WGOM Radio #2
Posted by SBG on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Inspired by Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau's clutch hits in the ninth inning against a left hander on Saturday, I took a little look at the Twins two stars.
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I don't know why it didn't occur to me before your podcasts, but you have a Minnesota accent! I've been away from the Homeland for too long now.
Throw a couple "doom and gloom, doom and gloom" in the middle somewhere, and see just how closely AG's paying attention.
Nah, that's a North Decoder accent all the way, eh.
well, I grew up next to ND, so that's what a Minnesota accent sounds like to me
In all seriousness, his "O"s aren't long enough for a MinnesOta accent. (Like our 'sconi neighbors and their hard "E"s, a dead give away.) ND folks I've known have always sounded more Canuck to my ears. Definitely similar, but different nonetheless. Not unlike Jersey, Brooklyn or Long Island (Lawn-Guy-Land) accents.
Stick is more Don Cherry than Marge Gunderson.
Canadian, eh? I don't say aboooot.
Don't you love how we talk about you like you're not even in the room?
I don't know what you people are talking about. Minnesotans don't have accents. Our speech is pure.
Am liking the 2nd installment of this feature. Yes! to MN accent - that's what we (WGOMers) are paying for, as it were. (OK we're not actually paying, but whatever)
"Wishing you a good day" doesn't rack up there with "All the news that's fit to print" or "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" but it's O.K. Mebbe work the edges here.
I'll second what NBB says about the sign-off, but I don't think these are things that can be planned. Something unique will catch on, but it might take a few go-rounds.
"Courage."
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
I pretty much agree with what's been said. I'm sure you will get even better with time and experience. I'm just glad to see you having fun with the site, instead of just having to do the work.
I spent the first 18 years of my life in Minnesota, and the last 26 year out of state (currently Nebraska). Trust me, the Minnesota accent is strong and very, very easily distinguished. I hear it when I talk to my family members who have lived in the state their whole life, and when I meet a Minnesotan I can place him/her as such very quickly. I love to watch a person's jaw drop when I say, "So what part of Minnesota are you from?". Wisconcinites and Nodakers are similar, but slightly unique in their own right.
Anyway, I love the Minnesota accent. It's a taste of home to me.
Do you find the accent is more pronounced with people from rural areas, than say, Minneapolis?
What defines an accent, anyway? Is it just the variations in the pronounciation from what Webster tells us is right? Or is it something else? In other words, if someone enuniciated every single word perfectly with perfect pronounciation and accenting the right syllables, would they still be considered to have an accent?
If that person enunciated everything perfectly, no matter where that person was, if someone responds with, "You're not from around here, are you?" then it's considered an accent.
Tom Brokaw is the exemplar of standardized American English