak American son!!! American Dialect Map "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715610 05/14/13 10:24 AM 05/14/13 10:24 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette
The Italian Stallionette Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	I never thought of MI as having a dialect, like say Eastern States or Southern states. Of course if dialect isn't necessarily an accent, I guess that would make a difference. I don't think people here in CA have an accent/dialect, yet when I first moved here especially, a couple people said they could tell from my accent that I wasn't from CA. What? TIS "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715616 05/14/13 11:24 AM 05/14/13 11:24 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania klydon1
klydon1 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania	I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715701 05/14/13 05:45 PM 05/14/13 05:45 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,418 Secret location (WITSEC) HairyKnuckles Underboss
HairyKnuckles Underboss Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,418 Secret location (WITSEC)	Originally Posted By: klydon1 I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area. She was just hitting on you...

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715702 05/14/13 05:50 PM 05/14/13 05:50 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,769 Massachusetts, USA 1 123JoeSchmo Underboss
123JoeSchmo 1 Underboss Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,769 Massachusetts, USA	This map is awesome thanks Lilo! "Don't ever go against the family again. Ever"- Michael Corleone

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715703 05/14/13 05:51 PM 05/14/13 05:51 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,881 The Jokers Social Club DickNose_Moltasanti BANNED
DickNose_Moltasanti BANNED Underboss Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,881 The Jokers Social Club	Originally Posted By: klydon1 I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area. Do you say My mom or My Mum like the pittsburgh natives " My Mum said get JOoooB" Random Poster:"I'm sorry I didn't go to an Ivy-league school like you" "Ah I actually I didn't. It's a nickname the feds gave the Genovese Family."

Re: Dialect Map [Re: DickNose_Moltasanti] #715706 05/14/13 06:32 PM 05/14/13 06:32 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania klydon1
klydon1 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania	Originally Posted By: DickNose_Moltasanti Originally Posted By: klydon1 I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area. Do you say My mom or My Mum like the pittsburgh natives " My Mum said get JOoooB" Pittsburgh is way over on the other side of the commonwealth from where I grew up. I always called my mother, "Ma," though most use the familiar "mom." My area is known for some doozies when it comes to local pronounciations. The regional dialect is affectionately called Coalcracker.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715709 05/14/13 06:43 PM 05/14/13 06:43 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,881 The Jokers Social Club DickNose_Moltasanti BANNED
DickNose_Moltasanti BANNED Underboss Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,881 The Jokers Social Club	Originally Posted By: klydon1 Originally Posted By: DickNose_Moltasanti Originally Posted By: klydon1 I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area. Do you say My mom or My Mum like the pittsburgh natives " My Mum said get JOoooB" Pittsburgh is way over on the other side of the commonwealth from where I grew up. I always called my mother, "Ma," though most use the familiar "mom." My area is known for some doozies when it comes to local pronounciations. The regional dialect is affectionately called Coalcracker. Yeah I forgot that is northern,pa Random Poster:"I'm sorry I didn't go to an Ivy-league school like you" "Ah I actually I didn't. It's a nickname the feds gave the Genovese Family."

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715712 05/14/13 06:55 PM 05/14/13 06:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,272 M Mark Underboss
Mark M Underboss Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,272	I think it is obvious which part of The United States speaks proper English, my friends...

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715715 05/14/13 07:12 PM 05/14/13 07:12 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette
The Italian Stallionette Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	Originally Posted By: klydon1 Originally Posted By: DickNose_Moltasanti [quote=klydon1]I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. She said, "I know that. I mean what town." So I told her the name of the borough next to Scranton where I was raised, and she said that was her guess as she grew up in the same town some 25 years before me. She thought my accent was peculiar to the town even though many people from my home area haave told me my accent isn't the most typical for the area. Do you say My mom or My Mum like the pittsburgh natives " My Mum said get JOoooB" Speaking of that, I and my siblings always called my mom "ma" and yet my daughters always call me "mom". I think perhaps "ma" is Michigan and "mom" Californian dialect? One time when I first moved here to CA, I was subbing in the office of a high school. I used the term "nippy" to indicate it was a little cool. The principal says, "you can tell you're not from around here." TIS "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715726 05/14/13 08:55 PM 05/14/13 08:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI Lilo OP
Lilo OP Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI	I can hear very slight almost non-existent accents in these two politicians' voices but they are from North and West Michigan. But when I played a recording of Stabenow for a friend of mine from NY she thought it was the funniest accent. And she was from Yonkers... Stabenow Speech Snyder Speech "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715731 05/14/13 09:38 PM 05/14/13 09:38 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California The Italian Stallionette
The Italian Stallionette Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,984 California	Lilo, They both speak pretty much normal as far as I'm concerned but yea, Stabenow has a slight accent of some kind. TIS "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK "War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon

Re: Dialect Map [Re: The Italian Stallionette] #715752 05/15/13 05:24 AM 05/15/13 05:24 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	I have always referred to my mother as ma, although mam is the normal term here. Always called my old man Pops, which is more of a US expression, but it just stuck to him!! I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715764 05/15/13 09:08 AM 05/15/13 09:08 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands MaryCas
MaryCas Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands	Originally Posted By: klydon1 I was checking out at a local supermarket here in the Harrisburg area when the older woman at the cash register asked where I'm from. I told her the name of the nearbyu neighborhood where I live, but she asked where I was originally from, and I answered, "the Scranton area," which is about two hours north. Kly comes from "the Valley" where you can order tick or tin crust pizza, buy a pound of hamburg at the Ack-a-me, pick up some fil-em for you camera and have a catch with your friend named Choe (as in Namath).....hain'i Kly? Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715766 05/15/13 09:14 AM 05/15/13 09:14 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands MaryCas
MaryCas Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands	In the Philadelphia / South Jersey area, they pronounce draw and saw with an "l" at the end - drawl and sawl. Drives my daughter nuts. As an English teacher from the New York suburbs (where we speak correctly), she tried to correct her 8th grade students. No luck. Last edited by MaryCas; 05/15/13 09:14 AM. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12

Re: Dialect Map [Re: MaryCas] #715896 05/16/13 05:28 AM 05/16/13 05:28 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	As a native of north east England i would never mock anybodys twang, seeing as mine is probably the most unintelligible known to man I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Yogi Barrabbas] #715900 05/16/13 05:50 AM 05/16/13 05:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI Lilo OP
Lilo OP Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI	Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas As a native of north east England i would never mock anybodys twang, seeing as mine is probably the most unintelligible known to man Is this similar to yours, Yogi? "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #715902 05/16/13 06:10 AM 05/16/13 06:10 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	Originally Posted By: Lilo Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas As a native of north east England i would never mock anybodys twang, seeing as mine is probably the most unintelligible known to man Is this similar to yours, Yogi? Well he is laying it on a bit thick, but it's close I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Yogi Barrabbas] #715906 05/16/13 07:28 AM 05/16/13 07:28 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands MaryCas
MaryCas Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,766 South of the Pinelands	Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas As a native of north east England i would never mock anybodys twang, seeing as mine is probably the most unintelligible known to man When I went to England on business, I interacted with folks from different parts of England. I did notice different accents. When we got together for dinner, these chaps would rib each other about the areas they came from; something we do in the states too. The chaps from the north did have a bit of a Scottish sound to their accent. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12

Re: Dialect Map [Re: MaryCas] #715941 05/16/13 01:31 PM 05/16/13 01:31 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania klydon1
klydon1 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 11,797 Pennsylvania	Originally Posted By: MaryCas Kly comes from "the Valley" where you can order tick or tin crust pizza, buy a pound of hamburg at the Ack-a-me, pick up some fil-em for you camera and have a catch with your friend named Choe (as in Namath).....hain'i Kly? Next time we meet, I'll buy ya a cuppla two chree 'otdahgs, one wid relick one wid not.

Re: Dialect Map [Re: MaryCas] #715997 05/17/13 09:13 AM 05/17/13 09:13 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	Originally Posted By: MaryCas Originally Posted By: Yogi Barrabbas As a native of north east England i would never mock anybodys twang, seeing as mine is probably the most unintelligible known to man When I went to England on business, I interacted with folks from different parts of England. I did notice different accents. When we got together for dinner, these chaps would rib each other about the areas they came from; something we do in the states too. The chaps from the north did have a bit of a Scottish sound to their accent. Us hardy northern types are so close to Scotland we have even started to sound like them I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: Dialect Map [Re: klydon1] #715998 05/17/13 09:14 AM 05/17/13 09:14 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	Originally Posted By: klydon1 Originally Posted By: MaryCas Kly comes from "the Valley" where you can order tick or tin crust pizza, buy a pound of hamburg at the Ack-a-me, pick up some fil-em for you camera and have a catch with your friend named Choe (as in Namath).....hain'i Kly? Next time we meet, I'll buy ya a cuppla two chree 'otdahgs, one wid relick one wid not. That makes perfect sense to me. Perhaps i am sort of linguistial genius?? I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Lilo] #716078 05/17/13 07:00 PM 05/17/13 07:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,272 M Mark Underboss
Mark M Underboss Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,272	Yogi - what do they call the Brits who speak like: "The rine in Spine fowls minely own the pline?" I saw it in a movie or something, didn't I?

Re: Dialect Map [Re: Mark] #716139 05/18/13 08:23 AM 05/18/13 08:23 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK Yogi Barrabbas
Yogi Barrabbas Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,845 Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK	Originally Posted By: Mark Yogi - what do they call the Brits who speak like: "The rine in Spine fowls minely own the pline?" I saw it in a movie or something, didn't I? That sounds like southerners Mark. Cockneys who are from London, or possibly Brummies, who come from Birmingham. That expression is quite common here, but i have no clue where it comes from originally!!! I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!

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