I’m assuming you had your shots before bowling and a hot bleach shower after picking up a sixer at the Casey’s across the road to celebrate.
Seriously, congrats on the 700 series!
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I’m assuming you had your shots before bowling and a hot bleach shower after picking up a sixer at the Casey’s across the road to celebrate.
Seriously, congrats on the 700 series!
I’m not sure why, but people from Northeast Iowa have stronger “northern” accent than people from North Central/western Iowa. I suspect it’s the Wisconsin influence.
I noticed it at ISU. I’m from a tiny town in the Osage area and lived one year with buddy’s from Osage, Cresco, and New Hampton (attended those high schools anyway). The guys from Cresco and New Hampton had really pronounced accents compared to the guys from farther west. I have a lot of college buddies from Okoboji and they also don’t have the accent as heavily.
Now that I live in NEIA, I’m aware (from friends in DSM) that my accent has thickened. My wife is basically Marge Gunderson, but she grew up in NEIA and has always been more that way than me.
I noticed it at ISU. I’m from a tiny town in the Osage area and lived one year with buddy’s from Osage, Cresco, and New Hampton (attended those high schools anyway). The guys from Cresco and New Hampton had really pronounced accents compared to the guys from farther west. I have a lot of college buddies from Okoboji and they also don’t have the accent as heavily.
Now that I live in NEIA, I’m aware (from friends in DSM) that my accent has thickened. My wife is basically Marge Gunderson, but she grew up in NEIA and has always been more that way than me.
People in NE and far Eastern Iowa think they live in the Chicagoland area. That's where they get it.
Disagree, it’s not a Chicago-type accent. Mostly a Minnesotan accent, with just a little more nasal sound like a Wisconsin accent would be.
Not in far NE Iowa. Very little Chicago influence there. NE IA and SE MN are pretty tied to Wisconsin. I think that’s the accent you get there. A cross between Minnesota and Wisconsin with that plain Iowa thing thrown in.
Eddyville is really in Wapello county, the county line is right north of town.
Growing up in the bottom tier of counties, I never noticed that we spoke with a southern drawl, until we moved south of Storm Lake. After living there for a couple of years, I began to notice the difference when we came home for visits.
When you hear it every day of your life, it becomes normal to you, and only after you leave do you start to hear the difference.
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I'm not talking about Chicago Bear Superfan accents. I'm talking about more of a Dave Kaplan type accent. I've heard a lot of that, and Wisconsin, in NE and far Eastern Iowa. New Hampton is for sure more Wisconinish though. That's more like the Busch Light guy or Chris From Green Bay. Either way, it's annoying as fu##.
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I don't understand why people call into sports talk radio so much. Not sure if it's to hear their voice on the radio or they think they are semi famous or something. Not really sure what the deal is with it. I can't even listen to sports talk radio. Marty ruined that for me.
But it can discredit or add complete garbage to your show. I’ve called in a few times to murph and Andy, years ago, and I can promise you I added nothing but garbage.
I worked a large construction project in Houston that had much of the labor force coming in from Louisiana. It took me a solid week to understand my contractor's QC guy.
Also, when I go home, I'm told I sound Southern. Down here, everyone immediately calls me a Yankee when they hear me speak.
But what would we do without Anthony calling in?
I’ll hang up and listen and uh.. go hawks.
Except almost the entirety of callers on local sports shows are horribly awkward and cringeworthy, and rarely equate to much more than someone saying "how about that game, pretty good, huh?" with the occasional person asking what time and channel the next game is on. I can't really think of any content that wouldn't be better.
At least the New Sharon guy gives some excitement because he seems to be on the verge of saying something totally inappropriate at any given second.
