sure the hell isn't ebonics... 
Posted on 10/01/2008 11:38:12 AM PDT by T-Bird45
Since Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican candidate for vice president, many people have made comments about her unusual speech, comparing it to accents heard in the movie Fargo, in the states of Wisconsin and Idaho, and in Canada. Some have even attributed her manner of speaking to her supposed stupidity. But Palin actually has an Alaskan accent, one from the Matnuska and Susitna Valley region, where Palin's hometown, Wasilla, is located.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
I don’t know if you caught the Ice Road Truckers series on History Channel, but I watched both the first and second seasons of it, and to me, she talks just like the Canadians in that series, and if I recall correctly, most of those Canuks were from British Columbia.
“A great book for those of us who decended from Scots-Irish and those interested in early American history.”
I have read some books about these people, but not his, yet.
I know about the history, and importance. The term “scots-irish” has been broadened in this country, to describe people from northern England, who may or may not have stopped along the way in Ireland.
For example, my grandmother, when asked about her ancestry said: “Oh, I don’t really know for sure. Scots-Irish” I imagine.”
The ancestors which led her to think this way all came from northern England, never set foot in Scotland or Ireland!!
It was a cultural thing. Once here in America, they moved along the same migratory pathways as the “scots-irish.” Lived the same lifestyle.
Good. It sounds like the speaker has a mahogany-panelled library stuffed up his nose. Robin Williams should buy a clue. Only in his case it's not a library...
Strange. I wonder what the difference is between a West accent and a Midland accent.
My father once had a Kansas accent, which either the army or my mother broke him of. Apparently it was quite strong.
sure the hell isn't ebonics...
Sounds like a central-Midwestern accent to me: exactly what TV folks try to have.
Meanwhile, I have the “Southern” accent that insntantly knocks 30 points off your IQ in the minds of any damnyankee listening...
Fool ‘em a bunch, I do!
Yep - Sarah’s SKOOKUM!
I heard Steve Forbes the other day and he has a bit of it.
Or any more than a Southerner could fake a Yankee accent.
its got a little Canadian in it...also, North Dakota....
No accent? You've got to be kidding!
As long as it’s not a “Harvard nasal” I dont care what she sounds like.
She does sound very “Dakotan”. I think that’s prolly ‘cause of her husband’s influence, though. I have an Aunt, Unkle, and several Cousins that have lived in Alaska (from So. Cal.) since 1965.
They sound like a Valley Walrus to me. :O)
BTW, am I the only one who thinks Slate is whoring for click-dollars with this dumb, yaaaawn, post?
California leftists screwed up their own state & then moved east in droves to begin the same process all over again. Due to the tourist (gambling) income, the state didn’t have income taxes, though I don’t know if that’s true anymore. They also have a lot of immigrants in all casino towns, because many casinos have big hotels, which means there’s a huge demand for unskilled laborers. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Las Vegas had 132,947 hotel rooms in 2007 & they’re always building more.
I hadn't noticed that about her. Guess I'll have to look more closely tomorrow night on the debate.....
Scots Irish were Scots that had been resettled in northern Ireland plantations by one of the Kings James (I, I think). They had been living on the border with England & they were meddlesome Presbyterians.
You can hear just a touch of Canadian in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
“Great. Now I have a vision of Sarah wearing one of those police hats with the badge on it (like Margie Gunderson’s) and showing up at the debate and pointing her finger at Biden and then to her badge. “Put up your hands Joe, you are under arrest!”
He’s fleeing the debate, I can’t believe it, he’s fleeing the debate!
From your sentence structure, I would say that you are in or near the Charleston, WV area. You may not have been born and raised there though.
( sentence structure and recent posting history that is)
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