Happy Groundhog’s Day!
I can’t even justly describe how crazy last night was here in Chicago! We had everything from 50-60 mph winds to “thundersnow,” which means exactly what you’d think it does – thunder and lightning when all you can see out your window is a blur of white flakes.
The big storm has been called many things by newscasters and people on Twitter. My personal favorites are Snowpocalypse and SnOMG, but I’m also a fan of Snowtorious B.I.G. 🙂 At least Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring.
So what’s a girl to do when the whether weather outside is frightful (and so is my spelling)?
Make an accent vlog, of course.
After seeing plenty of my fellow bloggers give it a go, I decided to try it out myself and take the usual cheesiness of my blog writing and put it into video form. You can thank me later. 😉
Here goes nothing (P.S. I’m changing the auto-pic from YouTube so I don’t look half asleep):
Want to join in? Create your own video and start by introducing where you’re from and who your “accent influencers” are. Then pronounce the following: Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught.
And answer these questions:
- 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?
So let me have it. Could you tell I am from Minnesota?
Oh yeah, you betcha.
At least I don’t say, “Chi-kah-goh.” Not yet, anyway.
Abrazos,
LOL! Did you pronounce “crayon” as “cran”?
You are SO CUTE!
In Oregon, we call it a potato bug!
This was fun to watch 🙂
Cran as in cranberry? Why yes, yes I did. 🙂
You have great camera presence! And your pronunciations do make sense…
You didn’t pick up any of the Minnesota accent!
Aw, thank you! It’s nice to hear that four years of broadcast journalism school didn’t completely fail me because sometimes I’m not so sure. 🙂 And you know, I think I used to have a really good Minnes-oh-ta accent but ever since I graduated from high school it disappeared. I miss it!
You sound perfectly normal to me! Haha…I’m from the Twin Cities though.
Although, we do differ on a few words like pecan and I grew up calling the little rollie bugs as potato bugs. Have you heard of those?
Haha, great minds, Jessica. 🙂 You know after watching the video again the only word I think I use in several different ways is pecan. I think I say “pe-CAN” and “pe-CAHN” interchangeably, so it just came out one way off the top of my head! As for those potato bugs – it’s so bizarre! I think I have heard of that term more so than a “roly-poly” but in reality I probably just called every insect I saw, “scary,” because I’m not exactly brave when it comes to bugs. 🙂
You forgot one, Mrs. Caddy Corner. 😉
Yeah, yeah. Miss Q-pon. You’re just as bad as Bobby! 🙂
very cute accent vlog! 🙂 i say won like the number one. i was hoping to hear some major minnesota OH on ‘both’, but you said it normally!
I used to say “both” and “don’t” very heavy on the “O” but ever since I graduated from high school and left Minnesota, it disappeared. I miss it!!
Ah! Stay safe from that crazy storm! I love this vlog. SO cute! I hear a slight Midwestern draw in there. Love it. And your hair looks super cute slightly wavy.
LOVe this and all your minnesota-ness 🙂
omg love it!!! 🙂 I def didn’t notice a major accent in our convo’s, only a lovable midwestern hint!! A girl in my sorority had the most stereotypical Minnesota accent…Ny-atalie!! lol
I should do one of my friends here in Bah-ston….haha they are the BESTTT EVER!!
I’ll have to listen when hubby stops rocking out to Earth, Wind & Fire but had to laugh at your spelling of Chicago. My cousins from Georgia (who have a rather thick accent themselves) SWEAR that I sound like the Bears Super Fans from SNL. haha It’s rather entertainnig & to an extent they are right. lol
Stay warm girl! It’s still snowing over here in Valpo!
This is awesome! I love your accent vlog. And I think you have a very similar accent to myself. We use a lot of the same words too. Must be a northern thing. 🙂 Thanks for doing this Jenn, it’s so great to get a feel for you in person. 🙂
I’ve never heard of a sunshower…. but I like the idea of that! And I agree, I don’t usually say y’all (it would just sound so unnatural if I did) but I agree it’s very all encompassing 🙂 We should start the trend!
Love this!
you are adorable!! i want to make one!!
Love this!!! Yay for MN girls!!! My vlog sounds similar to you, except coupon..I’m with Bobby on that haha!
Haha! I love how you say “crayon” what a riot!
I don’t think your Minnesota accent is strong at all, actually. Or maybe I’ve been living in the midwest too long and my ear has weakened. 😉
crayon! hahahahahhaa! i love it!!!
and omg don’t fall into the “y’all”…soooo southern. be like me, who cares about genders and use “you guys”. hahaha!
you’re too funny about the “won” pronunciation! i’ll think about that next time i win something…which is like, never. lol!
FUN!!! 🙂
I put up my Accent Vlog yesterday. It’s been cool to hear all these bloggers!
On the whole you sound really normal to me, except that you say a couple of things differently. One of them being mayonnaise – actually most US bloggers have pronounced mayonnaise different than I do!
Since I had met you in personal once I sort of knew what you sounded like already, but I can definitely pick up your accent a little bit in your O’s. And the way you said Crayon, kind of like the o wasn’t there. “Crayn”
I think your voice is what I pictured! 🙂
Hehe, love this! You are too cute, Jenn.
Sorry to say this, but I say “cue-pon” too, like Bobby 😉 I know it’s spelled coupon, but I can’t help it!
Our accents are very similar! Though I’ve never heard anyone else say “wah-n” instead of “one!”
One thing I say funny is pillow. I pronounce it pell-o
It’s so fun to hear how different people pronounce things. I have some funny things I say (and get made fun of for) like calling shopping carts buggys. 🙂
We had a thunderstorm snow storm last year and it was so crazy. Lighting and thunder while it’s snowing is just seems so out of place.
I love these! And your Minnesota accent isn’t strong at all, but it made me happy to hear. I miss it! I love hearing what people really sound like 🙂
Every time I come across one of the accent vlogs I feel like I should do my own. But, ya know…I’m a bit chicken to get in front of the camera and talk. For no really good reason actually.
And woohoo for calling it pop – that’s very Canadian 😉