I'm in a play and need to do this accent! PLEASE HELP! INCLUDE PRONOUNCIATIONS OF LETTERS AND COMMON WORDS! THANKS
2007-01-09 07:07:45 · 6 answers · asked by Caroline O 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
lol! I live in Michigan and I know from friends in California and Florida that it is all up in the nose. Think nasally. I found a website that gives some pronunciations of words from actual Michiganders. (i don't know if i agree with all of them lol, but the majority is correct) http://www.michigannative.com/ (go to "Michigan Accent") this website also gives some phrases that we michigan people use. You can also go to http://web.ku.edu/idea/northamerica/usa/michigan/michigan.htm and download some free samples of Michigan people talking. You might be able to practice then! Hope this helps you! And good luck!
2007-01-09 09:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by BroadwayStar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To tell you the truth, most Midwesterners speak the most un-accented of all the regions in the US. If you wanted to pick a place with an accent, try either Chicago ( http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/speech/dialects/chicago/index.html ), Minnesota (see the movie Fargo), or Wisconsin.
Most of my extended family is from Michigan and I can say that they really don't have an accent (like most newscasters across the country).
More info here: http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=find&language=english
2007-01-09 15:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by professortig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of the "that 70's show" mom. she does a good midwestern accent(albeit a bit overdone). strong long nasaly As.
2007-01-09 21:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by dali333 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could help you if you gave an example of some of the lines you have, but it's kinda hard to just randomly tell you this is how you say whatever word..
2007-01-09 15:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by smartee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha, okay, it's not too hard. Just over enunciate everything (ex: New Orleans becomes New OrLEENS). Nasally is good, but don't overdo it.
2007-01-10 16:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by booda2009 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am from michigan and its all about slang here if you learn the slang it will all start coming naturally
2007-01-12 18:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋