While Minnesotans may be recognized across the country for their accents, much more important than the pronunciation are the words being said. KathyH (author) from Waukesha, Wisconsin on July 11, 2018: I didn't take any offense. This is NOT what she meant, she looked at me like I had just fallen off of the turnip truck, or landed from outer space! And if you do decide to go on a vacation, the proper place to go is "Up Nort" rather than down South, although we violated this rule quite a bit. haha We do say "go by" and "come by" but not often. People gave me so many strange looks @_@, NO we do not say wis-can-sin, its wis-con-sin, exactly how its spelled, and NO you do not need a passport so GTFO. Even going out to lunch with friends from work was an interesting experience! When I started working in retail, I had a co-worker ask me one time where the "bubbler" was. I remember her asking me where it was and my confusion! But I am a born and bred southern man. She's getting pretty dang good at speaking Wisconsinan (is that right?). Joe Ravi CC-BY-SA-3.0 - Wikimedia Commons, If your answer to this question is "water fountain" or "drinking fountain," (which is what it IS called in most of the world), pay close attention to this "tutorial" on how to speak "Wis-can-sin!". More objectionable might be the (over)use of dialect words such as yah (a very Germanic “yes” that harks back to the Upper Midwest’s roots in Germany and Scandinavia), and you betcha. Other “th” word examples include this, these, and those. That was a trip like no other. :) Now that you mention it, she did talk a lot like "Wisconsin-ites!" Call me silly, but we always went South. Whoopensocker — Wisconsin. KathyH (author) from Waukesha, Wisconsin on December 07, 2011: Thank you SO much, Kenneth, that means a lot to me. Huh? The dialect of residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. You're friend is absolutely right, JamaGenee! The dialect here is more exaggerated than the accent. Regional words and pronunciations are everywhere. See what I mean by checking out the list of Wisconsin slang below! Maybe the “Wisconsin accent” is really just how everyone is supposed to talk. :) Thanks for your thoughtful comment! ;D. Angie Jardine from Cornwall, land of the eternally youthful mind ... on December 02, 2011: Hi Kathy - this hub was really interesting as we use loads of your Wisconsinisms in the UK! I enjoyed reading this. :). I stumbled across your post. KathyH (author) from Waukesha, Wisconsin on July 10, 2013: I hadn't heard of that one, Glory B.! Water fountains and stop lights rule here. Thanks for reading, I'm glad you like it! .not AlabamUH . "—used by school teachers from German ancestry in old Wisconsin schoolhouses, means "believe what I say" or "believe me." This hub about how to speak Wisconsin, was hilarious. ), I had a genealogy pal who lived near Minneapolis-St Paul. But with the arrival of COVID-19, the stakes are higher than ever. I have some relatives in Kenosha. I thought, "this must be a joke, right?" I was thinking "you got me! I take all the blame. Ask some Milwaukeeans if there's a such thing as a Milwaukee accent, and some of them will say … “People who grew up in southeastern Wisconsin can usually make some sounds that German has that other Americans speakers of English might not be able to … And we’re not just talking about accents, of course. :) I think it depends on the part of Wisconsin one is in, most of these are said around Milwaukee, and I think a few farther South, some are even from Sheboygan! ;). In other words, Wisconsin is at the epicenter of a linguistic collision. A water fountain or drinking fountain everywhere else in the world. I've never heard "upside right" before. We call it a water fountain. Lol! Most of the things you list as "Wisconsin talk" are things I've been raised on speaking. There was therefore no unitary “Wisconsin German” spoken across the state, but several independent Wisconsin German dialects. The land of ten thousand lakes has its own language and here are its stars. Da school is thru Long Swamp, across the train tracks, past Zimmerman's Farm, left da stop n go, n behind the Hoffman Co-Op ya know? LaDena Campbell from Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Near Oz... on December 01, 2011: Most of the terms you listed are, as JamaGenee says, very common in Kansas as well. That stuff. Amidst the "pop" versus "soda" debate, and the question of whether "uff-da" is still uttered, "ope" stands as the pinnacle of Midwestern speech. I get after my kids for saying Go With. The accent may also sound different around the state. I know not all people from Wisconsin speak this way, I was trying to give some examples of the differences in phrasing and speech and some are more common than others. This second phase is called the accent tag words. And I've never heard any of the phrases you said. Thanks so much for your nice comment! A rag becomes a “rayg” and lag becomes “layg.”. ", Milwaukee has an L in it, it's just softer. Last Updated: November 19, 2020 It refers to the dialect of the English language spoken most commonly in The Upper Peninsula of Michigan (UP), where it is commonly called Yooper. The dialect survey has now become a viral internet challenge known as the – Accent tag or Accent Challenge. Is there such a thing? Main article: Yooper dialect. My husband was born and raised in Minnesota about 40 mins from the Wisconsin line. :). Now if you guys tell me you say "yuns" then I think I'd pass out, that is for sure a NETN only term that I know of.
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