The Michigan Accent

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• Michigan
• Accent
• West
• Western
• Grand
• Rapids
• Yooper
• UP

[poikaa3]

Ur not a Yooper eiter eh?

[daneslord]

@poikaa3 no, not a yooper. Although I have spent time up in Ishpeming

[CMink7777]

Dude, you don't have a Michigan accent at all. Fast talkers are from out east.

[daneslord]

@CMink7777 lol...Midwesterners talk fast too....

[daneslord]

@volcomelijah I took at look at the video of you playing the guitar and I have two observations

(1) you really are a pasty-butt-son-of-a-mother aren't you, and

(2) you're quite terrible at the guitar. Like, my epileptic brother is better than you are. Mid seizure.

[GemsGlitter]

I can honestly say you sound NOTHING like a true Michigan born... anyway I live in the eastern part of michigan (metro detroit) in warren and our accent is totally eastern-midwestern. I've lived here forever, but everything else you mentioned is the utter definiton of us (: lol except down in Detroit, you bitch about some one there and you shot get walking down your driveway rofl BTW Detroit is nothing like the rest of the state! I hate when people think Michigan is full of gangster and druggies

[Americanpatriot777]

Between Grand rapids and Holland? I bet our home towns are the same or very close to each other. And yeah i've been in the Army for close to a year and i get called out for my accent every single day lol.

[246hollister]

i have a little bit of accent

[OlSkoolBiker1369]

This isn't representative of West Michigan 'accents', rural, city or suburb. Hmmm, "small town between Grand Rapids and Holland"? I'd guess Grandville, Hudsonville, maybe Zeeland. The small town South of Grand Rapids?? That could be any of a number of towns, Wayland, Ionia, Allegan, Kentwood, Hastings, Plainwell or maybe Fennville. Besides, we don't have accents...well, except for the Yoopers and they sound more like Cajun's. Trust me, I live in Holland & I'm married to a Cajun.

[Just10tb]

You have that southern-gay accent

[mariannamouse]

Has the "you guys" thing down but sounds more Nordic than where I lived in SE Michigan. "Reel-y" -- not Michigan by my ears.

[PieceofMindmusic]

It' the subway guy...

[monkeystix231]

Wait, are you from Kalamazoo?

[iamalovablegeek]

@WeatherMondacicci people from GR have an accent? this is news to me!!!

[usafangel176]

I agree, Michigan accent all the way. We DO speak very fast, I get that ALL the time (I live in Louisiana now, and for the pat 3-4 years). The only thing I disagree with is the end... I'm from Jackson, MI and we're not that polite there. :P This video makes me homesick..