[Dan from Michigan]

I have a lot of respect for anyone that can take a Yooper winter year in and year out, eh?

[Licensed-To-Carry]

"The Killing of the Big Pig"

I hope it's not as tough to eat as it was tough to kill?

[WorkingClassFilth]

"What you hear depends on where in the peninsula you are, and on the age and social class of the speaker."

My wife's kin would second that. Plenty of good Yoopers left out there, eh.

[martin_fierro]

Took a summer trip once to Houghton/Hancock.

Was impressed by how downtown Houghton looked like a Habitrail (glass-walled walkways to get from building to building during the winter snows); by how people in the area just left their homes unlocked; and by how a Pasty (PAH-sty) sticks to one's ribs.

It was a cool place to visit. In summer. <|:)~

[cameronsmom]

I am originally frum nordern Minneesotah, so I know dat de way i useta talk boddered some people. I'll never ferget da yoopers song: The 2nd week of deer camp.

Dat was a good one, eh!

Actually, Now that I dont live up there, my "accent" fades, but wait until i get mad, then the accent comes right back!!!

http://www.dayoopers.com/

[Paleo Conservative]

Dan Junttila is a proud Yooper. So proud that he teaches a course at the local middle school on the history and culture of his beloved Upper Peninsula.

Why is the "Upper Peninsula" a part of Michigan? If you look at a map, it should be part of Wisconsin.

[Gigantor]

'Many of the most commonly known "Yooperisms" show the Finnish influence, such as the substitution of a "d" sound for "th," as in "dere" instead of "there" or "dem" instead of "them."'

Dese guys in Brooklyn have been doin' dis for a long time.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

When filmmaker Jeff Daniels made "Escanaba in da Moonlight," an offbeat 2001 comedy larded with U.P. stereotypes and exaggerated renderings of the dialect, some complained it was demeaning. But other Yoopers took it in stride, considering it a celebration of the region's traditions

demaning nothin,that movie was great!

[martin_fierro]

Get over here, eh. Ya hosers.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Ahhh, heck... I been livin in Texas for fourteen years now, but I just gotta talk to my Ma or one a my udder relatives for a few minutes for my accent to come right back to me.

It just sorta slips out, eh?

[Iris7]

The Upper Peninsula is a wonderful place. There are marvelous rural people, and you can actually get away from power poles, roads, and sky glow.

Not as cold in the winter as many would think, but there can be a lot of snow.

[Squantos]

Stationed at Old Kincheloe AFB 4 years in early 70's and know what ya speak of.....cool and deep to say the least ! What about the Unicorns ? Yoopers ??????..........LMAO !

Stay Safe Dan !

[Rose in RoseBear]

I dunno ... I was up there last Labor Day, and didn't notice that there was a lack of accent in Iron River ...

I get that accent all over me, like powder, and then I start talking in some weird Texas drawl/Yooper accent myself. Scary, it is!

[Rose in RoseBear]

And since when is Traverse City in the U.P.?

[inkling]

My folks are from the U.P. The thing I always remember about the dialect is how certain words are pronounced. Staying in a cabin near Mackinac Island, my FInnish uncle would say, "Let's go fishin, kids. Get OOT of the HOOSE and get on the BOOT!" After dinner, we would have Korpuu and go to the SOW-NAH.

[RockChucker]

Ping for later reading.....

[duk]

If you want a colorful picture of the U.P., watch the Red Green show on channel 13. It's one of the channels you can get with just an antenna!

January's average temperture was 8 degrees. We got about 175" of snow that month. I'm so tired of shoveling, scooping, and blowing snow that I just leave it where it falls now. Just narrow paths now. The snow does keep the bugs down though!!

Well, I'm off to shovel the church steps, yous guys take care, eh.

[PGalt]

The Keewenaw Peninsula hasn't changed in the 45 years that I've been going there.

[Theo]

Hey! I grew up in Iron Mountain, and went to school in Houghton and graduated from Northern! I do hope "Yooper" dialect stays. I suspect their affection for the dialect is less militaristic than other people groups'....

Ah, pasties. If you're from Wisconsin, you use gravy. But if you're wanting to truly appreciate a pasty, you eat it with ketchup, the way it was meant to be eaten. :-)

I still tell stories to friends of how in high school, the school cafeteria was in the basement of a Roman Catholic church, and how we'd never have red meat on Fridays. Tuna spaghetti! Whew!

Ah, the UP.... I hope outsiders don't discover it.

[TEXASPROUD]

I got introduced to the yoopers a couple of years ago when I went hunting in Mich for the first time. I love regional differences and had as much fun with the UP people as they had with my Texas colloquialisms. Look forward to going back.

[ChadGore]

The following phrase is actually a word.

Yea-der-hey-what-say-you-and-me-go-down-to-da-pub-and-trow-a-fer-beers-in-our-heads - - eh?