the michigan accent “michigander slang words”. michigan slang/colloquialisms: “the mitten”...
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The Michigan Accent
“Michigander Slang Words”
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Michigan Slang/Colloquialisms:“The Mitten” The State of Michigan
“The U.P.” The Upper Peninsula
“Up North” Where you go if you're traveling within Michigan
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...go tuh the store, not "to" it.
...usta' have jobs in Detroit, not "used to"
...go huntin' in the wuds, not the "woods"
...get our tires slashed for driving a Tie-ota, not a
Toyota.
...say er' not "or."
...feel like we're ki-nuh like Minnesotans, not "kind
of."
In Michigan we….
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Michiganders like to save time...
We talk really fast here, so in order to do so, we do something similar to what the French call a liaison and elision. This is basically a way to mash up words in order to make pronunciation easier and faster.
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This comes out sounding like, "Well, how my spose'ta' sayit'?"
"Well, how am I supposed to say it?"
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Ja-eat?Did you eat?
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you guys
Yuh guys
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Look at it! check this out!
Lookit!
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Secretary of state
Secretariah State
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Where?
We end many sentences in prepositions such as “at”
Where at?
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Grand Rapids
Grranrapids
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accident
AK-cidih
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Ann Arbor
aeh Narbor
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Asphalt
Ashfault
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both
bolth
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Charlotte
Char-LOTT
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city
Ciddy
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clothes
cloze
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column
CAHL-yum
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comfortable
COMF-terbul
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congress
Cahngriss
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Come Here
C’Meer
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crayons
Cranz
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creek
crick
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Dad
Deeah or Dayaahd
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Detroit
DiTROI
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drowned
drownded
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eavestrough
Eeeevs Traaaf
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Fire
FI-yerr
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Forever
FREVer
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Refrigerator
Frigerraider
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Government
GoverMit
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garage
grage
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groceries
GROSHries
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hockey
Haahkee
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Hundred
Hunnerd
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I’m going to..
I-munna
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kind of
KI-nuh
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Lake Erie
LayKEERie
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Library
Lie-berry
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Livonia
liVONEya
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mom
maahm
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milk
Melk
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mirror
Mier or meer
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mosquito
muskeeda
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nuclear
NUKE-yuller
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Pontiac
Pah-neeack
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pop
pahp
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pillow
pellow
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realtor
reeelatur
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roof
ruff
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second
seckit
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temperature
tempachur
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thanks
thenks
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vanilla
vanella
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weekend
weeken
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Windsor, (Canada)
winzerr
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you
yuh
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The letter "A" as in "car" is a kind of light ee-yeah or ēă sound.
Crayons are "crans"
Dad is dēăd
The long "e" soundlike the "i" in "mirror" is a bit longer and really nasally.
Also, we don't waste our time with the "or" in "mirror", so it's just "meer."
The letter "t"If the letter "t" occurs in the middle of a word, it has a "d" sound.
City is pronounced "ciddy"
The Michigan Accent:
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The Michigan Accent:Glottal StopThis is when your voice kind of stops in the middle of a word and then starts again.
In Michigan, we like to do glottal stops at the end of our words, which is kind of like a last bit of forced breath.
When we say Detroit, we don't say the "t" sound at the end. We say “Detroi” and then a bit of forced breath.
"kitten" or "button", there is a glottal stop without the t sound actually being pronounced
kitten = kih'ihn, button = buh'ton
"Ah" is drawn out, as in “faahh-ther” for father and “maahm” for mom.
After school, you go to "haahckey" practice.
Chicago is "Chic-aah-go" not "Chi-caw-go"