Better Pronunciation Question

[YourFoxyGrandma]

I'm pretty sure that I say both. Is that weird?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

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It's a little more like a mix between "aboot" and "abote," closer to "abote."

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm pretty sure that I say both. Is that weird?

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No. This is normal.

[DasLeben]

I think I switch back and forth. I might say "route" as in "root," but "enroute" with "out."

[stinkypete]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

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you can't hear it cuz you say it yourself.

[stretch22]

I'm from MN I voted route rhymes with drought. Only old hockey players and moms with a lot of decorative birdhouses in their kitchens and cookies in the oven really talk like that.

[spamuell]

Root and it's our language so you speech-butchering bastards across the pond had better listen.

[Slow Play Ray]

i don't do polls, but real quick - coupon: is it Q-PON or KOO-PON?

[spamuell]

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i don't do polls, but real quick - coupon: is it Q-PON or KOO-PON?

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Is the little grey box in which your message is reproduced entitled "coute"?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm from MN I voted route rhymes with drought. Only old hockey players and moms with a lot of decorative birdhouses in their kitchens and cookies in the oven really talk like that.

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You live in the southern part of the state (now WI, and before probably somewhere around The Cities in MN?). It's not so much down there as it is the Iron Range in MN and north of Hwy 29 in WI (maybe further north than that). Of course there are varying degrees of accents even within the communities. I'm originally from Superior and my wife from Hurley and we're both lucky enough to not have much of the accent. We both say these things the 'normal' way (broadcast English 'non-accent'), but every once in a while, a good "oat in a boat" slips out when we get excited. We've since moved away and have lived in different parts of the country and when we go back, the accent is plain as day (especially when we visit her hometown). One of her good friends growing up is a cute little thing, but when she opens up her mouth, out comes the craziest yooper accent you would never expect to come out of her mouth.