Search found 5 matches

by MNgyal
Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:29 am
Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
Topic: Question of dialect
Replies: 26
Views: 56827

I say wagon properly too, but I'm from the Cities, where the accent is the least pronounced. The accent gets heavier the farther you get into rural MN.
by MNgyal
Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:13 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: SNARKY
Replies: 3
Views: 7510

Pop definition...

Could just be me, but most of the people I know use snarky to mean witty or dry-humored or irreverent instead of cranky. It's used that way in pop culture today as well.
by MNgyal
Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:01 am
Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
Topic: Minnesota-isms...anyone???
Replies: 21
Views: 128786

Minnesota-isms...anyone???

I'm Minnesotan but I went to school with people from across the nation and spent lots of time having the following linguistic quirks pointed out: *Minnesotans seem to be the only ones who say "duck, duck, grey duck" instead of 'duck, duck, goose." I haven't even found other Mid-Wester...
by MNgyal
Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:23 am
Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
Topic: Question of dialect
Replies: 26
Views: 56827

One more thing: )

Forgot to say: the way you say wagon also strikes me as benig from the Midwest. Do you have Scandinavian ancestry? That's why Minnesotans elongate their vowels that way.
by MNgyal
Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:19 am
Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
Topic: Question of dialect
Replies: 26
Views: 56827

Can I have a beg, please?

Don't know where you picked it up, but it sounds like the Midwest to me. Minnesotans say bag that way all the time...

Go to advanced search