Re: CHAT: Vowel shift - angry-beaverisms

Josh Roth wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/19/1999 1:19:01 AM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writ=
es:
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> >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 talk=
ed
> >like that. I think she was from Minnesota, and she would always say ye=
s
> >with a "ya".
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> Eek!! That accent drives me crazy. I apologize to any Minnesotans out t=
here,
> but something about it irritates my ears terribly, though at the same t=
ime,
> it cracks me up. I think Lorraine on MadTV also has a Minnesotan accent=
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> part of what makes her so funny (and Fargo too!).
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Hey, now, I resemble that remark. Born and bred in Minnesota, but in the
city. But many of my father's relatives live in outstate, so I've
certainly had exposure to it. So can I do the accent? Yah, sure, you
betcha. Only problem is turning it off once I start.

I, too, found "Fargo" hilarious, but because it was so spot-on accurate.
My father, on the other hand, can't figure out the humor.

Laurie
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