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Ketchuplover

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 07:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's proof. Wisconsinites don't have accents. Lori has an accent(I don't hear one myself,but I'll take everybody's word on it) ergo LORI is NOT from Wisconsin


CASE CLOSED :)

Niceguy

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What is your system malfunction? I'm from Wisconsin and yes there is a northern sing-song in her speech patterns. And a bit of nasal mid-western flatness. Get over it. If you ever get out of Wisconsin people are going to say you talk funny.

Gusto

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ey der,

I was in Warshington once drinking a soda when a guy der said I talked like I was from Wiscawnsin.

I don't knew how he could tell I was from der.

Rabbit

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry but it is a proven fact that only people from the Pacific Coast are accent free. (Niceguy, Ketchup is pulling our legs by the way. He does that before he bites them.)

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to say, I have been asked many times if I am Canadian by people because of my Wisconsin accent. The other people say I don't have it. lori does not have the true northern Wisconsin accent. I don't either- I don't live up there and I didn't live here for almost half of my life. I don't think she has an extreme accent like Queen Amy and her southern one (I wonder how much that is exaggerated)

Oregonfire

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That sounds like a Minnasota accent if you ask me. Or it's exaggerated for effect(?). Either way, Amy saying she wasn't into Midwest accents? Whatever.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Superior is right next to Duluth- close enough. When my mom first moved up there and I went to visit I was giggling in the grocery store listening to people talking...and I only live 6 hours southeast!

Oregonfire

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Folks from the Upper Penninsula have it too. I think it's Swedish derivative(?)

Then again lots of Americans of Swedish descent in Seattle, and I didn't hear an accent up there.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also many Norwegians in that area, although I don't know where everyone else got it from! My mom lives near a town called Oulu that has a big rock pained with a Norwegian flag pointing out the way to the town.

Oregonfire

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oops the meant the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in case that was confusing! I think its just a Scandinavian thing in general.

Sheesh my fingers can't keep up!

Niceguy

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm from Milwaukee, however, I've known Minnesotans and people from Rhinelander and Wausau. Lori's might not be as pronounced as others I've heard but it is there. The accent that is.

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, me either- jumping topic to topic! Argh! I'm never going to get any sleep! And I'm heading up north next weekend for my mom's birthday! What will I do without the boards to look at! How will I ever catch up when I get back?

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had no idea there were so many fellow Wisconsin people here! I'm not alone!!!

Oregonfire

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 10:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Unfortunately I think the fact that she is not "hot" is going to hurt her, regardless of where she's from. She needs a body wave in her hair.

Snee

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 11:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
snee's guide to canadian accents:
'down east' people have a great celtic twang with a tiny bit of french tang thrown in here and there. migration from ireland and scotland and france.
quebecois pretty much speak french, but more relaxed (countrified *looks around nervously for french speakers*) than parisien french.
in ontario the people speak quickly and somewhat clipped. also, sounds flat to westerners. i would have to say that's where the "eh" thing comes from.
prairie people might have a bit in common with the states below them, but talk more quickly.
in b.c. we sound like most people on the west coast of the u.s. we sound like people from seattle, oregon and california...except people say we talk much faster.

hmm, why all this fast talking?

more than you ever wanted to know, right? i couldn't miss a chance to say that there is more that one canadian accent though! (we struggle so to be understood!) btw, i expect to hear from canadians disagreeing, so let's save time and say you're...umm...wrong!

Bettyblue

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 12:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lori and Josh two great accents.........
If I did not know where Lori was from at all, I'd say.....Wesconsinnnn
(she just said "heck") LOL

Ryanc2002

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 12:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Midwest accent??? I don't have an accent! I'm from Kansas BTW.

Bigd

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 06:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I'm from the true "deep south", Louisiana, and now I've been living in Wisconsin for 3 years and I was offended by what Amy said about mid-west accents. I find most people in the area tend to speak without much of an accent. But in defense of "southern bells", not all are as ignorant and superficial as Amy seems to be.

Bettyjv

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lori IS from Wisconsin, just ask me.

Maris

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My question is do all people from Wisconsin talk like that??? Do they all shout???? Enquiring minds want to know.

Tabbyking

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
to me wisconsin sounds like chicago. minnesota and north dakota sound more like 'fargo', and that is what lori reminds me of. when i lived in boston and new york people told me i talked like a newscaster. i guess californians don't have much accent.

Tabbyking

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
but, when i lived in quebec and spoke my formal french they fell down laughing and said i spoke french with a southern drawl...huh?

Snee

Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hehehehe, tabbyking! i would love to hear that. the french think the quebecers have pretty strong accents too!
(how long and where did you live in pq?)

Fanny

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 12:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
To me, Lori sounds like Sue Hawke Light.

Truman

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 05:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Truth be told, Amy who's attempt to manufacture a southern accent is a dismal failure (and insult to all genuine belles). She blew her cover when she revealed her obsession for cheese...all kinds of cheese...and even became teary eyed when she thought cheeese was being denied her!...so face the fact, the true Wisconsonian in the house is AMY !!

The confusion about Lori's accent can only be attributed to the fact that she lived in a trailer for so many years as a child and moved from National Park to National Park camp ground picking up bits and pieces of many accents.