I found this site the other day about the Michigan Accent, Pronunciation code. I was reading through it and it made me laugh. I say things certain ways that I wasn't even aware of. And I always thought, I don't have an accent! :P I wasn't born and raised in Michigan and neither were both of my parents so I think that is why I only have half an accent.

Share you're sayings/ accents/ or pronuciations from wherever you are from and if you don't think you have any, check it out online and you'll be surprised.

In Michigan:

Let me tell ya, it is DAMNED cold in Michigan, so you have GOT to conserve energy. Consequently, the right way to speak "Michigin" is to

1.talk fast,
2.slur your words together, and
3.clip all your hard consonants, like "t".

Instead of "Quarter to three" we say "Quartertathree" no breaths. lol
Also, instead of "I don't talk that way" we say "I don' talk tha' way!"

haha, this made me laugh. There is so much more but I want to hear from some others. :)

This is right from the site:
http://www.michigannative.com/ma_idiosyncrasies.shtml

A very brief course in Scouse ,,,,,,,(liverpool talk)


Now,,,i can read all of these,let me know if u have trouble.....Say it as it looks..:hula:

Ullo dur! Greetings! Pleased to make your aquaintance
Wack Sir
Yis Yes
Antwaccky Dead Old; Ancient
Any Road Anyways, whatever
Arse Bandit, Shirt lifter Homosexual
Oldies Old People

Bummin' Begging
Darrafact Is that so?
Eye Wipe! You have been proved to be incorrect!
Binbagged Thrown out by your bird
Gisalite Could you oblige me with a match please?
Ay ay I Say!
La I say, young man
Ere, tatty 'ead! I say, young woman
Cum 'ed den Well, come on then?
Go 'ed den Well, go on then?
Boogaroff No, please depart
Wudden mind Yes Please
warra yer like? Get away, I am surprised!
Ta, Wack Thanks, I am most grateful

Y'know like meaningless interjection
Ere's yer 'at, wur's de 'urry? Its been nice but I have to go now
Yer wha? Do I hear you correctly?
'avin' a bevvy Having a drink of beer
Council Pop Water
T'sarrahwell Farewell
Sarawak Farewell, sir
I dunno a blind werd 'e sez? I do not understand him
I wanna I want to
Yer wanna You ought to
Worrel? What will?
Give uz some or Gizza lorra A large portion please
A dirty big plate of A VERY large portion please
Yerl get no bevvy 'ere Not a licensed premises
Eh! Dis is blind Scouse! There's no meat in my stew
Muck in - yer at yer grannies Bon Appetit!
I'le mug yer My treat!

Ta mate, do the same when I'm carryin I return the favour when I have money
We wuz playin' We were playing
ollies marbles
jacks 'n ollies Five Stones

casey full sized soccer ball
Allee 'o Tag, played in the alleys
tanner-megger small football
fagger out fielder at cricket
wid de corky real cricket ball
we wuz chuckin' alley-apples throwing stones
Scaldy swimming hole, part of canal warm with industrial effluent
Got no bayden cozzie I have no swim suit
Down de jigger Into this alley
saggin' skewl playing truant
Ee yockered on me He spat at me
Skippin' leckies Illicit riding on trams
Me Ma'll deck ya (If you persist in this) my mother will hit you
Leg it! Lets escape, ******* is coming, run!
Less bunk into de pictures Lets go into the film without paying
Dale, as in dale do They will, They will do
De clock The face
De moey, de gob, cakehole The mouth
Dee ooter, snotter The nose
lugole The ear
dollypegs The legs
er bristlers her bosom
mitts The hands
webs The feet
der t'ingy any object whatsoever
Ee wuz gawpin' wid eyes like 'atpegs He looked surprised
Eyes like pee-oles in de snow Small deep set eyes
Give yer chin a rest Be silent
Purra zip on it Please be silent
Yistiddy Yesterday
thisavvay, disavvy This afternoon
termorrer, t'sermorrer Tomorrow
Gear, de gear Excellent, suitable, satisfactory
Its crackin' de flags The weather is hot (flags = flagstones)
Cold enuff fer two purra bootlaces The weather is very cold
Gorran 'ead as big as Birkened Rather self assured

Queer as a nine bob note Buys clothes in fashion shops
Ee lewks like de 'unchback of Knotty Ash Of a rather grotesque appearance
Gorra mouf like a parish oven Rather talkative
Ee's a gud skin An agreeable fellow
Yer gorra cob on

hehe. It sounds like you have an accent that I would have trouble understanding. It sounds like I would like it though.. :D

It sounds cool. I don't think I said very many of those right. lol

A very brief course in Scouse ,,,,,,,(liverpool talk)


Now,,,i can read all of these,let me know if u have trouble.....Say it as it looks..:hula:

Ullo dur! Greetings! Pleased to make your aquaintance
Wack Sir
Yis Yes
Antwaccky Dead Old; Ancient
Any Road Anyways, whatever
Arse Bandit, Shirt lifter Homosexual
Oldies Old People

Bummin' Begging
Darrafact Is that so?
Eye Wipe! You have been proved to be incorrect!
Binbagged Thrown out by your bird
Gisalite Could you oblige me with a match please?
Ay ay I Say!
La I say, young man
Ere, tatty 'ead! I say, young woman
Cum 'ed den Well, come on then?
Go 'ed den Well, go on then?
Boogaroff No, please depart
Wudden mind Yes Please
warra yer like? Get away, I am surprised!
Ta, Wack Thanks, I am most grateful

Y'know like meaningless interjection
Ere's yer 'at, wur's de 'urry? Its been nice but I have to go now
Yer wha? Do I hear you correctly?
'avin' a bevvy Having a drink of beer
Council Pop Water
T'sarrahwell Farewell
Sarawak Farewell, sir
I dunno a blind werd 'e sez? I do not understand him
I wanna I want to
Yer wanna You ought to
Worrel? What will?
Give uz some or Gizza lorra A large portion please
A dirty big plate of A VERY large portion please
Yerl get no bevvy 'ere Not a licensed premises
Eh! Dis is blind Scouse! There's no meat in my stew
Muck in - yer at yer grannies Bon Appetit!
I'le mug yer My treat!

Ta mate, do the same when I'm carryin I return the favour when I have money
We wuz playin' We were playing
ollies marbles
jacks 'n ollies Five Stones

casey full sized soccer ball
Allee 'o Tag, played in the alleys
tanner-megger small football
fagger out fielder at cricket
wid de corky real cricket ball
we wuz chuckin' alley-apples throwing stones
Scaldy swimming hole, part of canal warm with industrial effluent
Got no bayden cozzie I have no swim suit
Down de jigger Into this alley
saggin' skewl playing truant
Ee yockered on me He spat at me
Skippin' leckies Illicit riding on trams
Me Ma'll deck ya (If you persist in this) my mother will hit you
Leg it! Lets escape, ******* is coming, run!
Less bunk into de pictures Lets go into the film without paying
Dale, as in dale do They will, They will do
De clock The face
De moey, de gob, cakehole The mouth
Dee ooter, snotter The nose
lugole The ear
dollypegs The legs
er bristlers her bosom
mitts The hands
webs The feet
der t'ingy any object whatsoever
Ee wuz gawpin' wid eyes like 'atpegs He looked surprised
Eyes like pee-oles in de snow Small deep set eyes
Give yer chin a rest Be silent
Purra zip on it Please be silent
Yistiddy Yesterday
thisavvay, disavvy This afternoon
termorrer, t'sermorrer Tomorrow
Gear, de gear Excellent, suitable, satisfactory
Its crackin' de flags The weather is hot (flags = flagstones)
Cold enuff fer two purra bootlaces The weather is very cold
Gorran 'ead as big as Birkened Rather self assured

Queer as a nine bob note Buys clothes in fashion shops
Ee lewks like de 'unchback of Knotty Ash Of a rather grotesque appearance
Gorra mouf like a parish oven Rather talkative
Ee's a gud skin An agreeable fellow
Yer gorra cob on


OMG Red:
I am in so much trouble if this is how it is going to be when I am in sheffield.
Might need you to do me a bit of a dictionary on all this. I am cutting and pasting this puppy into my save my brain list. hehehe
I have notice when we talk on the phone he does speak really fast and some times I just go, "dear you really need to slow down a bit", he laughs and slows down for a bit but old habits are hard.
I love his saying
Blok =guy
Piss off= go away (silly)
Bloody hell= just like is sounds
but I am in for a treat I can see. lol

In these here parts, we talk with a Hoosier drawl and say sech thangs as "cattywampus", "Lord a mercy", "fly that flage", "feed that doge" or "we're gonna have some weather" if it looks like bad weather.

Jes' down-home farm talk, I done reckon.

But it don't make no never-mind to folks in these here parts.

OK I get asked what kind of accent I have. A few guys I know asked to you have an uber sexy canadian voice.

My reply is sorry guy, I don't have an accent that I know of.
LMAO

What is your accent?
Grave. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent)

You know that isn't funny, don't you?

You know that isn't funny, don't you?
Your mom isn't funny, so hmph.

umm....people from where I live would almost blend right into Michigan...:p

Everyone says Long Islanders have an accent. I don't think I have the typical Long Island accent though. When I travel people can never pinpoint where I am from.

You know you're a Long Islander if:

You know what Save the Oak Beach Inn bumper stickers are all about.
(That should actually read, simply, Save the O.B.I. All true Long Islanders know O.B.I. stands for the Oak Beach Inn.)

You understand the phrase going up-island.

You go to the beach right after school -- even in the dead of winter.

You live in the shadow of the greatest city in the world, but you almost never go there.

When you're away from Long Island, you love it and when you're home, you don't.

You think if you're not from Long Island or NYC, you're not really from New York.

You know the exact point at which Queens turns into Nassau simply on intuition.

You also know where Nassau County become Suffolk County.

You don't go to Manhattan, you go to "The City."

You never realize you have an accent till you leave.

Everything north of the Bronx is "upstate."

At some point in your life you've gone clamming.

Either your parents or your grandparents lived in the city.

You'd pay $11.50 for a movie.

You don't live in Long Island. You live ON Long Island.

You know where the Commack Motor Inn is.

Your distant future might involve the state of Florida.

You can correctly pronounce places like Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, Wantagh, Mineola, Islandia, Massapequa, Patchogue.

You know the location of 6 malls and a dozen McDonalds and 36 7-11's.

You never, ever want to "change at Jamaica."

You've tried to find the Amityville Horror house.

No, you don't want mustard on that burger!!

You can't understand why a diner would ever close.

You've had a seagull poop on your car.

You have or someone you know has fallen asleep on the LIRR and ended up in one of these three places; Babylon, Port Washington or Hicksville. Or worse yet, Speonk. Can you pronounce that?

You went to an elementary school that promoted dodge ball as the number 1 game among children 7-13.

You know White Castle is terrible for you and it gives you a stomach ache, but you periodically "Get the Crave."

You think that somehow, the Jets and Giants still play in New York.

You've missed that "Drunk Train," the 2:42 out of Penn, and had the dreaded wait until 5:30.

You or someone you know has owned an animal that came from North Shore Animal League.

You've never taken an MTA bus.

The Long Island Expressway isn't really as bad as everybody thinks.

You don't associate Fire Island with gay men.

You know which parts of the Godfather were filmed on Long Island.

You've paid a $10 cover charge to get into a bar, but got nothing for it.

You miss whiffle ball and running through sprinklers.

Billy Joel said it best, "either you date a rich girl from the North Shore, or a cool girl from the South Shore."

You don't really see the big deal about the Hamptons, unless you got smashed at the Bordy Barn.

When people ask "where are you from?" you answer Long-Guy-Land and automatically assume everyone in the world knows that answer means New York.

The Belt Parkway sucks!

You've been stuck in a traffic jam for more than 2 hours (without moving).

Your parents took you to All American, Nathans or Carvel (on the way home from the beach).

You don't have to go far to see your family.

You remember Grumman.

You know the color of the water at Jones Beach is not BLUE!

You were upset when all the Roy Rogers turned into Wendy's and Arby's closed for good.

You can spout off all the LIRR stops between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma.

Paying $35 for a haircut doesn't sound so crazy.

You think the people from Brooklyn are "da wunz dat tawk wit a accent."

You went sledding in the sumps.

You knew of Massapequa before the Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco nightmare.

You think going to Queens is a hike.

The first time you heard the term "Long Island Iced Tea" you were somewhere else and you laughed.

When you live somewhere else and are astounded to see that people actually stop at yellow lights.

When you just sort of presume that wherever you live, you'll be able to find good delis, good pizza, and good bagels.

You can name at least three bands that came from Long Island.

No word ends in an ER, just an AH.

oh so like Cah for car.
hehe

No, that's Boston. Watah for water and buttah for butter though. I don't speak that way, maybe because as the child of immigrants I was taught to be careful about pronunciation.

ohhh alright. hehe.
oh words that end in -er you say with an -ah.

So like, fender = fendah and camper = campah
hehe. That sounds neat.

how do you say car?

Share you're sayings/ accents/ or pronuciations from wherever you are from and if you don't think you have any, check it out online and you'll be surprised.
I've been told on various occasions of my supposed accents. Russian, British, German, New Yorker, and others. Apparently I have a strange voice that greatly changes with my mood, volume, and inflection, but my normal speaking voice is unadulterated American English and I disregard the people that say otherwise. I don't have any out-of-the-ordinary sayings or habits, but those around me do.

I'm a Texan raised by a family of New Yorkers, in a large town full of people from all over the world. I run into tongues from as far as Korea to as close as Guatemala and everything in between (IOW, not Texans with redneck accents). But, the majority of the population in Texas fails to pronounce the g's at the end of most words (goin', walkin', runnin'), calls any form of soda "Coke" (What kind of coke you want?), always asks "Howdy, how are you?" and addresses you with "sir, ma'am," and can often be found using "please and thank you" to a painfully often extent.

"Ya'll" which is a bastardized contraction of "you all" is fairly commonplace, and other than that I can't think of any more just yet.