Posted on 10/01/2008 11:38:12 AM PDT by T-Bird45
Since Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican candidate for vice president, many people have made comments about her unusual speech, comparing it to accents heard in the movie Fargo, in the states of Wisconsin and Idaho, and in Canada. Some have even attributed her manner of speaking to her supposed stupidity. But Palin actually has an Alaskan accent, one from the Matnuska and Susitna Valley region, where Palin's hometown, Wasilla, is located.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Having been born in Alaska, very near Wasilla, with numerous relatives still living there, I can tell you that there are many Minnisotans dwelling in those parts. The accent is certainly a blend of Northern Tier speak. Personally, I find it quite endearing and very American!
As opposed to east coast aberative English.
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Great. Now I have a vision of Sarah wearing one of those police hats with the badge on it (like Margie Gunderson’s) and showing up at the debate and pointing her finger at Biden and then to her badge. “Put up your hands Joe, you are under arrest!”
Please! DON’T confuse Sarah Palin’s ‘accent’ (I hardly notice any) with TINA FEY’S ‘Fargo’ accent!
It’s SARAH, NOT Tina who’s running for VP.
I did the link for Comment #8 wrong.
Hopefully this is the correct link, an interesting article about Palin’s accent, style, delivery. And why people love her or hate her. I’m still learning computer use.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/style/features/2008/rhetoric/gallery.html
Wisconsin accent all the way.
And she was underestimated too.
Sorry about that, the new link is correct, I just checked it out.
Yooper? Great. Now I have visions of her singing "Second Week of Deer Camp". :-)
There is no one in the entire state who has a Kennedy accent.
"Who the hell talks like that?" was the consistent reaction to their phony accent.
It's a product of a Shanty Irish (as opposed to Lace Curtain Irish) attempt to sound like a Boston Brahmin.
Full Disclosure: I'm a descendant of Shanty Irish.
Sewwwww, when r you kids cummin to visit me, eh?
I predict tomorrow night she’ll say “He’s fleeing the debate, he’s fleeing the debate.”
I like the way she pronounces her state — “Ah-Lahss-kah.” I’ve always thought the accent was similar to that of Canada and the western U.S. states rimming it.
Uh...no. I've been there. You do have an accent. We all do unless we've been trained otherwise. My dad had an excellent ear for languages. He could listen to almost anyone and put them pretty close to the region they grew up in.
Every second sentence in Minnesota starts with “So,” and ends with “then,” or “then, eh ?”
The original settlers in the Matanuska Valley were farmers from the Upper Midwest in the "Matanuska Experiment" (paragraph 3). It's no wonder she sounds like she came from Wisconsin or North Dakota.
“And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper.”
Sounds like Wisconsin to me—and though I love Sarah—can’t say I’m thrilled with the accent.
I’m partial to educated Southern accents myself...but to each his own.
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