Ketchuplover | Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 07:55 pm     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     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     I had no idea there were so many fellow Wisconsin people here! I'm not alone!!! |
Oregonfire | Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 10:01 pm     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     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     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     Midwest accent??? I don't have an accent! I'm from Kansas BTW. |
Bigd | Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 06:26 am     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     Lori IS from Wisconsin, just ask me. |
Maris | Saturday, July 13, 2002 - 11:13 pm     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     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     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     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     To me, Lori sounds like Sue Hawke Light. |
Truman | Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 05:00 am     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. |