Yooper Talkin...

[BargeMonkey]

 Who ever changed the posts to sound like a "yooper" has made my night. The guys I work with on the boat always say "I talk funny" but my accent is no where near up there. I worked with a crew years ago on a tug crewed with yoopers, came home after 3 months sayin Eh' and the current wife at the time almost killed me... lol.. 

[Dave Shepard]

 :D

[M_S_S]

Lol when I was in the Army many moons ago I spent 5 months on the east coast. I had some friends from New England, Mass, Vermont and New Hampshire, Lol me being from the left coast I had a hell of a time understanding them. One had had a caw, I found out later he was talking about his car lol. Also had friends from Texas and Ark, they were easier to understand cause I went thru grade school with a bunch of kids from Arkansas.  Of course the New England guys thought I sounded funny too lol. ED

[KyLogger]

Bein' from the Mtns. of E. Ky, everybody that aint from here sounds funny! Or is it that to everybody that aint from here thinks we sound weird?.......Hmmmmm.....the chicken and the egg......the chicken and the egg.......

I worked with some guys from N. WV and I could hardly understand some of their slang, or terminology. I have also been around some people from PA and NE Ohio (where I went to college) and MAN! Did they talk funny! Watching "American Loggers" is brutally painful! In what universe is a loader or shovel called a freakin CRANE!!!!! A crane is a big tall thingie with cables runnin everywhere!

Tom

[Alcranb]

I didn't realize the folks outside New England talked funny until I went to college in upstate New Yok. Man did I get my cookies busted over our accent. Btw M_S_S we still have caws and most pakin metas take quatas.

[thecfarm]

We use to get people from away to work on the robots at work. The guys at work would always hunt me down so I could talk to the guys from away. I thought they sounded funny too.  ;D

[Alexanderthelate]

I had one guy tell me that I was hard to understand. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, I understand me just fine.  ???

[luvmexfood]

Yep. With the different accents and slang sometimes you would think we came from a different country. Told one guy one day I was going to go get a pop and did he want one. He had no clue till I said Pepsi. His reply was "oh you mean a soda".

But one thing I think we can agree on. Those women from the south with that true southern drawl. They can really keep your attention.

Funny story meaning I guess I'm getting old. Had a presidential visit to the airport where I worked from the current president. We had a drink machine in our firehall and would buy the drinks on sale at a local grocery store and sell them for 50 cents. Still made enough profit to keep the firehall stocked with mayo, mustard, ketshup etc. Anyway, one Secret Service agent came in and could not believe it. He had never bought a "pop" for 50 cents. Left carrying several.

[mad murdock]

Dang! When was yooper night? I missed it again  :( reminds me of being back in the Northwoods, where I grew up. Chet is the master!

[SliverPicker]

Holy whuh!

[Huskstihl]

It was fun to see all my previous posts had been "yooperized"

[thenorthman]

And here I thought everyone forgot how to spell.
 
People ask me if I'm from California, say we sound like surfers dude... of course the native warshingtonians get all offended, even though we do kinda sound like surfers... especially when drunk... 

Most don't realize the best surfing in the continental US is in Warshington, but who's counting right.