tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post868166648236979287..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Sarah Palin's accentMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-91559372285036402602012-03-08T09:44:57.630-06:002012-03-08T09:44:57.630-06:00She does sound like people from Sandpoint or Bonne...She does sound like people from Sandpoint or Bonners Ferry. Palin is from Sandpoint. The Idaho "expert" may not have traveled that far north in the state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-72457464671977771882011-06-14T20:23:13.125-05:002011-06-14T20:23:13.125-05:00Hi all, this is a pretty vague reference, but I sa...Hi all, this is a pretty vague reference, but I saw the film "O Palouse!" a while ago and the lady on it who is a rep from the drama department some university in Idaho sounds a LOT like Sarah Palin-the funky pronounciation and all! I have met several people from WESTERN Idaho (where S.P is from) and they sound like her. I'm pretty convinced she started saying her "R"s harder from the Alaskan influence though. <br /><br />Just FYI-I grew up in South East Alaska and Washington State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-82218606084501189122010-11-30T08:51:48.018-06:002010-11-30T08:51:48.018-06:00Interesting point about word order. There are cert...Interesting point about word order. There are certainly some regional patterns in word order and Palin may have some of those, but we don't know much about them yet. Do you have examples? <br /><br />By the way, Welk was raised in a heavily German community and I believe he might have spoken German before English. His accent and general speech patterns definitely reflect some regional features and features of that kind of upbringing.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-60482622086528360222010-11-30T08:44:50.742-06:002010-11-30T08:44:50.742-06:00I have an Upper MidWest accent and I am living on ...I have an Upper MidWest accent and I am living on Long Island now. My children's friends think my accent is Fargo-y and "cute." My children's schoolmates ask them if they are from Texas. Adults ask if I am from UpState (NY), Boston, or even the South. <br /><br />Hearing the voices of people from the Upper MidWest warms my heart. <br /><br />I noticed that Sarah *generally* gives the impression of speaking like someone from the Upper MidWest.<br />Even though her voice repels some people, I'd bet that some people are attracted to Palin because of her voice.<br /><br />There's an extra element in her speaking, though. Her word order is unusual. So is mine. (So was Lawrence Welk's.)<br /><br />Is this due to some Germanic/Nordic influence? Is it due to being a person who thinks visually or musically, rather than verbally?<br /><br />Eleanor Roosevelt had a "funny" voice, too. I wish I knew if Americans focused on her way of speaking, rather than on the kindness of her heart or the meaning of her words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-78641291645242371122010-10-21T05:19:50.663-05:002010-10-21T05:19:50.663-05:00Right on....
It's amusing how everyone is the ...Right on....<br />It's amusing how everyone is the center of thier own little universe....it's everyone ELSE that has an accent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-66122361631338651482010-10-21T05:15:13.961-05:002010-10-21T05:15:13.961-05:00Remember...
ANYONE who does not sound exactly like...Remember...<br />ANYONE who does not sound exactly like the king/queen of England has an accent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-69325906459257822662009-07-04T16:43:10.755-05:002009-07-04T16:43:10.755-05:00I'm from Alaska, and I've never heard anyo...I'm from Alaska, and I've never heard anyone talk like her before, I thought she'd grown up somewhere elsedjensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967333454240854090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-19852570991662560612008-11-16T12:23:00.000-06:002008-11-16T12:23:00.000-06:00"what grabbed me is her overuse of adjectives and ...<I>"what grabbed me is her overuse of adjectives and other "fillers."</I><BR/><BR/>Every word that comes out of her mouth is a filler. She has never, ever, said anything substantive in her entire life, annoying accent notwithstanding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531443785690512563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-35879211548606073172008-11-13T09:15:00.000-06:002008-11-13T09:15:00.000-06:00Palin's dialect does sound Fargo-like to me as an ...Palin's dialect does sound Fargo-like to me as an Ohioan but what grabbed me is her overuse of adjectives and other "fillers." What do any of you think about her use of what I call: "Pageant Girl Talk." By that I mean a habit of overtalk to eat time or B.S. when asked a question during the opinion portion of judging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-51732125342970213052008-10-21T02:31:00.000-05:002008-10-21T02:31:00.000-05:00Sarah Palin has a "Minnesotan" accent. I am from M...Sarah Palin has a "Minnesotan" accent. I am from Minnesota and I will admit that she does. However, Minnesotans who live in Minneapolis or St. Paul are far less likely to have this characteristic accent. Whoever said that they picked up the Minnesotan accent by spending three days in Minneapolis must be over exaggerating or just lying. Can't be possible. I've lived in Minnesota all my life and I don't sound remotely close to Sarah Palin. But her accent does not sound foreign to me. She's got the Northern Minnesotan accent. <BR/><BR/>But..is that a bad thing? Most Minnesotan city-slickers won't admit it, simply because they don't really like Sarah Palin much, and are embarrassed that Minnesota gets made fun of so much. And the accent in "Fargo" is completely over exaggerated. Its not far from the truth, but its exaggerated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-16869743357837331282008-10-06T11:05:00.000-05:002008-10-06T11:05:00.000-05:00REWARD: Can Anyone Anywhere Find One Person With a...REWARD: Can Anyone Anywhere Find One Person With a Palin's Accent and Colloquialisms?<BR/><BR/>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7331523Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-85721441760273068452008-10-03T00:21:00.000-05:002008-10-03T00:21:00.000-05:00Check out this dialect map of the United States:ht...Check out this dialect map of the United States:<BR/><BR/>http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=510627<BR/><BR/>One can see how dialect divisions are not based on State lines, but due to how speakers settled in the USA as they went West. Alaska is probably a blend of dialects of various English speakers from many areas and may never form one united dialect in the future, but may stay separate just as they have in the lower 48.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-51489001517102818392008-09-26T01:00:00.000-05:002008-09-26T01:00:00.000-05:00Ugh, I'm so sick of people mistaking Alaskans as m...Ugh, I'm so sick of people mistaking Alaskans as mountainmen on every single talk show on this earth! Seriously. We don't eat mooseburgers everyday, nor do we travel by snowmobile. Fairbanks, Alaska is like New England in a way. Oh, and I'm sick of hearing Sarah impersonators, too. Just thought I'd get that off my chest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-32078699517716675332008-09-17T17:40:00.000-05:002008-09-17T17:40:00.000-05:00I am from the state of Utah, and her accent sounds...I am from the state of Utah, and her accent sounds very familiar to me and similar to the accent spoken in my state. I would have to agree with the person that said she spoke with a Mountain West accent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-53880193887111582732008-09-16T23:51:00.000-05:002008-09-16T23:51:00.000-05:00I think she sounds.....you got it....sounds like J...I think she sounds.....you got it....sounds like Julia Roberts when she speaks.<BR/><BR/>She looks identical to Tina Fey...sometimes I think Tina Fey looks like like Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin looks like Sarah Palin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-87601751474414557642008-09-15T14:06:00.000-05:002008-09-15T14:06:00.000-05:00I live in Minnesota, and she definitely doesn't ha...I live in Minnesota, and she definitely doesn't have a Minnesotan accent. I place her with a Mountain accent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-2784194771265839302008-09-15T12:00:00.000-05:002008-09-15T12:00:00.000-05:00Maybe she is the Wobegon Candidate . . . ?Could it...Maybe she is the Wobegon Candidate . . . ?<BR/><BR/>Could it be that, to serve as a long term agent-in-place, Garrison Keillor some years ago planted in Wasilla someone like the blonde from Prairie Home Companion ? The one who does the ketchup ads and the intro to Guy Noir? "A dark night . . ., Guy Noir, private eye?" Perhaps planted there along with a small supporting cast to boost her onto the Wasilla Council, then Mayor? Provided with the Sarah Barracuda legend?<BR/>Just a short step from there to take in a majority of the small populace of Alaska, then John McCain, and now half the country . . . .<BR/>Perhaps all will be revealed at, say, the debate with Biden when she will drop the mask, tell all (with and without the accent) and show herself as a mere ghost of the fiendish imagination of Keillor. Thus proving that in the 21st century, all politics is performance. The accent is the telltale clue . . . .Bosoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082438880313735829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-14676885614208938992008-09-13T16:26:00.000-05:002008-09-13T16:26:00.000-05:00(1) As an Idaho native of 20+ years, I have to tel...(1) As an Idaho native of 20+ years, I have to tell you, we don't sound like that.<BR/><BR/>(2) She trained as a journalist. One of the things that most journalists are trained to do is speak without an accent. Which I am told she did when she worked in braodcast news. So why an accent now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-25450452806027313762008-09-12T11:17:00.000-05:002008-09-12T11:17:00.000-05:00i am a native minnesotan and my first impression w...i am a native minnesotan and my first impression was that her accent sounds like a blend of minnesotan and michigan (upper peninsula)with some chicaaaaago influences as well as some canadian thrown in. i know many people with the typical mn accent (yes, just like in the movie fargo) and i wince when i hear it... it sounds less educated and cultured to me than even a thick southern accent (sorry, southerners)- but palin's is a little different. it is hard to pin down. i wonder if her accent is her own creation and isn't influenced by people around her- just like some minnesotans that i think sound southern- it seems to be just the way they talk. and i agree, snl will have a field day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-19119412252420271432008-09-08T21:57:00.000-05:002008-09-08T21:57:00.000-05:00James Crippen: Your answer re Palin's Minnesota a...James Crippen: Your answer re Palin's Minnesota accent is a winner! - you noticed that Wasilla is right next to Palmer, which was settled by immigrants from Minnesota - everyone in the country is wondering about this - and you nailed it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-37005772625672091932008-09-07T17:03:00.000-05:002008-09-07T17:03:00.000-05:00The best test would be to hear her sisters and par...The best test would be to hear her sisters and parents dialect. She has training in broadcast journalism. Notice how she says "legislaTORS" while most folks will say "legislaters." She has a tendency to over-emphasize words, I have notice this from her many press conferences as a goverNOR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-20761887598596660982008-09-05T18:55:00.000-05:002008-09-05T18:55:00.000-05:00"Seems she picked up a little Minnesota while in t..."Seems she picked up a little Minnesota while in the neighborhood..."<BR/><BR/>I do that!<BR/><BR/>I grew up in southern Iowa as the daughter of a woman raised in Mora, MN, who was bound and determined that HER children were not going to be speaking in the vaguely hill-billy accent of Iowa's southern tier of counties. <BR/><BR/>So kids from a couple of counties north of me were always amazed that I had "no" accent.<BR/><BR/>But let me spend 3 days visiting relatives in Minneapolis, and bingo! I've got that rounded accent.<BR/><BR/>My sister moved to Mpls from Colorado Springs, and within about 3 months, she sounded like a MN native. <BR/><BR/>I pick up a Wisconsin accent when I visit there, too.<BR/><BR/>Some people are more instinctive mimics than others. My sis and I are like sponges.<BR/><BR/>(Though I'd have thought that Mrs. Palin would have been speaking mostly w/ non-Minnesotans at the convention. But maybe at the hotel, and restaurants, it's seeping in)TootsNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250160403913606481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-55321143656566705162008-09-05T18:15:00.000-05:002008-09-05T18:15:00.000-05:00Just saw Wolf and another announcer on CNN laughin...Just saw Wolf and another announcer on CNN laughing how someone said she sounded like Jean Lundegaard (Fargo)<BR/><BR/>Thank you CNN & all here, I thought it might just be me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017694711462527771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-20372883956286000172008-09-05T08:01:00.000-05:002008-09-05T08:01:00.000-05:00Hey, I've lived in Eagle River, Alaska all my life...Hey, I've lived in Eagle River, Alaska all my life, except to go out of state for school -- Eagle River is about halfway between The Mat-Su Valley (described above) and Anchorage, although it's cultural ties are much stronger toward Anchorage. From what I can tell, Gov. Palin's dialect is similar to those of life-long Alaskans who were raised by parents from the midwest, as was pointed out, mainly in the Palmer-Wasilla area.<BR/><BR/>I would be very interested in studies in Alaskan dialects, although I imagine the results would be confounded by the continual influx/outflux of residents that the state experiences, particularly in the Anchorage area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-76221795650473086182008-09-04T16:16:00.000-05:002008-09-04T16:16:00.000-05:00I just went and listened to some older interviews ...I just went and listened to some older interviews - they sounded completley western, no real accent at all.<BR/><BR/>Seems she picked up a little Minnesota while in the neighborhood...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com