My Crazy Wisconsin Accent (Accent tag)

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  • A lot of people have been commenting on my accent, and asking where I'm from, so I decided to do the accent tag in order to talk a little bit about what makes my accent different. If you have been using my channel to learn English, this video will be really useful to you because it can help you understand some of the things that I say differently than other native speakers of English so you will be better informed about what English accent you want to try to learn. But even if you don't want to learn to speak with a Midwestern accent, this is still useful information because you will want to be able to at least understand people if they speak in this way.
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    2:27 What da heck is dat accent, eh?
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  • @azazel7548
    @azazel7548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Me: is from Wisconsin
    Also me: *can't hear my own accent*

    • @sydneysohns3967
      @sydneysohns3967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      neither can i

    • @ApokalyptikNM
      @ApokalyptikNM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah i can't hear my own accent as well we probably don't notice it because it's what we're used too.

    • @Kissmyfuckingass1011
      @Kissmyfuckingass1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Listen to your "a"s... you'll notice it. I didnt think I talked like a wisconsinite either until I heard a recording of my own voice

    • @kalabear.6917
      @kalabear.6917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im from Wisconsin and i can hear an accent either

    • @erenyeager6427
      @erenyeager6427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same 😂

  • @acat9161
    @acat9161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    The Wisconsin accent is
    “Damn what the hell was this winter we just had”

    • @grim_grinning_ghost
      @grim_grinning_ghost 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HAHA😂😂😂

    • @lilacsandstars9365
      @lilacsandstars9365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Truth be told. Though I managed to get a sunburn today anyways with me and my Norwegian skin.

    • @acat9161
      @acat9161 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      A K The Small Child oh wow

    • @josie6075
      @josie6075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are correct my smart stranger.

    • @ralex1068
      @ralex1068 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it got -21 this year in January?

  • @DrForrester87
    @DrForrester87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1358

    Ah, yes, the Wisconsin accent...otherwise known as the proper way to speak.

    • @dazzycreation6461
      @dazzycreation6461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Jdh87 Lol

    • @noodle_knight
      @noodle_knight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yeah, if by proper you mean really laying into the vowels when speaking.

    • @acethecard5902
      @acethecard5902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Jdh87 yes it is the best way

    • @edh9316
      @edh9316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Jdh87 it sounds like Canadian accent

    • @handsomesquidward8838
      @handsomesquidward8838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Esteban Herrera Obviously. Wisconsin is southern canada

  • @allisonLynn-ys4rx
    @allisonLynn-ys4rx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    I heard a girl ask if Wisconsin was a part of Canada I was like what is wrong with you get a damn map!

    • @ack5493
      @ack5493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      allison2506 Lynn
      Some one thought Canada was part of America

    • @unaverageavocado159
      @unaverageavocado159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dew sadly, I’m not surprised

    • @dnash57
      @dnash57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Of course, Wisconsin is apart of Canada. But it’s not a part of Canada😀

    • @unaverageavocado159
      @unaverageavocado159 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fred Garvin they aren’t even connected which makes it worse

    • @STAMPLETTERSAAAA
      @STAMPLETTERSAAAA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just give up on telling people about Wisconsin and say I'm almost Canadian

  • @rinvp3101
    @rinvp3101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    From Wisconsin and moved to South Carolina, they all thought my accent was hilarious but THEIR ACCENTS OH MY GOODNESS

    • @lephilosopheinconnu3952
      @lephilosopheinconnu3952 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @crazyblonde101
      @crazyblonde101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Girl same!!! I've been down here 13 years and I still can't understand them!!

    • @baconbritts
      @baconbritts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol my sisters husband is from south Carolina and all his words run together

    • @STAMPLETTERSAAAA
      @STAMPLETTERSAAAA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't understand a word people from Texas say. It makes me suffer but hey, the accent is cool.

  • @NPC-1776
    @NPC-1776 6 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    All these sound normal to me because I'm from the south of Wisconsin

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      yall ever been to milwaukee and notice that there isn't really an accent?

    • @patuniajackson31
      @patuniajackson31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      nunyo biznez I’m from Milwaukee and I don’t think we have an accent

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patuniajackson31
      ik

    • @josie6075
      @josie6075 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same.Where do you live close too?I live close to Platteville

    • @Nfl..prodzz
      @Nfl..prodzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same bro

  • @leonorebongert4194
    @leonorebongert4194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    From Appleton, Wisconsin myself. And anytime I leave Wisconsin and go out west, there's usually people who notice my accent. I don't realize that I'm doing it, and of course don't hear it in people speaking around here. But I have been asked if I was from Canada. Haha!

    • @jameskoschmann4618
      @jameskoschmann4618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm from Appleton as well

    • @Hyacinth000
      @Hyacinth000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leonore Bongert I’m from Neenah

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol yeah, it’s amazing how you don’t notice your own accent. When I moved back home from North Carolina I was kinda shocked to hear the way everybody speaks back home. I guess I had forgotten.

    • @aharder5765
      @aharder5765 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went out west once and I was asked if I was from New Jersey

    • @jakobczarnecki5518
      @jakobczarnecki5518 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Went south people thought i was canadian

  • @OwenDLC
    @OwenDLC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    I'm from Milwaukee (pronounced Muhwaukee) and we say soda, not pop. Chicago folks say pop.
    Oh and we drink from bubblers. I refuse to call it a drinking fountain.

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Lol I don't live far from Milwaukee, but I NEVER say bubbler. I hate that word. lol

    • @kpalzrhein2378
      @kpalzrhein2378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Fingtam Languages when I moved to Chicago and some of my friends asked me “hey wtf is a bubbler??” I put it to them this way... in Wisconsin, we drink from bubblers and throw coins and make wishes in water fountains lol

    • @mikefreund8019
      @mikefreund8019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ive only had kindergarten and first grade teachers say bubbler. sometimes my family will say sodie pop

    • @peacelovewifi
      @peacelovewifi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OwenDLC I’ve never agreed with a comment more I’m crying

    • @peacelovewifi
      @peacelovewifi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jude Shamali I say it fast so it comes out muh walk ee

  • @melindam128
    @melindam128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    I'm from southern WI and I have a fairly strong accent but it is a strong SOUTHERN WI accent which is quite a bit different from the Northern WI accent that everyone associates with our state. The further south you go in WI the accent is influenced more by German (especially near Milwaukee) and the further north you go it is more influenced by Scandinavian languages. It IS a bubbler (it is kind of like calling tissues Kleenexes) as it's a particular patent by the Kohler company, a WI company, which is why a lot of us call it that. Also, it's about a 50/50 split between people who say coopon and q-pon (I say coopon and q-pon makes MY ears bleed). The other thing I hate is when people say crik instead of creek. Man, this comment is long. Sorry about that.

    • @shaneblake8310
      @shaneblake8310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Well said , people always think there's just 1 Wisconsin accent, but truth is South Wisconsin accent is influenced more by the inland north accents (*Chicago* accent) while Northern Wisconsin accent is influenced by Upper Midwestern accents(*Minnesota* accent)

    • @brandykoleta6633
      @brandykoleta6633 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agree with all of this (Milwaukee native)..all *except* I say "q"-pon and "coo"pon makes me want to throat punch the person saying it. Lol.

    • @melindam128
      @melindam128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brandy Koleta Coupon just is one of THOSE words, isn't it? ;)

    • @nikki-asmrtist310
      @nikki-asmrtist310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Melinda S I live my Madison area like an hr is that south or west

    • @melindam128
      @melindam128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nicole A I guess I would consider it southern Wisconsin, but depending on what city/county you're in it could be broken down as South Central, South Eastern, or South Western.

  • @ethanhadler9294
    @ethanhadler9294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I’m from about 30 minutes north of Milwaukee. I feel like most of the comments also relate to me. One thing I noticed from ONLY Wisconsinites is when you run into somebody while walking, or mess something up, we always say “ope” instead of “excuse me” or something

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lol I do that EVERY time. 😂

    • @lauraprater2300
      @lauraprater2300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg yes lol

    • @nofuqsgiven6895
      @nofuqsgiven6895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I lived in Texas, I had a tendency to say how far things were by time instead of distance. Texas and Wisconsin are about 20 hrs away from each other, not 1200mis.

    • @graciehilker3593
      @graciehilker3593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I forgot that some people dont do this lol

    • @reaganb6013
      @reaganb6013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ope is a Midwestern word. Ohioans do it too haha

  • @wiscogirl81
    @wiscogirl81 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "OH, you're from Wisconsin?" "Can you say "bag" for me?"

    • @Sushi3eeveeYT
      @Sushi3eeveeYT 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Uhhhhhhhh 😅
      Beg 😅

  • @ElsiaStar
    @ElsiaStar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love going to different states and watching people’s faces wrinkle in confusion when I ask where the “bubbler” is

    • @bananaman1579
      @bananaman1579 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lala Mae what do other people call it wtf

    • @ella3162
      @ella3162 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha same

    • @graceschmechel7657
      @graceschmechel7657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg same

    • @EastonJones
      @EastonJones 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bananaman1579 water fountain lol

    • @chefmike4414
      @chefmike4414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you asked that in Washington state they'd say "go to the pipe shop" and I'm not talking about plumbing.

  • @lilacsandstars9365
    @lilacsandstars9365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Never realized that I might have an accent because you sound just like most people around here.

    • @MomandTell
      @MomandTell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just moved to Wisconsin from Oregon and, let me tell you, you all have an accent lol

  • @tim4542
    @tim4542 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    You sound totally normally! Sound like a proper WIsconsinite, just like me!

  • @linkLoverAG
    @linkLoverAG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "Oop, let me scoot right pastyah"
    We don't say still. We say yet.
    Not "I still haven't done that"
    It's "I haven't done that yet."
    I'm from the southern half of Wisconsin. We rarely call it a pub. It's always a bar.
    Also traveling is in time, not miles.
    "You go about 10 minutes down this road and take a left at the Kwik Trip."

    • @lephilosopheinconnu3952
      @lephilosopheinconnu3952 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's interesting!

    • @PoopiteeScoop
      @PoopiteeScoop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      From mid-Wisconsin, these are pretty on the nose for both me and my family-both immediate and extended! (tends to sound more like "OH-p")

    • @Ben_Hedlund
      @Ben_Hedlund 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “I’m just gonna sneak by ya there.”

    • @molonlabe9785
      @molonlabe9785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      linkLoverAG Don’t forget oof-dah!

    • @Punkpsychobilly
      @Punkpsychobilly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You must be southern WI, because your dialect is the same as northern IL. I’ve stayed up in Tomahawk a few times, and it’s waaaaaaay different

  • @finnegan6464
    @finnegan6464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Sounds normal to me, I'll never know the difference of normal and Wisconsin.

    • @redfullmoon
      @redfullmoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can hear it when he says "on" and the first syllable in "naturally" there's a nasalized "ae" sound.

  • @griseldatorres5590
    @griseldatorres5590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’m Texan, but people always ask if I’m from Wisconsin because of my accent.
    Now my nickname is ‘little Wisconsin’

    • @evandavid4673
      @evandavid4673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Griselda Torres I’m Texan as well and also get confused as from Wisconsin, the only explanation would be my grandparents live in Wisconsin

    • @414lowlights6
      @414lowlights6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Evan David people from Wisconsin assume lots of Texans that move here are natives. I don’t know why but apparently we sound similar.

  • @alli1docious
    @alli1docious 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "what is that bubbly carbonated drink called?" I answered with La Croix ... that's how you know you're from wisconsin

    • @maymenzel424
      @maymenzel424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      allison g Is that not common? 😂

    • @alli1docious
      @alli1docious 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cora Kooistra it's made in Wisconsin and has been huge here for like 15 years before it got popular everywhere else

    • @khuxiong4589
      @khuxiong4589 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah...central wisconsin and I've never heard of that lol

    • @hanyamaguire1955
      @hanyamaguire1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not from Wisconsin but I thought the same drink😂

    • @maddiemorschie
      @maddiemorschie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would say that but my sister would say BUBLY

  • @kennedyhuff
    @kennedyhuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Funny thing I heard, I'm from Milwaukee and my friend was like "we don't pronounce every syllable, we slur it like we're drunk." Instead of saying Milwaukee, I notice myself saying M'waukee or Muhwaukee, we say buddon instead of button, it's funny. Guess that's what happens when the Germans and Irish moved here, 24/7 intoxication
    I was down in Florida and me and my family were in a elevator talking when a lady asked where we were from. It's odd because we were raised on the fact we don't have an accent. Y'know? We got the cowboy accent down, we got the yanks, we got the surfers by California, but not anything for the midwest.

    • @bananaman1579
      @bananaman1579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kennedy Huff I live 30 minutes east of Milwaukee in a tiny farm town and you guys sound like fuckin ingrates

    • @yume5441
      @yume5441 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bananaman1579 i mean, i would like to think i don't
      it kinda depends on where you are
      east and south are very decent when it comes to ways of speaking, i've always found it quite pleasant to talk to people from the east side, as someone from the south side myself
      can't say the same about the north side though, and i don't have much experience west, so i can't say much about them

    • @Hiabsdefg
      @Hiabsdefg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I say Milwaukee as 'muh-walk-ee' too!!

  • @poggieauggie529
    @poggieauggie529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I'm from northeastern Wisconsin and even living within the same state our dialects are so different wow

    • @jasperdraws8089
      @jasperdraws8089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      agreed!

    • @Shadow-zf5uc
      @Shadow-zf5uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah pretty sure you guys have the yooper accent.

    • @notreallymyname3736
      @notreallymyname3736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. I'm from west central Wisconsin, and we can pick out you guys from the east pretty well. The southern Wisconsinites really stand out though.

  • @maribear89
    @maribear89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am from Milwaukee it’s nice to find a TH-camr from Wisconsin ❤️

  • @robertberglund8321
    @robertberglund8321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I was raised in West Allis, WI. In my travels throughout the US, people have told me that anyone from Wisconsin sounds like they are talking through their nose. I guess we sound a bit nasally.

    • @acethecard5902
      @acethecard5902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same I live in west allis

    • @colesullivan9659
      @colesullivan9659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe it’s because you guys are always in the freezing cold and that makes you have runny noses and eventually the voice from talking with it just became permanent

    • @alexiapitzer1500
      @alexiapitzer1500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@colesullivan9659 at least we don't get cold when it's 50 degrees outside

    • @alexharsvik3611
      @alexharsvik3611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same I live in Minoqua we don't say half these words

    • @alexharsvik3611
      @alexharsvik3611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@colesullivan9659 don't talk about us if you don't know about us

  • @bigdogkato
    @bigdogkato 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wisconsin accent: "What the fuck man, it's June and snowing"

  • @palmtreesandmoonbeams
    @palmtreesandmoonbeams 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You are a natural teacher. Your enthusiasm for your subject allows you to teach it with a very natural flow. I was raised in California, but both of my parents are from the midwest, the geographical differences in language are very interesting.

  • @Thatoneguy2550
    @Thatoneguy2550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a Midwesterner, I showed this to my girlfriend.. who is from New Orleans, and she about flipped her shit at the way “we” pronounce it. She was convinced I was the only one who said it that way lol

  • @mrgreyskyz
    @mrgreyskyz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I don't even have the accent tho lmfao MKE born and raised

  • @Yamezzzz
    @Yamezzzz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Everybody has an accent" is debatable.
    I grew up in the East Midlands of England which famously has no kind of accent. It's just plain English. We're surrounded by all these places with accents and you can tell they're from there. Nobody can tell exactly where I'm from since I don't really have any accent, all that people can tell is that I'm from "England" since I don't have any kind of foreign accent (or a local one). A lot of people around my area refer to themselves as accentless.
    It's cool seeing these more unique and rarer sub-accents in other countries. Like this is obviously a thick American accent but is different to most Americans that you may hear in the media.

  • @LindieBotes
    @LindieBotes ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so cool! Thanks for sharing!

  • @renatonovis
    @renatonovis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'm from Brazil and love american accents xD, personally I think I have pretty good english if you forgive my bragging. Yours is really different from what I'm used to hear but than again I think I mostly watch people from California xD

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haha, yeah, they have a pretty interesting accent in California. Have you ever been to the United States?

  • @laracroftvideos
    @laracroftvideos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is such a well-made video, seriously dude, you rock! You took so much time with this and I love your little comments for all of the words. Just wanna say that at 7:10 - that's not true. People with the cot x caught merger don't pronounce lawyer as liar because they use the 'OY' diphthong in this word (e.g. boy). Also, the merger doesn't affect 'AW' when it's followed by an R, so words like "or," "horn" and "corn" are all pronounced the same way you pronounce them. Apart from that, this video is flawless and I wish more people took the time with it the way you did. Oh and never change your accent. It's amazing.

  • @BeatrizSunshine
    @BeatrizSunshine 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your accent! Your English is very clear, I understood everything you said.

  • @anthonybell5666
    @anthonybell5666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    okay gif is gif as in gift, not jif. jiff is a peanut butter

    • @dnash57
      @dnash57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about .mpegs?

  • @marianoduarte1505
    @marianoduarte1505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Accents are, as you said something amazing.
    As an Argentinian i loved the part you imitated our accent

  • @rosiegibbs5025
    @rosiegibbs5025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    England also has a whole tun of accents, so there is no particular way of saying words like 'aunt' or 'again', it really just depends on the accent!! I am from the south East of England and would say 'agen' but it varies a lot!

    • @lephilosopheinconnu3952
      @lephilosopheinconnu3952 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Rosie

    • @kellyalves756
      @kellyalves756 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking “both” might come out “boat” in parts of the UK. Manchester?

  • @Timotimo101
    @Timotimo101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed your video very much and enjoyed listening to your accent.

  • @Johnnyo1300
    @Johnnyo1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way you just said that you did it with an accent I love this video and we’re just getting started

  • @elliegoffe7525
    @elliegoffe7525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes in the south of the UK (e.g London) we’d say ‘aunt’ like ‘arnt’ but most people say ‘Aunty’ (Arnty). However if you live up north in like Yorkshire you’d say it like (anty).
    Again ... we pronounce it (agen)

  • @naomirobarge9893
    @naomirobarge9893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    YES! Northern Wisco here and right before you said it in the video, I had just told my roommate that Car-mel is the candy and Car-a-mel is the liquid form!

    • @naomirobarge9893
      @naomirobarge9893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also- they should really add couldn't-wouldn't-shouldn't to the accent tag. Most of the Wisconsinites I know pronounce it without the "d" sound. Got called out on that in Texas. Also bag.

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Naomi Robarge Haha. Yeah, I honestly don’t have strong feelings about it, but that is my intuition as well,

  • @cuddly2003
    @cuddly2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i’m from england but i have a really random obsession with wisconsin accents

  • @Timotimo101
    @Timotimo101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved hearing your accent!

  • @sergioalzugaray8027
    @sergioalzugaray8027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was an exchange student in Wisconsin, and when I tried to speak as my teachers taught me at school, they couldn’t understand me the word bad and they explained to me the Wisconsin accent, and I was like the Wisconsin what ? 😂

  • @lucyw.9889
    @lucyw.9889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My friend is always telling me that I pronounce "both" wrong. She says that I say it like "bolth," but I honestly don't hear a difference between how I say it and how other people say it. Also, I live in central Massachusetts, and I ALWAYS say "bubbler" and hate when people from out-of-state say "water fountain." But I always thought it was just a Mass thing; that's neat that people in Wisconsin say it too!

    • @animeko
      @animeko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I lost a lot of my accent but it still comes out strong in 'ōt' words like "both, oat, go, oh"

  • @callmekells802
    @callmekells802 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ah, the lovely and unique Wisconsin accent. So underrated. I knew right away you had to be from southern Wisconsin. I’ve noticed the southern Wisconsin accent is “sharper” than the up northern Wisconsin accent, which in my opinion is a lot more ‘elongated.’ My mom is from Tomah/Warrens which is up north, and trust me when I tell you, between my dads family being from newyork, my mom from up north, and myself chicago, I’ve been told many times people can’t quite pinpoint my accent.
    I have a theory, and this is all just speculation especially in my Germanic language learning journey, that the Wisconsin and Minnesota accent in particular maybe comes from a Scandinavian or Nordic root, because a lot of Scandinavians and Norse people migrated and settled in those northern areas in particular. I am of scan/Nordic decent, and I’ve personally met some Norwegian and Swedish speakers in Wisconsin.
    Cool video I’m glad you shared.

  • @raininthespringtime
    @raininthespringtime 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaron you're absolutely adorable. Thanks for the information!

  • @joewebb6430
    @joewebb6430 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Northern Wisconsin is definitely a whole different beast. I don’t hear a Ton of difference between an Iowa accent and my own/my friends

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, it's definitely a big state with a wide range of accents.

  • @DingyGirrl
    @DingyGirrl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have a strange accent. My father was born in San Fran, grew up in Montana and the Dakotas and moved to Wisconsin before I was born. I was born in Wisconsin but I picked up a lot of my dad’s accent and way of talking. I have multiple elements. When someone from out of state (KY) was here visiting, he experienced mild culture shock (🙄), he said that everyone sounded canadian at the mall coffee shop but that my accent was different than theirs. Your accent is 👍🔥.

    • @kellyalves756
      @kellyalves756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heh. My people are San Franciscan by way of Canada and Utah. I got picked on for how I said “water” ( worder) and “wash” ( worsh).

  • @doncollins7796
    @doncollins7796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm from the deep South of Mississippi, after watching for a few minutes everything starts to sound normal and ya don't notice it as much

  • @andrewd8481
    @andrewd8481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You go out to dinner, you go out for supper.

  • @fdias1976
    @fdias1976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cool!!! I came from Brasil and live in Brookfield now. I loved the accent here and the people from Wisconsin are the best!

  • @AmyB.
    @AmyB. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ya, I'm here in southern WI. My cousins in WA think my "accent" is hilarious. I just think their weird. Of course I think they sound very nasally. 😊

  • @IndieMusicMinute
    @IndieMusicMinute 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way you say "fire" is a dead giveaway that you're from Wisconsin. I'm from Ohio and your accent is super apparent to me.

  • @KatChick1
    @KatChick1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Grew up in Madison WI. I was interviewed for a job by Americans in South America. They were amused by my midwestern accent I totally ignored I had. So i’m here to hear how I sound. The more open vowel sounds are it!

    • @bigsky3072
      @bigsky3072 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm from Madison too. Do u remember TYME Machine?

  • @Ivan-oj4xn
    @Ivan-oj4xn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I'm from a region of Wisconsin where we say bubbler instead of water fountain

    • @dantejones9785
      @dantejones9785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ivan Yuhh dawg same

    • @Whvpps
      @Whvpps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's all of wisconsin

    • @calculators401
      @calculators401 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grimmzy no in the south we say water fountain. Never heard somebody say bubbler

    • @Whvpps
      @Whvpps 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calculators401 Wierd. I live in Jefferson county and never heard anyone call it a water fountain

    • @calculators401
      @calculators401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grimmzy dane county here

  • @isabellevkd
    @isabellevkd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I’m from Sheboygan WI, and I know “Button” wasn’t on this list, but I get corrected ALL THE TIME on how I pronounce it. Some people pronounce the tt (kind of like water) and some people pronounce it buddon with the t’s like d’s. I noticed when I say words like button and kitten I say it without the tt like bu’in or or ki’in. I also noticed that a lot of people also say it like me/my area.

    • @isabellevkd
      @isabellevkd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I also have an uncle that calls lunch dinner and supper/dinner supper.

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Isabelle Kulow Yes, the sounds you are describing are known as the ‘glottal stop’ and the ‘voiced alveolar tap’ (both can be found on Wikipedia page if you are interested to learn more.) The rule in American English is that the alveolar tap is usually used as a replacement for the /t/ sound when it is found between two vowels (but only if the first vowel is stressed). The glottal stop is usually a replacement for /t/ when it comes at the end of the word, or before a nasal consonant that serves as the nucleus of the syllable. Most American English speakers I know don’t actually pronounce the final vowel in the word ‘button’ (they just go straight from the /t/ to the /n/) so the glottal stop is the logical choice in that situation. If you DO pronounce the final vowel, then it would be natural for you to replace the /t/ with the alveolar tap. (Not actually a /d/ sound, but close to it.). This is an interesting dialectal difference I haven’t noticed before. Thanks for sharing!

    • @isabellevkd
      @isabellevkd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fingtam Languages Thank you!

    • @c10ophore
      @c10ophore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was scrolling through this whole, comment section just trying to find someone else from Sheboygan.

    • @deathbeforedecaf7755
      @deathbeforedecaf7755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sheboygan has an accent all on your own. Never heard of anyone pronouncing it buddon lol

  • @mholtebeck
    @mholtebeck ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad is from Central Wisconsin, and my cousins are from Appleton. I have another set of cousins who lived in Illinois, and some from Southern Minnesota. They each have distinct accents, and are different from my Northern California/Northwest accent. The telling part is the -O sound. From what I can tell, the closer you are to Fargo, the longer you draw out the O. Dinner and Supper might be generational. My cousins use dinner and lunch. My dad (he left Wisconsin 60 years ago) uses dinner and lunch. My aunts and uncles used to use supper and dinner, but now mostly use dinner and lunch. My grandma always called the evening meal supper. In agricultural times, the noon meal was the bigger meal, so I think that is where it comes from.

  • @frankortizii4067
    @frankortizii4067 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m from the Chicago area, and my gf is from Wisconsin. The big one to me that gives you guys away is when I hear a Wisconsonite say bag. Bayg is engrained in Wisconsin vocabulary.

  • @Blue-rz1cv
    @Blue-rz1cv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yo this is wild, this is my native toung and people are wierded out by the accent

    • @frog-fu7yp
      @frog-fu7yp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      another unnas unus fan from Wisconsin?? 😳

    • @Blue-rz1cv
      @Blue-rz1cv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frog-fu7yp hand in marriage now 💍

    • @frog-fu7yp
      @frog-fu7yp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Blue-rz1cv 💍🧎🏻

    • @autumn0-032
      @autumn0-032 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      memento mori :,)

  • @str82thepoint100
    @str82thepoint100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up near Fond du Lac. We always said soda unless it was Jolly Good, then that was a pop or soda pop. I was so amused by Milwaukeeans pronouncing Fond du Lac "Fond je Lac".

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol I’ve never head Fond Du Lac pronounced that way. That’s interesting!

    • @str82thepoint100
      @str82thepoint100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard it when I first moved to the Milwaukee area in the mid 90's. I think it is more prominent on the NW side of the city because of Fond du Lac Ave. "Fond Ju Lac" or "Fond Je Lac"

    • @dogando7831
      @dogando7831 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mmmm jolly good is amazing

    • @hellstormgaming5508
      @hellstormgaming5508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am from wisconsin my dad always pronounces it fondle my sack

    • @michaelgohde2297
      @michaelgohde2297 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never heard that and I live in Fdl

  • @kxll3b
    @kxll3b 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm from Waukesha, Wisconsin and I have no idea where the accent comes in it seems perfectly normal

  • @MiszFit09
    @MiszFit09 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Deflee was giving me "That 70's Show" in the beginning lol

  • @chefmike4414
    @chefmike4414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My grandma from Wisconsin would say "uh nee yun" instead of "onion" we used to always laugh about that lol.

    • @averyh9320
      @averyh9320 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      im from Wisconsin and i say unyun

    • @stephanieheier6946
      @stephanieheier6946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there a difference 😂😂

  • @MTheChequeGuy
    @MTheChequeGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Me as a native Wisconsin resident outside of the state:
    “Hey, are you Canadian?”

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope! lol

    • @maddiemorschie
      @maddiemorschie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m from southern Wisconsin so that never happens to me- but I can totally see that happening

    • @MTheChequeGuy
      @MTheChequeGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m not from Janesville…. but a small town north of GB, ‘n so.

  • @kementurh
    @kementurh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came for the language discussion, stayed for the cute guy.

  • @peterbilttom7997
    @peterbilttom7997 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agh this was great. I feel you don’t think your saying it goofy , but from south eastern pennsylvania , you for sure have a Wi twang. Lmao. Great video.

  • @beautifulmustard2634
    @beautifulmustard2634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Northern WI.
    R.I.P heater, I need you.
    Also, it's La Croix, the bubbly stuff is La Croix. It's always La Croix.

  • @joystick396
    @joystick396 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I grew up in West Michigan along the lakeshore and you sound exactly how I talk, I think the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are all very similar in that theres a neutral northern accent with a hint of Canadian influence

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      True. Have you ever watched the Bill Swersky Super fans? Do you think your accent is similar to them?

    • @joystick396
      @joystick396 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FingtamLanguages lol yeah I love chris farley, but they were definitely exaggerating in that skit, tho I think I do say words like apple, attack, and ask with a little chicago zest

  • @christophiluslovingchristb5441
    @christophiluslovingchristb5441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have always found it interesting how one can approximate where a person's from by how they speak their language.

  • @animeko
    @animeko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The polite criticism phrase my parents would say is "huh that's different"

  • @sophias8773
    @sophias8773 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    THE PACKERS.

  • @Greeni_3
    @Greeni_3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I grew up in Wisconsin and Minnesota, so my accent is mixed with both Wis. and Minn. A lot of people get mixed up with wether I’m from Wis. or Minn because I mix my accent up a lot 😅

  • @brendanleonard1375
    @brendanleonard1375 ปีที่แล้ว

    You remind me so much of Charlie Berens lol but thats a good thing! You both are pretty cool! :)

  • @bassam4965
    @bassam4965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bob from that 70s show :

    • @dnash57
      @dnash57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bob was from New York. No one on That 70s Show had a Wisconsin accent. Was also disappointing that all the jargon and slang was from the 90s not the 70s.

  • @nolann5442
    @nolann5442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They call mosquitos “skeeters”

  • @TrinaLena
    @TrinaLena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm from Northern WI and moved to the southern part of WI and my co-workers make fun of my up nort accent. 😂

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol Where you come from do you say “bubbler”? I get made fun of sometimes for saying “water fountain”.

    • @TrinaLena
      @TrinaLena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fingtam Languages Oh God no. I say water fountain 😂 Bubbler is just nonsense. First time I realized I had an accent was when I went to Oklahoma and a lady kept asking me to say "bag". #Rip

    • @TrinaLena
      @TrinaLena 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And another thing that I read from "you might be a Wisconsinite if..." you use time instead of miles. "It's a half hour away." Instead of saying 20 miles away...which is so true for me! Haha.

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Katrina H. Lol well I think measuring distances in units of time is pretty universal, but Wisconsin is definitely unique in our pronunciation of “bag” (or really any word that has an a followed by a g). I don’t think I quite have that feature in my accent, probably because I live so close to Illinois, but I know a lot of Wisconsinites have that as a really strong part of their accent.

    • @dazzycreation6461
      @dazzycreation6461 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes same! When I travel to another state or place people are constantly staring at me when I speak and sometimes even laugh and I’m like “Did I say something, er what?” Then they laugh again lol😂

  • @wooopwopwopwwooo609
    @wooopwopwopwwooo609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    isn't this guy just the cutest

  • @piesinthesky0721
    @piesinthesky0721 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very enlightening and no offense, entertaining. You say “fire” like I’ve never heard before.

  • @daintica6676
    @daintica6676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah, I’m Wisconsin. I pronounce every word just like him. :)

  • @jamaisvu6977
    @jamaisvu6977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i live wisconsin but i dont sound southern... but some do say flag and bag weirdly

  • @theresewalters1696
    @theresewalters1696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm with you on most and I grew up in Central Illinois. I have lived in other cities that say pop.
    We called the shopping cart a buggy. When I moved from Illinois to Wisconsin my sister said my son had a Wisconsin accent. I then noticed she seemed to have a southern accent which I had not noticed before. It seemed slower too.
    My friend says bayg and it drives me crazy. I'm with you on dinner and supper. Never bubbler.

  • @S.A.D.i.S.T.I.C
    @S.A.D.i.S.T.I.C 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly the best tell of your(mine as well although more northern WI)accent is when you said "odd". Also the word egg is really good tell. Usually we use more of an a sound then a clean e sound. But the most accurate test. Wait for someone to drop something or bump into something 10/10 they will say "ope"

  • @jaymemallard3433
    @jaymemallard3433 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Winsconsin rules

  • @eliasbatista2807
    @eliasbatista2807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    To a foreigner your accent does sound a little different from what I usually hear on American movies and TV shows, which I guess is mostly Californian. I’m terrible at recognising different American accents, but yours sounds a bit more nasalised? Is that a feature of Wisconsin accents at all?

    • @melindam128
      @melindam128 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elias Batista Yep, we're made fun of for it all the time!

    • @evilolivias
      @evilolivias 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. It’s kinda annoying

    • @maymenzel424
      @maymenzel424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep, but it sounds normal to me lol! A real good way to tell if you’re from the Wisconsin area is how you say Wisconsin. We make a nasally and emphasized “O”, other people make soft and emphasized “C”.

  • @barbarariley9498
    @barbarariley9498 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Using interesting as a cover for the fact that you really dont like something is very true in my area of Southern Wisconsin.

  • @d.b.5070
    @d.b.5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! I’m from Wisconsin and I’ve always considered (car-mel) and (care-a-mel) to be two different things.

  • @noxious_nights
    @noxious_nights 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was born in Ohio and grew up there for a little bit, but I've been in Wisconsin for a long long time.

    • @cmdraven
      @cmdraven 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Northern Ohioans sound much the same.

  • @heathermartinson1504
    @heathermartinson1504 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yoo I’m from pewaukee, don’t know if you’ve heard of it but it’s southeastern Wisconsin. What part are you from?

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, I know where Pewaukee is. I go to school in Milwaukee right now.

    • @acethecard5902
      @acethecard5902 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m in west allis

    • @leslieu9092
      @leslieu9092 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yay! Although I lived in Town of Delafield had a Pewaukee mailing address and a Hartland phone number.

  • @ElsiaStar
    @ElsiaStar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have such a thick accent which is weird to me because I consider my accent to be close to the “normal” American accent and I’m also from the southern part. I rarely hear people talk like you(but you were almost spot on with the word pronunciation).

  • @david.plee.
    @david.plee. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am from central Wisconsin and a lot of these things are very true! I pronounced all of those words at the beginning the exact same way!

  • @noahrhodaback6122
    @noahrhodaback6122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I live in central Wisconsin but I can put on a southern accent

    • @maddiemorschie
      @maddiemorschie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh cool, I’m southern Wisconsin

  • @dannelson4209
    @dannelson4209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lot of corn fields in Wisconsin. Some drink their beer warm....warm in the screen porch...or heat it on the stove, 'Oh you don't say' or they say....'Ta hell ya' say' or Ya' don't say' it is common that some people are into Hound dogs and shotguns. POLKA is big

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fascinating! I'll have to visit this place some day ;)

    • @maymenzel424
      @maymenzel424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dan Nelson I’ve only ever heard my grandma say “ya don’t say” 😂

    • @romeromichelle
      @romeromichelle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol NO

  • @janearcher999
    @janearcher999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it. I grew up in Oshkosh-they were ONLY bubblers-but I’ve lived in Birmingham Alabama for 39 years. They think I sound yankee or even specifically Wisconsin. But when I visit Wisconsin, they think I sound a little southern.

  • @RobespierreThePoof
    @RobespierreThePoof 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude.... Stop being so attractive. I can't handle it

  • @faeriesmak
    @faeriesmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Someone needs to do one of these on the Sheboygan accent. A nice, heavy Sheboyganese.

    • @user-gj9it6bj3x
      @user-gj9it6bj3x 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      faeriesmak Ah, yes.

    • @faeriesmak
      @faeriesmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-gj9it6bj3x I love your user name!

    • @dnash57
      @dnash57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sheboygan is its own accent!

    • @faeriesmak
      @faeriesmak 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dnash57 Definitely!!!

  • @frogluvrfr
    @frogluvrfr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm from northwestern WI & I've always pronounced 'aunt' the "pretentious" way.
    Also I say:
    N-velope.
    Root.
    😂😂😂😂

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol It's okay. I'll forgive you.

    • @Ben_Hedlund
      @Ben_Hedlund 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also from NW WI. I have many aunts and have always addressed them “awnt”. But realizing most probably say “ant”.

    • @dnash57
      @dnash57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      As you go west in the state it is more likely to be aughnt. All of MN also mispronounces it. Andy in Mayberry says ayynt, as in Ayynt Bee.

  • @rebeccav.3734
    @rebeccav.3734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm from Green Bay and I say "bohth" and for probably it's most likely "probly," People from the east coast say "wooter" for water.

  • @laurenalyssamcrae6369
    @laurenalyssamcrae6369 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wisconsin accent sounds very similar to the Canadian accent ! I’m from Inverness Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and I don’t sound the stereotypical Scottish accent they say we speak the queens English ❤

  • @salem5506
    @salem5506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sounds normal to me. I'm from central Wisconsin uwu

  • @AmyB.
    @AmyB. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sorry for making your ears bleed with coupon, but that is the right way to pronounce it. You're pronouncing it with a Q. Like Quepon. It's clearly spelled with a C. As in chicken coup, a chicken's house. Not a billiards que.

    • @FingtamLanguages
      @FingtamLanguages  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amy B lol so do you pronounce ‘pneumonia’ with a p because it is spelled that way?

    • @LiftPizzas
      @LiftPizzas 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FingtamLanguages Close the chicken quep or they'll get pee-monia!

    • @faeriesmak
      @faeriesmak 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quepon is a regional thing in parts of Wisconsin.

  • @antoinettek.mangan7382
    @antoinettek.mangan7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My(least) favorite when I lived near LaCrosse, was "I borrowed something out" instead of "I loaned something out". Up north the accent is closer to what you see in "Fargo".