Rural Californians have quirks, too.

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Mar 20, 2013
10:16:15am

SteveOrr

Rural Californians have quirks, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2QdYBVzs1o

The Kardashian vocal fry & surfer-dude accents aren't even regional.

The vocal fry is just something that all normal, shy kids do. The Kardashians somehow made it trendy.

The surfer-dude accent is more a collection of slang associated with a lifestyle. I've met people who speak that way in Virginia. Something similar has happened with hip-hop.

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SteveOrr

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I strongly dislike the Utah accent...

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:06am

Bummer that Dave Rose couldn't "Sill the Dill" with Jabari Parker.

Iman23

3/20/13 8:09am

^^^This....LOL

pistol12

3/20/13 8:21am

Next time, ask her who Mel is, and accuse her of having an affair.

rbeers78

3/20/13 8:30am

"And then I says to him...". I hate that.

3/20/13 8:28am

That's text book right there.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:42am

Many years ago, a woman from church told me I didn't sound like I had grown up

SoFL Coug

3/20/13 8:10am

Most of the "Utahisms" that get talked about on this board...

Tokolosh

3/20/13 8:10am

I should clarify, it's mainly rural Utah. Pioneer stock types.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:14am

Rural anywhere is going to have their speech issues.

Walter Bellhaven

3/20/13 8:32am

RE: Most of the "Utahisms" that get talked about on this board...

85fan

3/20/13 9:15am

Lived in Utah my whole life and I've never heard most of those that way.

Walter Bellhaven

3/20/13 8:11am

I don't think you're correct.

aplusfan

3/20/13 8:11am

Americans generally do not annunciate T's. Not just Utahns.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:13am

It's called a "glottal stop" and its very exaggerated in Utah, they credit this

snowbird

3/20/13 8:15am

Leave Toole. Problem solved.

srey

3/20/13 8:12am

I've lived in Utah my whole life as well, grew up in St. George, or is it Jarge?

rbeers78

3/20/13 8:13am

To be fair, those who pronounce them that way also spell them that way.

John Doe

3/20/13 8:46am

LOL, my kids always tease their Idaho cousins about pellow and melk.

3/20/13 8:13am

It may be more of a rural pioneer settlement thing than a Utah thing.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:15am

So unless people do things your way, they're doing it wrong?

srey

3/20/13 8:18am

What? I never said it was wrong. I said I didn't like it. Now go back to

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:23am

"It's not OK." = I don't like it? I think most people would agree that

srey

3/20/13 8:29am

^^^ speaks with the accent ^^^

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:28am

Nope. I'm a linguist, and enunciate sounds very clearly.

srey

3/20/13 8:30am

You mean that place you call home? Remind me what part of hickville

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:38am

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srey

3/20/13 8:52am

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Zach Morris

3/20/13 9:00am

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srey

3/20/13 9:11am

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Abe Froman

3/20/13 8:19am

"Eees a good goy= He's a good guy" Oh man, this one is the worst.

snowbird

3/20/13 8:15am

Thank you! Someone understands.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:18am

Hi, I'm Chelsea. "Oh it's great to me you, Chelt-see."

snowbird

3/20/13 8:31am

Haha....spot on

pistol12

3/20/13 8:37am

I have never heard the Utah accent, don't believe it really exists

jes2332

3/20/13 8:16am

It's real and it's awful.

snowbird

3/20/13 8:20am

Definitely exists

GulfCoastcoug

3/20/13 8:23am

Better not let Sray ^^^ see your opinion.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:41am

of course it does. there's one for every area of the world.

Belboz

3/20/13 9:24am

I can't stand it.

Superkid

3/20/13 8:17am

See another witness in the thread ^^^ it does exist.

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:19am

Spyencer and Yemily disagree.

vacougfan

3/20/13 8:18am

Isn't it Spent-sir?

Superkid

3/20/13 8:21am

Yep. Spent-sir. That's right.

pistol12

3/20/13 8:27am

That seems more like the Northern Midwest accent to me

Y alum MD

3/20/13 8:23am

What state's accent to you like the most?

Otara

3/20/13 8:26am

Probably California, outside of the surfer dude and Kardashian

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:32am

RE: Probably California, outside of the surfer dude and Kardashian

deejo

3/20/13 8:44am

Rural Californians have quirks, too.

SteveOrr

3/20/13 10:16am

The BEST example of the Utah/Mormon accent can be heard every 6 months

pistol12

3/20/13 8:27am

Winner!!! That horrible, whispery, breathy way or speaking. Why don't they

SoFL Coug

3/20/13 8:37am

Ignrnt as opposed to belligerent.

smilemaker

3/20/13 8:29am

Melk and pellow are the worst. It's mIlk! I want to smack people.

Byu Badger

3/20/13 8:35am

That must be isolated to your wife's family. I don't hear people talk like that.

John Doe

3/20/13 8:40am

Yeah you're right, it's just my family. And everyone else's in the thread that

Zach Morris

3/20/13 8:46am

You do have a point. I don't live in or have family in the hick towns Utah. But

John Doe

3/20/13 8:52am

Yeah , you cultured folks from Spanish fork and Davis county wouldn't

Zach Morris

3/20/13 2:05pm

That's "Spanish Fark" to you.

John Doe

3/20/13 3:34pm

What a great Christ-like thing to discuss

JEStout62

3/20/13 8:42am

you're easily bothered then, it's a pretty weak accent

fattycoug

3/20/13 8:44am

You're going to have to specify which region you are talking about, because I

Y-er

3/20/13 8:47am

For a nice example of what Morris is referring to, the guy doing the Maverick

SparseMesh

3/20/13 8:52am

Its a rural intermountain west accent

AtlantaMark

3/20/13 9:19am

This, more than anything...

TapRackBang

3/20/13 9:24am

Never been to that part of Utah.

devanwestover

3/20/13 9:50am

Either your description of it is terrible or you're exaggerating quite a bit.

Caboom

3/20/13 10:07am

RE: I strongly dislike the Utah accent...

Doctore

3/22/13 1:08pm

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