yooper dialect

luap · January 28, 2020, 11:22:11 AM

Some roots of why yoopers talk the way they do and , disclaimer: this includes me.

https://youtu.be/x4n89af09Tw

chet · January 28, 2020, 01:18:42 PM

Never taught I talked funny, turns out I got one of dem dare dialects. ;D

doc henderson · January 28, 2020, 01:26:15 PM

sadly, i was able to understand every ting you said.

Jeff · January 28, 2020, 03:08:14 PM

Tic toc tic toc tic toc

Pine Ridge · January 28, 2020, 04:09:58 PM

I'm only skooled in the Hillbilly langwidge.

Resonator · January 28, 2020, 07:04:14 PM

For further research you need to listen closely to "Rusty Chevrolet" and "Second Week of Deer Camp".
("Da Yoopers" band, recorded 1987). ;D

thecfarm · January 28, 2020, 08:21:53 PM

@Jeff, I dare ya to do it.

Jeff · January 28, 2020, 08:34:15 PM

Tic toc Ray, Tic toc.

pigman · January 28, 2020, 09:06:40 PM

No way would this hillbilly say that a yooper talks funny.

chet · January 28, 2020, 09:40:12 PM

Da tunes Resonator mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeZ0BUc3kMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLnmA653f94

Dan_Shade · January 28, 2020, 09:54:52 PM

We drink, play cards and shoot the bull, but never shoot no deer...

I love that song

Magicman · January 28, 2020, 10:22:01 PM

30 Point Buck-Da Yoopers - YouTube

Jeff · January 28, 2020, 10:28:11 PM

Actually, da terdy point buck is not a da yoopers song. That was a Bananas at large song.

Magicman · January 28, 2020, 10:32:13 PM

Yup, Bananas At Large - Topic - YouTube

SawyerTed · January 29, 2020, 03:35:37 PM

I think it's facinating to listen to dialects. Dialects and heritage go hand in hand. It's interesting to try to figure out where people are from based on dialect. In North and South Carolina there are many dialects and the way folks talk tells me where they are from.

Was on a plane on the way to Seattle from Atlanta and overheard a lady speaking with her traveling companion. I asked her if she was from Robersonville, NC. She was shocked and said she was in fact from there.

barbender · January 29, 2020, 04:25:27 PM

Sawyer Ted, I agree 100%. I think dialects are fascinating! One thing I find interesting about a lot of areas of Europe (at least so I've read) have really heavy regional dialects, but most people also speak a more generic form that everyone understands. It would be akin to everyone at the Pig Roast talking like the man on the evening news (Don Williams) instead of a yooper and a WV hillbilly trying to understand each others dialects😁 One of my friends moved to Georgia and he has as heavy of a Minnesota accent as anyone. He was working with two other fellas, they would ride to work together. One guy was a rural black fella, and the other guy was Mexican. They had a very hard time communicating!😂 Most southerners couldn't understand my buddy, and it went both ways. One of my favorites was when he was listening to a sermon, and the preacher kept talking about "hoodaws". He was asking people after the sermon what a hoodaw was...hoot owl😁

Jeff · January 29, 2020, 04:32:57 PM

I've been accused of having a Michigan accent. I do not know what that is.

The accent I grew up with was my mom's, as she was from west Virginia until her early teens, but much of her family remained there. Her accent was very noticable when she was on the phone with "someone from down home" as mom would say.

chet · January 29, 2020, 06:09:40 PM

On one of da motorcycle trips with my sons, we stopped for the night at a tiny bar/laundromat/motel just outside Snowshoe, WV. I told da gal behind da bar,"three Bud lites please". 'Hey' she exclaimed ' Youse guys R Yoopers'. :D Turns out her dad had been a transplanted Yooper.

moodnacreek · January 29, 2020, 06:36:49 PM

When I was 10 we moved from s. n.y. to El Paso Texas. At a restaurant my mother told the [Tex-Mex] waitress she would increase the tip if the lady could tell where we where from, the waitress won. After 6 years we moved back home and I couldn't understand anybody.

sawguy21 · January 29, 2020, 08:16:59 PM

I once had a woman in California, she was fun to listen to, tell me I had to be Canadian. I asked her what was the first clue. :D I worked with a group of Newfoundlanders who were an interesting bunch. We got together at an air show with their wives and girlfriends, I couldn't understand a word they said.

Pine Ridge · January 29, 2020, 08:20:17 PM

I reckon i'm a full fledged Hillbilly, i've been accused of it too many times, aint no way all them accusers can all be wrong.

doc henderson · January 29, 2020, 08:25:30 PM

I do not have an accent or dialect, I am from Ks and we are the average neutral effect of the rest of the country!

Jeff · January 29, 2020, 08:36:06 PM

As soon as I first met you I knew you were from Kansas!

doc henderson · January 29, 2020, 08:40:16 PM

cause I did not have an accent or a dialect, and you have access to my profile!!! :D

moodnacreek · January 29, 2020, 09:08:19 PM

Quote from: sawguy21 on January 29, 2020, 08:16:59 PM
I once had a woman in California, she was fun to listen to, tell me I had to be Canadian. I asked her what was the first clue. :D I worked with a group of Newfoundlanders who were an interesting bunch. We got together at an air show with their wives and girlfriends, I couldn't understand a word they said.

Used to go fishing in New Brunswick. Oh the New-fe jokes went on forever.

moodnacreek · January 29, 2020, 09:11:11 PM

Quote from: Pine Ridge on January 29, 2020, 08:20:17 PM
I reckon i'm a full fledged Hillbilly, i've been accused of it too many times, aint no way all them accusers can all be wrong.

In correct English you are a hill Williams.