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The Michigan Accent

The Michigan Accent . “Michigander Slang Words”. 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. In Michigan we…. ...go tuh the store, not "to" it.

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The Michigan Accent

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  1. The Michigan Accent “Michigander Slang Words”

  2. 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

  3. In Michigan we…. ...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."

  4. 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.

  5. "Well, how am I supposed to say it?" This comes out sounding like, "Well, how my spose'ta' sayit'?"

  6. Ja-eat? Did you eat?

  7. Yuh guys you guys

  8. Lookit! Look at it! check this out!

  9. Secretariah State Secretary of state

  10. Where at? Where? We end many sentences in prepositions such as “at”

  11. Grranrapids Grand Rapids

  12. AK-cidih accident

  13. aeh Narbor Ann Arbor

  14. Ashfault Asphalt

  15. bolth both

  16. Char-LOTT Charlotte

  17. Ciddy city

  18. cloze clothes

  19. CAHL-yum column

  20. COMF-terbul comfortable

  21. Cahngriss congress

  22. C’Meer Come Here

  23. Cranz crayons

  24. crick creek

  25. Deeah or Dayaahd Dad

  26. DiTROI Detroit

  27. drownded drowned

  28. Eeeevs Traaaf eavestrough

  29. FI-yerr Fire

  30. FREVer Forever

  31. Frigerraider Refrigerator

  32. GoverMit Government

  33. grage garage

  34. GROSHries groceries

  35. Haahkee hockey

  36. Hunnerd Hundred

  37. I-munna I’m going to..

  38. KI-nuh kind of

  39. LayKEERie Lake Erie

  40. Lie-berry Library

  41. liVONEya Livonia

  42. maahm mom

  43. Melk milk

  44. Mier or meer mirror

  45. muskeeda mosquito

  46. NUKE-yuller nuclear

  47. Pah-neeack Pontiac

  48. pahp pop

  49. pellow pillow

  50. reeelatur realtor

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