[net.nlang] Sioux-ry

ejnorman@uwmacc.UUCP (Eric Norman) (01/07/86)

In article <2487@amdahl.UUCP> gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett) asks:
  
> other North Dakotans out there (perhaps at ndsuvax, the only Usenet-
> registered site in North Dakota) who can tell me if this type
> of accent is typical out there?  And perhaps some Canadians

My father was from North Dakota.  The only word I ever noticed he
pronounces with an accent is "sorry", which he pronounces "soowry".
His parents both came over on the boat from Sweden, I don't know
how significant that is.
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