Re: CHAT: Vowel shift - angry-beaverisms

In a message dated 6/19/1999 1:19:01 AM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writes:

>fortytwo@ufl.edu writes:
>>That's nothing compared to the Minnesotan accent, with its beautiful,
>>yet funny, intonation patterns.  To me, that was the funniest part of
>>Fargo.  I mean, that accent is just so hard to take seriously, I mean,
>>they could say "Ja, my wife was butchered and cut into a million
>>pieces", and it just wouldn't sound like a bad thing.  Okay, slight
>>exaggeration, but it does sound just funny.  :-)
>
>
>Oh yes i forgot about that accent! My Chem teacher last last year talked
>like that. I think she was from Minnesota, and she would always say yes
>with a "ya".
Eek!! That accent drives me crazy. I apologize to any Minnesotans out there,=20
but something about it irritates my ears terribly, though at the same time,=20
it cracks me up. I think Lorraine on MadTV also has a Minnesotan accent=97it=
s=20
part of what makes her so funny (and Fargo too!).

Josh Roth
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