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Placing Sarah Palin's accent
Slate ^ | 10/1/08 | Jesse Sheidlower

Posted on 10/01/2008 11:38:12 AM PDT by T-Bird45

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To: Madame Dufarge

My Grandfather’s people were from Northern Ireland, County Armagh, I think.


81 posted on 10/01/2008 12:54:07 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: machogirl

I’m born and raised in WV and I’ll never say I don’t have an accent. Heck, around here we can even tell what county strangers are from.


82 posted on 10/01/2008 12:55:02 PM PDT by GOP_Proud
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

My family was always vague on the subject of the exact origins, which leads me to believe that “warrants for arrest” were lurking in the background.


83 posted on 10/01/2008 12:59:08 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: AnalogReigns

WOW! Very kewel post.


84 posted on 10/01/2008 1:00:11 PM PDT by Brucifer ("The dog ate my copy of the Constitution." G W Bush)
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To: downtownconservative; Eric in the Ozarks; Uncle Miltie
So, you've lived in Minnesooota, then, eh ?

While Palin's accent does have a Minnesota sound overall, I have noticed that she does not have the characteristic long o's.

85 posted on 10/01/2008 1:02:05 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Brucifer

I’ve always thought that the New York accent had its origins in the Dutch language, but I could be wrong.


86 posted on 10/01/2008 1:02:29 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Clemenza
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Northeast
 

Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.

Philadelphia
 
The Inland North
 
The Midland
 
The South
 
Boston
 
The West
 
North Central
 
What American accent do you have?
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87 posted on 10/01/2008 1:02:35 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (White Trash for Sarah!)
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To: Pyro7480

So, like my cousins, you have a “werter” ice after your “hoagie.”


88 posted on 10/01/2008 1:02:52 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: Clemenza

As for a “true” New Yauk accent though, I was kind of astounded but found it very comprehensible to hear a Dutch immigrant speaking very similarly.


89 posted on 10/01/2008 1:06:32 PM PDT by unspun (Tell the truth about Obama to all you know.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"So, you've lived in Minnesooota, then, eh?"

OOoohhhh NooOOOOoo!!! I lived in Norrth Dahkoahta, dotcha knooww. Faargoh is across the Red River.

Soh thair yoou goh thair then noww eh?

90 posted on 10/01/2008 1:08:54 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Bushonomics: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses)
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To: T-Bird45
It's kind of Yooper on steroids.
91 posted on 10/01/2008 1:10:02 PM PDT by stayathomemom ( nowanemptynester)
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To: unspun

Many inhabitants of Manhattan (and certain yuppie nabes in Brooklyn) are transplants from McSuburbia, so go out of their way to shed whatever accent they have. Nevertheless, a certain Texan friend of mine who has lived in Manhattan for a decade occasionally has her drawl betray her (and there is nothing wrong with that).


92 posted on 10/01/2008 1:10:25 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: T-Bird45
But Palin actually has an Alaskan accent, one from the Matnuska and Susitna Valley region

That's "Matanuska".

93 posted on 10/01/2008 1:11:04 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Non-Sequitur

Outstanding. My fantasy is complete. Make her say, “He’s fleeing the debate, he’s fleeing the debate.” BANG, BANG, BANG “Stop or I’ll shoot doncha no?”


94 posted on 10/01/2008 1:11:34 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West
 

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.

The Midland
 
Boston
 
North Central
 
The Inland North
 
Philadelphia
 
The South
 
The Northeast
 
What American accent do you have?
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True. I talk like the folks on TV. Born in CA and raised in CO and CA. I've lived in the south quite a bit and been told that I have an accent. Don't these folks watch TV?

95 posted on 10/01/2008 1:13:45 PM PDT by TankerKC (Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.)
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To: AnalogReigns

New York City (5)
Unlike Boston and other urban dialects, New York City stands by itself and bears little resemblence to the other dialects in this region. It is also the most disliked and parodied of any American dialect (even among New Yorkers), possibly because many Americans tend dislike large cities. When an R comes after a vowel, it is often dropped. IR becomes OI, but OI becomes IR, and TH becomes D as in “Dey sell tirlets on doity-doid street” and fugedaboudit (forget about it).

LOL

fork - fawk
sandwich - sangwich
toilet - terlit
onions - ongions
pudding - puddin


96 posted on 10/01/2008 1:17:38 PM PDT by angcat
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To: Madame Dufarge; Liberty Valance

All I’m certain of is that I come from the NY border of Ontario and Quebec, just over the mountains from Vermont.

I have lived in Texas for many years and I’m never leaving. But remarkably, of all the folks I know around here, I’m the only one without an accent.


97 posted on 10/01/2008 1:19:09 PM PDT by Brucifer ("The dog ate my copy of the Constitution." G W Bush)
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To: wideminded
Well here in Western Pa, we have our own distinct dialect. We call house a haus or ruf for roof. So strange when you go other parts of the country people can't place it.
98 posted on 10/01/2008 1:19:18 PM PDT by pburgh01
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To: Tarpon
I'd say Barack Obama's accent is called Trytosoundlikeanafricanamerican.
99 posted on 10/01/2008 1:21:56 PM PDT by unspun (Tell the truth about Obama to all you know.)
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To: Madame Dufarge
The family was late getting over here, dirt poor and uneducated. They worked as share croppers/hired farmhands, then moved to mid-Illinois where they mined coal and were able to put a little money aside. This allowed the acquisition of a small farm and some livestock in Iowa. I guess they would qualify as ‘shanty’...
100 posted on 10/01/2008 1:23:05 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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