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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:54 PM Original message |
I love talking to people from Wisconsin |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. They're very friendly up dere, doncha know. |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I will have you know |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. They did where I grew up..... |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I grew up in Wisconsin and I used to think people were crazy when they pointed out my accent. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lucky you. Mine's in North Carolina. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I know Gullah |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I exagerated a little bit. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I bet she was hired when |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. But they need to be Wisconsin natives, right? |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Hi! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I watched a girl from Wisconson set off a riot |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Francis McDormett in Fargo had a Minnesota accent |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. To my ear they sound alike |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They fascinate me too |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Someone told me once |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Do you pretend to understand people with thick accents? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Never |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. When I first moved to New England, I simply could not understand Mainers |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I retrained my speech when I was in drama school at Carnegie Mellon |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Regional accents fascinate me |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No she really did not |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. No kidding! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. There really is a distinct difference. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I agree! In 1994, I was living in Wisconsin and working at a radio station. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. It's Frances McDormand, and no, she didn't. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Oops on the name |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Yeah |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hello Dare, From Northern Wisconsin! |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. My best friend is from Wisconsin. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. why thank you! |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was told I have "an accent" |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. We are the nicest, most easy to speak with people in the country. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Believe it or not |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. northern illinois used to be part of wisconsin |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. I know a lady here from Wisconsin |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. hey that's me |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
36. What are you talking about? We don't have accents... |
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