Re: Iowa Accent
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i live in iowa too!
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While setting with an Iowan conduct an experiment by repeatedly making the Hm sound over and over at 2 second intervals for 10 minutes, later notice that the Iowan has become addicted to the Hm sound and is unable to stop. The Iowan may not even notice they are making this noise and will then spread this form of mind control to all the other Iowans.
It's been several years since I conducted this experiment but I'm sure it will still produce the same result.
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@Okobojibluegill Greetings! I would be more than happy to break this down for you. Can you give a couple of "for examples?" (There are 2 versions I can think of and each has a distinct meaning/purpose.)
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Can you tell me what formal education in linguistics you've had? I will presume you haven't any sort of training and if you have, you were short-changed and need a refund. Not only am I from Iowa but I am also a professional linguist. I can tell a couple of things from your reaction post: 1) You can't discern "Southern" from "Northern" from "Midwest"; and 2) your speech pattern isn't natural (e.g. you're putting on an accent and trying represent it as real.
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The Iowa inflection placed at the end of a question serves as a mechanism to end on a positive note. It's the Iowans method to coax a positive answer. If both parties are Iowans then I must surmise that this could be construed as form Subliminal mind control.
I have one request for a video, please shed light on and break down the highly addictive "hm hm hm hm hm hm" phenomena. I would like to know if this is only an Iowa thing or a nation wide epidemic.
Thanks
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agree tottally
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2:20 hahaha best part :D
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You would call it more of a southern accent? LOL. You're about as southern as a Canadian. : )
KC1971J 10 months ago
@KC1971J I know I'm not very Southern, but the imitation by the guy I am video replying to in this post had called this accent that he did, "Iowan" and I told him it would be better named, "Southern."
tifspif 10 months ago
its not so much that iowans add inflection at the end of questions (which is normal for most speech patterns/accents) its more commonly joked about that iowans add prepositions to questions... example... where do you want to go? becomes where do you want to go to? interesting to think about your own accent though. :)
other iowan things.... measuring distance in time... ex: how far is it to your house? 10 mins. also, calling lunch dinner and dinner supper
Landyachter31 1 year ago
@Landyachter31 Lol, yes, I also do that. (answer questions about distance with time.) Accents are fascinating aren't they? :) Have a great day!
tifspif 1 year ago