# Michigan accents

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505 "2022-04-26T21:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505/41 "2023-03-29T17:16:21Z")

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I once came across an interesting dialect quiz that’s supposedly able to narrow down your origins (or at least your speech influences, based on geography. It correctly nailed me down to within 50 miles of my birthplace.

[The U.S. Dialect Quiz: How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - The New York Times (nytimes.com)](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?mtrref=www.cyburbia.org&gwh=BA89C9D609E6395403489275FFD1CB12&gwt=pay&assetType=PAYWALL)

This is paywalled unfortunately, but maybe some nice person with access could include a gift link

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505/42 "2023-03-29T17:37:14Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> Yoopers have a very obvious accent.

Most definitely, eh? 😃

If someone wants to know how they talk in the UP, simply watch the film [Escanaba in da Moonlight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escanaba_in_da_Moonlight). The actors do a perfect job with the accent, and Daniels got maximum mileage from all the UP stereotypes.

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**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michigan-accents/963505/43 "2023-04-04T12:14:31Z")

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> [@Cardigan](#):
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> This is paywalled unfortunately, but maybe some nice person with access could include a gift link

Not sure if this link would work:

> **[How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?smid=pl-share)**
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> What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

I didn’t see an option to “send a gift link” when I accessed it.  
(U.S. Dialect Quiz on [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com))

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