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Reply #120 posted 01/29/05 1:14am

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PurpleThunder said:

matt said:

When I lived in the Midwest, I'd sometimes cross the river from Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Ontario. I found it interesting how some folks in Windsor had a clear Canadian accent (e.g., pronouncing "about" like aboot), whereas others had a "newscaster non-accent."

Trivia: Crossing into Canada from Detroit actually involves going south. Don't believe me? Look at a map. smile

I have never said "Aboot" in my life...that is a Newfie thing not a Canadian thing as a whole...

Yeah, never said aboot either, about, just like it's spelled.

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Reply #121 posted 01/29/05 1:34am

Janfriend	I have a flat west coast American accent. Like the kind you hear in the commercials
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Reply #122 posted 01/29/05 8:51am

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TheRealFiness said:

jerseykrs said:

Jersey, Jersey JERSEY!!!!

thats 'Joizey" ya stupid Guinea bastid smile

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

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Reply #123 posted 01/29/05 9:39am

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I'm a Georgia Peach- so I have a Southern accent. I've lived all over the world and to other Southerners I don't have an accent, but to anyone who doesn't live in the South I do.

Socks still got butt like a leather seat...

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Reply #124 posted 01/29/05 10:56am

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I've lived in Northern Minnesota all my life...think Fargo only WAAAAAYYYYY not as obvious and contrived as it was for the movie.

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I guess no one picked it up TOOO bad during the OrgInvasion until I said Esko LMAO! smile

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Reply #125 posted 01/29/05 11:30am

tackam	EskomoKisses said: I've lived in Northern Minnesota all my life...think Fargo only WAAAAAYYYYY not as obvious and contrived as it was for the movie. I guess no one picked it up TOOO bad during the OrgInvasion until I said Esko LMAO! I heard it. You and Shawna. . .toooohtaly Minnesohta.
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Reply #126 posted 01/29/05 3:06pm

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tackam said:

EskomoKisses said:

I've lived in Northern Minnesota all my life...think Fargo only WAAAAAYYYYY not as obvious and contrived as it was for the movie.

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I guess no one picked it up TOOO bad during the OrgInvasion until I said Esko LMAO! smile

I heard it. wink

You and Shawna. . .toooohtaly Minnesohta. smile

It must have been FunkMistress & TOFKA that were laughin' "with" me when I was explaining my user name on the way up the escalator @ Calhoun Square...

and here I thought I kept it hidden wink

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Reply #127 posted 01/29/05 6:15pm

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meow85 said:

matt said:

My apologies. FWIW, the one time I visited western Canada (drove up to B.C. to get a flu shot and dinner), I didn't detect any accent among the natives.

Don't worry about it. The B.C. accent is pretty neutral, but there's a definite "west coast" (read: surfer) way of speaking -at least here in the Okanagan Valley.
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I lived in Nelson for years I miss it alot All bikers and bugees..thats why I talked so different than everyone in Winnipeg when I got back here, I still talk different