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  • Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
  • Wisconsin Trails video on Wisconsin accents

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  • @jordynmessing2866
    @jordynmessing2866 10 років тому +169

    I didn't realize that THE ENTIRE DAMNED STATE OF WISCONSIN was Milwaukee.. -.-

    • @david4t8
      @david4t8 10 років тому +35

      You probably also didn't realize the entire State of Wisconsin has to support Milwaukee

    • @BowHunt1229
      @BowHunt1229 7 років тому +3

      Baron Von Stache Try living in upstate NY

    • @DueNorthGaming
      @DueNorthGaming 7 років тому

      we're not. They were only interviewing people from the Southeast. I live in Madison, which is 2 hours away.

    • @RyanMercil
      @RyanMercil 6 років тому +1

      But it basically is

    • @sophias8773
      @sophias8773 6 років тому

      Jordyn Messing no kidding...

  • @HazeGreyAndUnderway
    @HazeGreyAndUnderway 9 років тому +70

    The second to last kid seemed like he was from out of state.

  • @vincefitness414
    @vincefitness414 10 років тому +18

    26 years in Milwaukee, never heard stop and go lights. I just say "at the lights"

  • @xZippy
    @xZippy 7 років тому +85

    I've never heard another Wisconsinite say "pop". Ever. Though I've heard "bubbler" tons of times.

    • @Lavacrust
      @Lavacrust 7 років тому +1

      I'm from Milwaukee and went to university up in Eau Claire. I never heard pop in the east but its very mixed in the western half of the state. If not leaning heavily on pop

    • @Swoost
      @Swoost 7 років тому

      yeah noone says pop here, everyone does indeed say bubbler especially the closer you get to milwaukee region

    • @mammothVT
      @mammothVT 7 років тому

      In the western part of the state they say pop, but bubbler is really only said in the southeast part of the state.

    • @legojangofett1088
      @legojangofett1088 7 років тому

      Zippy bunker is for a water fountain.

    • @frogluvrfr
      @frogluvrfr 6 років тому +2

      We only say pop here in northwestern WI. (:

  • @madeleinejohansen5073
    @madeleinejohansen5073 10 років тому +50

    Northern WI accent is a lot different. No one says soda up here. Its always pop.
    And I have never heard anyone say bubbler or stopngo lights.
    And it is almost all Scandinavian up here. What, are they basing the whole state off of Milwaukee?

    • @Schimmjob
      @Schimmjob 10 років тому +3

      I always say soda... lmao.. Fence, WI here

    • @torogami2
      @torogami2 10 років тому +17

      because no one cares what happens outside of milwaukee

    • @Oxnate
      @Oxnate 10 років тому +8

      I'm from Eau Claire. We do say Pop, and Bubbler. I heard my Grandma (from Ripon) call them Stop&Go lights. My own pet peve is TV sportscasters pronouncing it WESconsin.

    • @madeleinejohansen5073
      @madeleinejohansen5073 10 років тому +1

      Or Wisc-hhhhhonsin. Uggggh

    • @jasminemcgarigle8834
      @jasminemcgarigle8834 9 років тому

      I say soda, traffic lights, and water fountain. I was born in Minnesota, but I've lived in central Wisconsin for most of my life.

  • @xXxDarkAdeptusxXx
    @xXxDarkAdeptusxXx 10 років тому +46

    I never heard stop n go lights before..

    • @ArchesBro
      @ArchesBro 10 років тому

      I have, I didn't hear that others called it any different till I was in 7th grade. Possibly just my area who knows

    • @annatudor4069
      @annatudor4069 5 років тому

      I call it traffic signals

  • @donnaduffey3356
    @donnaduffey3356 Рік тому +2

    When I was young I spent summers at my grandparents dairy farm near Lake Superior with my cousins to help out on the farm. All of their neighbors were from Norway and Sweden. Even those that didn't speak a Nordic language had a strong Scandinavian accent

  • @typhenis
    @typhenis 10 років тому +15

    why the hell did I watch this?

  • @sugeknight6032
    @sugeknight6032 10 років тому +28

    WISCONSIN RULES!!!

  • @primordialmeow7249
    @primordialmeow7249 4 роки тому +1

    Milwaukee girl 1954-1973 here! Irish family here & Polish Grandma...still a linguistic mess...sooo many good memories..hey where is the bubbler...da' Bears...

  • @JKDC97
    @JKDC97 8 років тому +3

    I met a girl at the university who was from southeastern Wisconsin and I noticed that she pronounced words like "bag" and "tag" like "beg" and "teg". I thought it was so peculiar but brushed it off and thought maybe it was just her own weird prpnounciation.
    However, just recently, I visited her and her family up in Wisconsin and noticed that many people have the same accent!
    I was with her at a local restaurant when I asked the waitress whether or not this little tin rooster was for sale. She looked around the decorative rooster for a while and then said "You know, I'm not sure. There's no teg on it." I could not hide my shock and glee. I looked at my other friend (who lives near me in Missouri) and we exchanged surprised facial expressions. The waitress looked confused but I explained to her the situation and she said "well... how do you say it?" and I said, "I pronounce it 'tag'". and she said, "Yeah. 'Teg.' that's what I said."
    It was truly a funny moment! My Wisconsinite friend never realized that she had a different accent, and neither did the local waitress until I pointed it out!

  • @MercedesGarcia-pz2qp
    @MercedesGarcia-pz2qp 9 років тому +15

    I'm from California and is it weird that I don't hear any particular accent they sound the same as all my friends and family -_-

  • @RoupMcgee
    @RoupMcgee 9 років тому +18

    I think you can see a slight generational shift honestly. Some of the younger ones in the video (as well as from my own experience) tend to have less of a pronounced upper midwest accent. It's not like it's not there, and it obviously varies but the distinct Wisconsin accent is far more pronounced in older people. Other factors I've noticed are location. In Milwaukee people tend to be a bit more neutral with their accent whereas when you leave the city and visit smaller towns, you'll notice a Wisconsin accent that is a lot more distinct and heavy. Also, I've never really heard anyone around here say pop. My friend from Michigan says pop though.

  • @brandiquezaire6375
    @brandiquezaire6375 10 років тому +2

    I lived on the north side of Milwaukee all my life and I never heard anybody call the bubbler a water fountain.

  • @Lady.Luck.
    @Lady.Luck. 9 років тому +8

    Interesting with the "bagel". I had an out of state person tell me we say "bag" differently. I once said I was going to "pack my bags" when I was going to go somewhere and she thought that was definitely a wisconsin phrase. I pronounce "bag" like "back" she said they pronounce it more like "bake"

    • @fweenies87
      @fweenies87 9 років тому +1

      +rachaelkoger I'm from Pittsburgh originally and live in Appleton, you guys say "bag" like "behg"! But I hear that I have an accent all the time!

    • @nekosmith7421
      @nekosmith7421 8 років тому +1

      Bayg.

    • @aviewtokill08
      @aviewtokill08 2 роки тому

      I got a lot of flack for the way I said it in Texas

  • @DOUGLAS55ish
    @DOUGLAS55ish 11 років тому +1

    Back in 1966,when I was a young, black, lad of 11 1/2 I moved to San Diego, California from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Everyone there said I talked funny. Apparently I had a Wisconsin accent. I wish I could have been recorded because I have no idea of what I really sounded like . After 46 years, I have no accent. I am sometimes reminded of names used like bubbler for water fountain, pop for soda, and dustbin used for trash can.

  • @97ktlee
    @97ktlee 8 років тому +28

    I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life, and I've never called soda "pop"

    • @mothiestman4995
      @mothiestman4995 8 років тому

      Same with me

    • @chasetonga
      @chasetonga 8 років тому +2

      +Potterheaded Pegasister They say pop the closer you get to the Minnesota border is what I heard.

    • @raistlinismyspiritanimal921
      @raistlinismyspiritanimal921 8 років тому

      +Caryn Schwengel I would have to personally disagree. I live fairly close to the Minnesota border and no-one I know here says pop

    • @chasetonga
      @chasetonga 8 років тому +1

      +Tosha D. Eau Claire, Osseo...

    • @raistlinismyspiritanimal921
      @raistlinismyspiritanimal921 8 років тому

      Caryn Schwengel grew up about 20 min South of osseo noone says pop here 😃

  • @chefmike4414
    @chefmike4414 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/EW3mYxhbfZo/v-deo.html

    • @chefmike4414
      @chefmike4414 3 роки тому +2

      @@Jivvi I watched it, thanks for that.

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 3 роки тому

      @@chefmike4414 Definitely not a Wisconsin accent, but I thought it was pretty funny.

  • @Kire1120
    @Kire1120 8 років тому +2

    I say both rowt and root (route) depending on the context

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 3 роки тому

      Same. Rowt if it's a verb and root if it's a noun.

  • @garvensman
    @garvensman 7 років тому +1

    You can tell that the girl in the red and blue sweater is really enjoying the interview.. the way she said Wisconsin screams pride in the state.. I can dig it! Love me my Wis-con-sin!

  • @elizabethpeterson1644
    @elizabethpeterson1644 Рік тому +1

    I never even notice the accent at all. I’m originally from Gurnee, Illinois. I do lived in Door County Wisconsin for many years. My accent is about the same.

  • @CHIEFCEAZR
    @CHIEFCEAZR 9 років тому +10

    Mill-Wa-Key (Milwaukee), soda (Milwaukee county and the surrounding cities SE), stop light or the light, coo-pon (Coupon), fountain or bubbler, dat (that), ay, yahh-no (You know), by (Stop by, going by, went by), Pak-erz (Packers), Like'um (Like them), sh-no (Snow), shopping kart, remote, real quick (let me get that real quick, come over real quick), Don't-cha-know, brAtz (bratwurst), Wess-con-sin or Wiss-con-sin (Wisconsin).
    I'm from Milwaukee & Wisconsin dairy is great!

    • @fr3aky0u
      @fr3aky0u 8 років тому

      +C. CEAZR yeh the vid didn't touch on all the cha's and chu's at all

    • @komiyama4344
      @komiyama4344 7 років тому

      C. CEAZR I know I'm late but I'm from Milwaukee too and just to let you know the L in silent....

    • @michelleschuman2649
      @michelleschuman2649 6 років тому

      Lol I know a lot of people who say Keep er movin or Wiscansin

  • @itdobeawren
    @itdobeawren 5 років тому +2

    It always depends on where you go. I live in central. There its more easier to understand. In the North and South their accents are more thick.

  • @randompotato26
    @randompotato26 4 роки тому +1

    my left ear loved some of this.

  • @musisKat
    @musisKat 8 років тому +2

    Dang it, I was hoping I could finally say "pop" again when I move to Wisconsin.

    • @veedevendorf2929
      @veedevendorf2929 8 років тому

      Some people still say pop lol

    • @bromarvids5186
      @bromarvids5186 5 років тому +1

      Ha ha. I'm from Yorkshire (north of England) and it was always 'pop' growing up. Or fizzy pop, or fizzy drink.

    • @maddyb.8129
      @maddyb.8129 5 років тому

      Come up north! We all say pop!

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 3 роки тому

      @@bromarvids5186 Same. I'm from the West Midlands.

  • @taz7293
    @taz7293 10 років тому +1

    I'm not born in Wisconsin but my accet is from Wisconsin one day on vacations down by Arizona the lady at the restaurant told me after a few words " you're from Wisconsin don't you" I said how do you know? Your accent she said!!!

  • @richweston397
    @richweston397 9 років тому +1

    I grew up in Madison. Milwaukee was pronounced Ma-Walk-ee. Or just shortened to M'walk-ee

  • @Fersomling
    @Fersomling 9 років тому +1

    I'm a Southerner: I grew up in Southern Virginia, and now I live in Southern British Columbia. I have been through Wisconsin dozens of times, and the people are fantastic.
    Always stopped at the Burger King in Wisconsin Dells.
    A big shout out to German Wisconsiners: Mach's gut !
    31.5.15

    • @chasetonga
      @chasetonga 8 років тому

      We are known as friendly.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 9 років тому +8

    I can't hear any accent with only one word. why not have them say whole sentences?

  • @ronmullen1892
    @ronmullen1892 7 років тому +1

    They should have gone further north, I'm from there. It gets a lot more kind of Canadian. Like giving directions to someone would be, "Ya go trew dem dere lights. Go left and go to root tirty nine." Bag is said with the a is long. I can go on and on. I'm in Florida now, but it's unique and I can say Wisconsin is a real close tight knit, help your neighbors type of place. I miss it, but its way too cold!

  • @HyperfixatationInc
    @HyperfixatationInc 8 років тому +12

    Am I the only one who was bothered by him pronouncing Milwaukee as MILwauKEE and not as MAwauKAE

    • @veedevendorf2929
      @veedevendorf2929 8 років тому +3

      I live there and I can assure you, Its MILwauKEE lol

    • @JamieProcarione
      @JamieProcarione 8 років тому

      +Olivia Devendorf I'm from Wisconsin and say ma-waukee lol

    • @Swoost
      @Swoost 7 років тому

      i also live there and its definitely Mil-waukee

    • @lindseym2553
      @lindseym2553 6 років тому +1

      Mah wau kee. No L in that word

    • @KatPurpled2
      @KatPurpled2 6 років тому

      You don’t pronounce the l

  • @jordanmoon2549
    @jordanmoon2549 10 років тому +1

    I remember i was born in Oshkosh and lived there until the end of my second grade year. I remember calling it a "bubbler". We moved down to south east wisconsin in Kenosha, and i was made fun of because they call it a water fountain.

  • @harryferrer3295
    @harryferrer3295 7 років тому +2

    Being from La Crosse, Wisconsin, I used to say 'pop' and 'bubbler' all the time. I've trained myself to say 'soda' and 'drinking fountain' now. I think I'm still too entrenched to hear the 'rainbow' difference however. 'Bag,' 'bagel' and 'sorry' all seem to be pronounced both ways in La Crosse.
    And I've always thought the tell tale sign you weren't from Wisconsin is if you pronounced it 'wiskhonsin.' Fun stuff

    • @Eowynnofrohan
      @Eowynnofrohan 2 роки тому

      I live in la crosse but I lived most of my childhood in wausau. I say water fountain and pop. I'm not giving up pop. I like it. Also ope

  • @Guywithcrazyideas
    @Guywithcrazyideas 10 років тому +1

    I fell asleep when the professor starting talking.

    • @TassieLorenzo
      @TassieLorenzo 6 років тому

      He could easily pass for sounding Australian, which I thought was very interesting.

  • @Rusty_Buttons
    @Rusty_Buttons 6 років тому

    Barley pop, barley pop that naughty, naughty water.
    Barley pop can make a man do things he hadn't oughter.
    The more you drink, the more you think your a fighter and a lover.
    Barley pop that awful stuff, I guess I'll have another.

  • @HalikBun
    @HalikBun 10 років тому +3

    Heh, I never actually thought about German ancestry being in Wisconsin. Last name aside, it might be why I'm finding German a lot easier to pronounce than French. Too much sing-songy-ness in Latin languages (or at least in French). I like my words to end in hard syllables that don't constantly blend into other words. Never actually acknowledged the "z" sound in words ending in "s" either.
    Also, I can't recall ever saying stop and go lights, pop, or bubbler. Though I lived up north in Woodruff away from Milwaukee.

  • @GriefTourist
    @GriefTourist 8 років тому +43

    i'm English and the Wisconsin accent just sounds Canadian to me

    • @jasoncollins5949
      @jasoncollins5949 8 років тому +1

      To me they're all just foreign.

    • @viewtifulvash6068
      @viewtifulvash6068 8 років тому +3

      We're pretty much the Canada of the US

    • @UstashaMe84
      @UstashaMe84 7 років тому +1

      GriefTourist lol They even sound Canadian to me and I'm from the place lol.

    • @bassisgreat44
      @bassisgreat44 6 років тому

      GriefTourist we do thats why XD

    • @petersonhomework9920
      @petersonhomework9920 6 років тому

      I live in wisconsin but the most canadian accented staed is a wisconsinite living in northern minnesota

  • @TheWildfan
    @TheWildfan 10 років тому

    It's pop, stop lights, water fountain, and bag like the letter "a"

  • @not_a_samsquamsh6777
    @not_a_samsquamsh6777 10 років тому +3

    I live in Waupaca and I have NEVER heard anyone speak a "Wisconsinite" accent no matter where I am in the state. :/

  • @KatieJoPockat
    @KatieJoPockat 10 років тому

    Gotta love those stop and go lights!

  • @Kelly14UK
    @Kelly14UK 11 років тому

    I'm from Glasgow Scotland I play these kids from Wisconsin on Xbox Live and they say a lot of ppl in Wisconsin say " hey y'all " a lot. Hey Y'AAALLL. Y'AAALL Y'AAALL. Damn I'll hear that drifting off to sleep tonight.

  • @daintica6676
    @daintica6676 5 років тому

    I’m central-ish Wisconsin, originally from Merrill. It’s funny how I am actually part German and they added a couple of pictures through 1870-1950, dedicated to people from Germany.

  • @markpenrice6253
    @markpenrice6253 10 років тому +3

    I'm a few moments in, having wadsworthed it, but I'm getting the impression the ginger guy in the blue shirt isn't a native.

    • @nancyhallatr
      @nancyhallatr 10 років тому

      Yeah. An imposter.

    • @david4t8
      @david4t8 10 років тому

      These days, I get the impression many people living in South East Wisconsin are not native to Wisconsin. Just a thought

    • @markpenrice6253
      @markpenrice6253 10 років тому +2

      Yes, but if this is meant to be showing off "the Wisconsin accent", it's still a mistake.
      You wouldn't show off the accents of the British Midlands and just randomly have an Italian guy who moved there a few years ago pop up in the middle of it.

  • @sam-mc6ye
    @sam-mc6ye 8 років тому

    I live in Wisconsin Dells so i got people from all over the world in my town.

    • @GoldEvil911
      @GoldEvil911 8 років тому

      I'm from northeastern Illinois and I go to Kalahari every once in a while. It's basically our go to place because our states are lowkey tight no homo.

    • @sam-mc6ye
      @sam-mc6ye 8 років тому

      for sure

  • @kathycopus8174
    @kathycopus8174 7 років тому

    I was born in Beloit in 1951 and always called it POP and bubbler

  • @sburgcrew2
    @sburgcrew2 11 років тому

    Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin is a mixture of dialect from around the state.accents change dramatically as you travel north and west in the state.

  • @markjmaxwell9819
    @markjmaxwell9819 5 років тому

    We say drinking fountain in Australia and traffic lights.
    The wisconsin accent it pretty neutral and most of the words used are similar in Australia.

  • @Cora5300
    @Cora5300 11 років тому

    Whenever I travel outside of wisconsin people are always like "oh! You sound like your from wisconsin"

  • @fuckoff6513
    @fuckoff6513 5 років тому +1

    In Wisconsin we don`t say soda we say pop...

  • @SiqDopeNasty
    @SiqDopeNasty 8 років тому

    More and more do i love my state. Language is awesome.

  • @brendanlabelle3985
    @brendanlabelle3985 3 роки тому

    I live in kenosha an the "bubbler" is most commonly referred to as a water fountain, and stop lights are stop lights, and I've seen "soda pop" but I feel like just soda is more common

  • @missemmaleec
    @missemmaleec 11 років тому

    in milwaukee we say it like moot, but if you study linguistics, you know milwaukee is a linguistic island and we say things differently from people up north

  • @see.ayevuh
    @see.ayevuh 6 років тому +1

    North Wisconsin is WAAAY different!

  • @MrAlekz
    @MrAlekz 11 років тому

    I am from a small town in Northeast Wisconsin. A lot of people here have relaxed slow simple (some would say redneck farmer) way of speaking. Native Americans have a different accent too and I sometimes catch myself doing a bit of a Native accent sub consciously. From time to time I hear "eh" too. I have friends from across the states and they notice my accent all the time. I have a friend from Alberta, Canada and I can't even tell she has an accent. But everyone has accents and they're awesome.

  • @ArticleBot
    @ArticleBot 10 років тому +4

    Im from milwaukee and ive never heard anyone in my life say stop and go lights, it just sounds so stupid. But people do say bubbler.

    • @jimmycher45
      @jimmycher45 10 років тому +1

      thats because you spend too much time on video games

    • @ninja3371
      @ninja3371 10 років тому +1

      I live in wisconsin too and ive never heard Stop and go lights or pop or Bubbler

    • @jimmycher45
      @jimmycher45 10 років тому

      thats because you spend too much time in the shadows you ninja

    • @ninja3371
      @ninja3371 10 років тому

      not really

    • @princedeasturias
      @princedeasturias 10 років тому +1

      It's probably because you live in a large city. When I moved to Madison, I started using traffic lights.

  • @lurpyskeezer
    @lurpyskeezer 12 років тому

    I live on the south side of Milwaukee and I call them traffic lights. I literally have never heard a single person call them stop n go lights in my life until now. "Stop n go lights" sounds like something a toddler would say.

  • @kisterdrums
    @kisterdrums 8 років тому

    The funny thing is I'm from Richfield, WI and these people sound 100% like I do 😂

  • @goudagirl6095
    @goudagirl6095 6 років тому

    Rooof or ruff? (like tough) Creek or crick? And BUBBLER just makes sense! Yah, I'll meetcha down by da river dere, hey! :-) I now live in Texas and it drives me NUTS when they pronounce everything on the _first_ syllable: INsurance, THANKSgiving, oh, and down here it's WESS-consin. UGH. I may say "y'all" but I still use a healthy dose of "you guys!"

  • @packers3245
    @packers3245 11 років тому

    I was to Vegas and the said we drag on our vowels

  • @StaminatorBlader
    @StaminatorBlader 5 років тому

    i like that the linguistics professor called english american. now thats some patriotism. he said "american language newspapers." lmao

  • @chefmike4414
    @chefmike4414 4 роки тому +1

    It's "Q Pon" at least on the west coast

  • @51Dinger
    @51Dinger 11 років тому

    I like the nordern accent dey got up der ya know.It just sounds so good dont ya know

  • @Eggsr2bcrushed
    @Eggsr2bcrushed 10 років тому

    Never even realized that I always say the Bearz and that nobody else calls them stop and go lights. Just though that was normal.

    • @ArchesBro
      @ArchesBro 10 років тому

      Took me the first 12 years of my life to hear any different. My town is pretty fcked up on some things though, such as THEE-A-ter vs theater is 50 50.

  • @defensegeneral9893
    @defensegeneral9893 8 років тому

    Some said root and some said rowt = route
    some said Qpan and some said Cuban = coupon

  • @hopper1
    @hopper1 11 років тому

    Ask that person to say "Shawano" and your mind will be blown to smithereens ;)

  • @verali7878
    @verali7878 11 років тому

    I am a Wisconsinite and I have been everywhere. So yeah, close enough XD this video is spot on considering where I've been

  • @AR-fx6hk
    @AR-fx6hk 8 років тому

    im from wisconsin and ive lived for 10 years than i moved to south dakota and its all different now ive said soda they all call it pop stop and go lights are just stoplights ive never anyone say real quick once and bubblers are just water fountain

  • @xRobinBoyWonderX
    @xRobinBoyWonderX 7 років тому

    I didn't even notice my accent until I moved to L.A and people started commenting on it.

  • @cliffordhodge1449
    @cliffordhodge1449 5 років тому

    "Drinking fountain" sounds hoity-toity, and just plain "fountain" is something dogs drink out of and wade around in.

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 11 років тому

    The accent is pronounced! My partner can tell I'm doing it--especially comes out when I'm talkin to relatives!!

  • @missemmaleec
    @missemmaleec 11 років тому

    i never heard anyone say traffic light in my whole life
    we all say stop light sometimes stop n go

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 11 років тому

    you're right--it would be more authentic (the post) if the prof was from there.

  • @oubaas49
    @oubaas49 7 років тому

    The video is about geographical vocabulary - not about how words are pronounced, which is what 'accent' means!

  • @Cubbyunicorn
    @Cubbyunicorn 12 років тому

    I'm from Prentice Wi which is about 4-5 hrs from Canada. And there is a small accent but not like its being put out here. Get people from all over Wi if you'er going to test the accent.

  • @zoefrantz5655
    @zoefrantz5655 7 років тому

    Racine WI - soda, stop lights, coupon, route

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 11 років тому

    WI means either bitter wind or beaver dam--I have that from good sources--now we just have to find out which!

  • @valdivia1234567
    @valdivia1234567 8 років тому +9

    Anybody find it funny that a professor of linguistics refers to the "American language" at 2:04?

    • @lauryn1747
      @lauryn1747 7 років тому +1

      He's talking about the language we speak I don't know why it would be funny

    • @shoesalad5180
      @shoesalad5180 7 років тому

      Linguistics not language. I think he’s talking about the accent group

  • @dikkersjrad
    @dikkersjrad 5 років тому

    I strongly agree that Wisconsinites say Wisgonsin and other people say Whiskhonson. The latter sounds totally weird to me

    • @tcp612ww3
      @tcp612ww3 5 років тому

      I sometimes say Wuschonsin.

  • @missemmaleec
    @missemmaleec 11 років тому

    you can tell if someone is from wisconsin just by the way they say it
    people from here say wiscaaaaansin with a long a sound
    people from everywhere else say wisCONsin

  • @bigsky3072
    @bigsky3072 2 роки тому +2

    Do u have a TYME Machine here?

  • @SCHRUBBE1966
    @SCHRUBBE1966 11 років тому

    Yeah your right. I live in england now and just recently had a green bay person talking to me and holy shit!!!!!

  • @petersonhomework9920
    @petersonhomework9920 6 років тому

    When people think of my home state of Wisconsin they think of towns like Madison, Milwaukee, or Green Bay. Why don't people think of Eau Claire or Superior and towns in the western part of Wisconsin? They should do this show in the Western part of the state.

    • @Eowynnofrohan
      @Eowynnofrohan 2 роки тому

      La crosse .... Its a beautiful place. I think they do bc it is most populous.

  • @adrianz8656
    @adrianz8656 8 років тому +2

    I say soda-pop both words combined

    • @veedevendorf2929
      @veedevendorf2929 8 років тому

      same

    • @squach6239
      @squach6239 8 років тому +1

      me to from Missouri. actually if I ain't thinking bout it I say sody-pop! perty hillbilly huh?

  • @blackwolf588
    @blackwolf588 10 років тому +9

    Try going a little further north for accents....sheesh. Not every Wisconsinite is from southern Wisconsin.

  • @jayrolf4732
    @jayrolf4732 8 років тому

    it's the polish/german mix

  • @Awesomeoneofawesome
    @Awesomeoneofawesome 11 років тому

    I was born in raised in Massachusetts, but my mom is from Wisconsin. So, I have a weird cross of both accents. :P

  • @swagisclassy
    @swagisclassy 6 років тому

    SIPPING ON SOME BREWSKIS BACK AT THE LODGE WITH THE FELLAS

  • @jeremyerickson280
    @jeremyerickson280 10 років тому

    Nice attribute to a concept. err no?! Why wasn't your control from another part of Wisconsin? So you interviewed a selected group from the Madison area, then based a study? That constitutes WI? Geesh, pickens must be slim in terms of research. I would have thought more.

  • @kordel1117
    @kordel1117 12 років тому +1

    Wisconsin is pronounced differently!!!!!!! all the people from out of state who have never lived here say it weirdly

  • @Yshtola.
    @Yshtola. 10 років тому

    good ol' bubblers

  • @OvPdTurtle
    @OvPdTurtle 7 років тому

    I've heard stop and go light in my life or bubbler. I have literally never heard anyone say that. We mostly say pop not "soda"

  • @cyorgan
    @cyorgan 12 років тому

    Should've went to Wausau or Stevens Point... Milwaukee's so far to one side of the state that it's practically in Ill-annoy...

  • @epictacozcm
    @epictacozcm 6 років тому

    I'm a mix of a South accent (grandparents moms side) and a Wisconsin accent (dad's side)

  • @hhuuhhuuhh228
    @hhuuhhuuhh228 7 років тому

    Never heard bubbler EVER. (yes I live in around the same area as these people)

  • @Crispychicken2461
    @Crispychicken2461 11 років тому

    Yes I know, I'm from Wisconsin. Just because somebody works at a university in Wisconsin doesn't mean they are from there. All I am saying is that I know he isn't from here because people who live here have a distinct way of pronouncing the name.

  • @greetlesday13
    @greetlesday13 12 років тому

    Yeah, my parents think I'm pretty much 100% German.

  • @CreatingPulsars
    @CreatingPulsars 12 років тому

    Okay, redhaired boy second from the end of the line up? I missed where he was from in the beginning and I kept thinking, he can not from WI calling is Coke... and then I went back to check, TADA only been in WI for 4 1/2 years

  • @ExcelsiorElectric
    @ExcelsiorElectric 6 років тому

    Omg Zachary Zello is SO cute! :D

  • @ryanhansen5034
    @ryanhansen5034 10 років тому

    I'm from central Wisconsin and we have same accents as any other state

    • @kwodell8694
      @kwodell8694 10 років тому +2

      No you don't. I live in Madison area now but most of my life I lived in Northern Indiana. I can clearly hear the differences in the accents of Milwaukee area, the Madison area, "up north" and central Wisconsin. All have distinct accents that are not the same as other states.

    • @brandiquezaire6375
      @brandiquezaire6375 10 років тому

      That's not true, I went to college in Ohio. Everyone there knew I wasn't from there. As soon as I would introduce myself, I was greeted with; "Where are you from?"

    • @kwodell8694
      @kwodell8694 10 років тому

      I think you just proved my point....

    • @brandiquezaire6375
      @brandiquezaire6375 10 років тому

      No, I'm a born and raised Wisconsinite

    • @kwodell8694
      @kwodell8694 10 років тому

      and yet you don't call yourself a Cheesehead?

  • @LaraCroft7564
    @LaraCroft7564 12 років тому

    I know someone from Wisconsin who says "WisCONsin". Maybe your own accent varies depending on what part of your state you live in.