RE: Regional Dialect Meme (Michigan, Lower Peninsula)

Many people think of the Michigan accent as almost synonymous with Appalachian accents. Not so. Pure Michiganders (at least in the lower peninsula) have little to no accent. The misconception comes from the many migrant workers from Appalachia, especially Kentucky, who came to Michigan to work in the auto factories.

Say these words...
garage
herb
schedule
figure
jaguar
lieutenant
water
advertisement
vase
route
ballet
tomato
leisure
address
ate
buoy
aluminium
aunt
wash
oil
theatre
iron
salmon
caramel
fire
sure
data
ruin
crayon
toilet
new orleans
pecan
both
again
probably
spitting image
alabama
lawyer
coupon
mayonnaise
syrup
pyjamas
caught
...
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

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[sarlouheartsmakeup]

I have no idea where you are from in the lower penninsula, but I was born and raised in west Michigan (grand rapids area) and I don't say most of these word similar to you. I'm not gonna lie to me you just sound like a pretentious douche. We do have an accent, we just don't notice it living around people who talk the same.

[Perroquet51]

@sarlouheartsmakeup Thank you for your kind words. Being called a "pretentious douche" by someone who doesn't even know me, really gets my new year off to a great start. Keep spreading the joy.

[EppickWinn]

I live in the Detroit area, and have my whole life, and I sound nothing like you whatsoever. I don't pronounce my T's as much, and there are words that I don't pronounce nearly the same as you.

[Perroquet51]

@EppickWinn We are practically neighbors. I'd love to have you do a video. If you do, PM me so I can watch.

[mrdanielgoat]

I'm from south east Michigan and I sound absolutely nothing like you at all!

[Perroquet51]

@mrdanielgoat You're lucky :-)

[iJake2010]

I detect an accent

[FridayTN]

You've definitely got a midwest accent, dude. We mimick it by holding our noses when we talk. I had to do exactly that to make myself understood at drive-thru restaurants up there. I am Souther AppaLATCHian and sound NOTHING like you. "Lezzure?" Puh-leeeze! You wanna COKE?

[Perroquet51]

@littlesheree Hello, fellow Michigander! I think everyone says grandma and grandpa, except me. Once in a while, I did say grandpa but Grandmother hated being called grandma. I've always felt a bit cheated, thinking I didn't have an accent so it's good to hear people saying that I do. I just wonder if they think it's an ugly one lol

[littlesheree]

There must me something to this! I was born and bred in Detroit. I lived there until I was 38 years old. I read the words and answered the questions as you did. Every single one was exactly the same. The only difference was I called my grandparents "Grandma and Grandpa". BTW I live in Florida now and these southern people tell me I do have an "accent". Even though Michiganders don't think we have an accent, we really do. :-)