Iowans now have accents...

**BKLYNCyclone** · 07-08-2010, 06:55 AM

I've noticed the same phenomena. In the past 6-7 years I think that Iowa has developed some sort of hybrid redneck accent... I think a lot of it has to do with how it became "chic" to embrace redneck philosophies. (oxymoron if there ever was one) I find myself doing it out here a bit in NYC because I like rejecting the Manhattan east coast culture. However, when I went home to visit I was slightly shocked about how the "good old boy" culture had expanded. Seems like maybe people are taking it too far now.

**intrepid27** · 07-08-2010, 06:56 AM

If you listen hard enough every small region has some unique accents. I grew up near Carroll and once met a man in Maryland who talked to me for 10 minutes and then told me I was from West Central Iowa. He had drove Greyhound bus for 25+ years and said he made a habit of studying speech patterns.

**colbycheese** · 07-08-2010, 07:05 AM

I have some family that lives in Nooort Daakoota eh. They got ****** when I brought up the movie Fargo in discussion. They said they don't talk anything like what was shown in the movie. I couldn't help but laugh out loud as they gave this argument in one of the strongest northern Midwestern accents you can imagine. The Coen bro's hit the nail on the head wit dat movie der doncha know.

**BKLYNCyclone** · 07-08-2010, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by colbycheese

I have some family that lives in Nooort Daakoota eh. They got ****** when I brought up the movie Fargo in discussion. They said they don't talk anything like what was shown in the movie. I couldn't help but laugh out loud as they gave this argument in one of the strongest northern Midwestern accents you can imagine. The Coen bro's hit the nail on the head wit dat movie der doncha know.

ya der hey!

**WalkingCY** · 07-08-2010, 07:28 AM

New Yorkers - sounds like "New Yok" The "r" in york is very faint...and yo is really enunciated...and york itself is quickly said after "new"

Boston - sounds like: "Bah-sten" Wicked 'had' - core." Or, get in the "cah." (car)

yeah....their different. Crazy northeast.

**mcblogerson** · 07-08-2010, 07:32 AM

Not so much an accent as the use of redneck language, but without the southern drawl.

**Arkansas** · 07-08-2010, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Everyone has an accent. It's all relative.

I was just getting ready to post this as well. It's funny how some people really believe they don't have an accent but the rest of the country does.

**Al_4_State** · 07-08-2010, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by colbycheese

When I lived in Iowa I noticed the accent people would exhibit greatly depended on what part of the state they were from. It seems that the Ames/Des Moines area (central IA) had the least accent. As you went north and/or west it progressively became a northern Midwestern accent. As you went south it became similar to a Missourian accent (which is much different than most southern accents btw). If you went southeast the rate of speech slowed to rival southern Illinois/southern Indiana/Kentucky.

I grew up on the MN border. Once you crossed the border it was obvious because of the immediate change in accents.

I moved from Iowa to North Carolina in 2008. The Raleigh area is a melting pot of American accents so I've heard many since moving here. I also had the opportunity to see a speech I gave on video. I never thought I had much of an accent but I was surprised to find that I had such a strong northern Midwestern accent. Now I can't help but think about that when I talk to my family members (who have the same accent I've noticed).

Lastly, it's "pop" not "soda" or "Coke", and there is not "R" in wash. The whole pop/soda thing bugs me living in the south. Nobody gets that north of the Mason-Dixon line (minus the northeast) that it is called pop.

Me too. There's a definite difference between Northern Iowa and Southern MN.

Also, a weird thing I've noticed is that people from Northeastern Iowa have more pronounced Minnesotan accents than people from Northcentral or Northwestern Iowa. It's like they get acted on by being close to both Minnesota AND Wisconsin.

**isuno1fan** · 07-08-2010, 07:54 AM

This pseudo southern accent is spoken by the Tavernhawks.

**BKLYNCyclone** · 07-08-2010, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Me too. There's a definite difference between Northern Iowa and Southern MN.

Also, a weird thing I've noticed is that people from Northeastern Iowa have more pronounced Minnesotan accents than people from Northcentral or Northwestern Iowa. It's like they get acted on by being close to both Minnesota AND Wisconsin.

It's true... (I'm from NE Iowa). I think it has to do with the strong Scandinavian ancestral roots in NE Iowa. Ever been to Decorah? There high school mascot couldn't be more appropriate... (vikings for anyone not familiar)

**Cydkar** · 07-08-2010, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by BKLYNCyclone

I've noticed the same phenomena. In the past 6-7 years I think that Iowa has developed some sort of hybrid redneck accent... I think a lot of it has to do with how it became "chic" to embrace redneck philosophies. (oxymoron if there ever was one) I find myself doing it out here a bit in NYC because I like rejecting the Manhattan east coast culture. However, when I went home to visit I was slightly shocked about how the "good old boy" culture had expanded. Seems like maybe people are taking it too far now.

I have no idea what you are talking about. What do you mean embracing redneck philosophies?

**Cyclones_R_GR8** · 07-08-2010, 08:02 AM

I grew up in Ct. and went to ISU and never left the midwest. People in the midwest say they can hear an east coast accent and people out east say I talk like a midwesterner. So I guess I'm sort of some hybrid.