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Placing Sarah Palin's accent
Slate ^ | 10/1/08 | Jesse Sheidlower

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.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: canadian; dialect; fargo; matsu; regionalisms; wasilla
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To: P8riot

Having been born in Alaska, very near Wasilla, with numerous relatives still living there, I can tell you that there are many Minnisotans dwelling in those parts. The accent is certainly a blend of Northern Tier speak. Personally, I find it quite endearing and very American!

As opposed to east coast aberative English.


21 posted on 10/01/2008 11:51:46 AM PDT by downtownconservative (Intelligence sans reason is vainglorious pulp)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


22 posted on 10/01/2008 11:52:12 AM PDT by Perdogg (Vice President Sarah H Palin - Make it happen !!!!)
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To: boocoowell

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!”


23 posted on 10/01/2008 11:53:29 AM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: T-Bird45

Please! DON’T confuse Sarah Palin’s ‘accent’ (I hardly notice any) with TINA FEY’S ‘Fargo’ accent!

It’s SARAH, NOT Tina who’s running for VP.


24 posted on 10/01/2008 11:54:44 AM PDT by J40000
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To: T-Bird45; All

I did the link for Comment #8 wrong.

Hopefully this is the correct link, an interesting article about Palin’s accent, style, delivery. And why people love her or hate her. I’m still learning computer use.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/style/features/2008/rhetoric/gallery.html


25 posted on 10/01/2008 11:54:57 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: T-Bird45

Wisconsin accent all the way.


26 posted on 10/01/2008 11:55:02 AM PDT by gitmogrunt (The stupidity of the American Sheeple never ceases to amaze me)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I'm a born/raised Alaskan and we don't sound like Sara. Not that it is anything to spend a lot of thought on, but since is was mentioned, I can say, her accent is definitely not typical of Alaskans. Most native Alaskans have a very distinct accent and you can hear it with Todd, but otherwise, we're just sort of a non-accent bunch.
27 posted on 10/01/2008 11:55:29 AM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: Uncle Miltie
"Nordic vowel swallowing disease..."
So, you've lived in Minnesooota, then, eh ?
28 posted on 10/01/2008 11:56:18 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: boocoowell
If people hear Margie from “Fargo” in her voice, that’s a plus. Who doesn’t love that character?

And she was underestimated too.

29 posted on 10/01/2008 11:56:33 AM PDT by GOP_Proud
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To: T-Bird45

Sorry about that, the new link is correct, I just checked it out.


30 posted on 10/01/2008 11:56:49 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Dixie Yooper
Sarah Palin talks just like a Yooper girl!

Yooper? Great. Now I have visions of her singing "Second Week of Deer Camp". :-)

31 posted on 10/01/2008 11:58:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The $700B bail out is giving parachutes to bankers while we must keep our seat belts on and shut up.)
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To: LibFreeUSA
I was born and raised in Massachusetts.

There is no one in the entire state who has a Kennedy accent.

"Who the hell talks like that?" was the consistent reaction to their phony accent.

It's a product of a Shanty Irish (as opposed to Lace Curtain Irish) attempt to sound like a Boston Brahmin.

Full Disclosure: I'm a descendant of Shanty Irish.

32 posted on 10/01/2008 11:59:15 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: T-Bird45
She sounds like my husband's aunt in Minnesota

Sewwwww, when r you kids cummin to visit me, eh?

33 posted on 10/01/2008 11:59:28 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: GOP_Proud

I predict tomorrow night she’ll say “He’s fleeing the debate, he’s fleeing the debate.”


34 posted on 10/01/2008 12:00:50 PM PDT by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal.)
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To: gleeaikin

I like the way she pronounces her state — “Ah-Lahss-kah.” I’ve always thought the accent was similar to that of Canada and the western U.S. states rimming it.


35 posted on 10/01/2008 12:01:58 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: Integrityrocks
...but otherwise, we're just sort of a non-accent bunch.

Uh...no. I've been there. You do have an accent. We all do unless we've been trained otherwise. My dad had an excellent ear for languages. He could listen to almost anyone and put them pretty close to the region they grew up in.

36 posted on 10/01/2008 12:02:16 PM PDT by GOP_Proud
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To: meowmeow

Every second sentence in Minnesota starts with “So,” and ends with “then,” or “then, eh ?”


37 posted on 10/01/2008 12:04:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: T-Bird45
"I find accents, dialect, and language to be fascinating so this article was quite interesting, especially when you consider that many make a connection or assumption from how one speaks to their general intelligence. That is a mistake as far as SP is concerned, IMO."

The original settlers in the Matanuska Valley were farmers from the Upper Midwest in the "Matanuska Experiment" (paragraph 3). It's no wonder she sounds like she came from Wisconsin or North Dakota.

38 posted on 10/01/2008 12:06:22 PM PDT by redhead (Wasilla is finally on the map...and we are NOT happy about it.)
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To: Harley

“And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper.”


39 posted on 10/01/2008 12:06:33 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Sarah Palin just field dressed the Obama campaign.)
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To: T-Bird45

Sounds like Wisconsin to me—and though I love Sarah—can’t say I’m thrilled with the accent.

I’m partial to educated Southern accents myself...but to each his own.


40 posted on 10/01/2008 12:07:33 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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