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Midwestern or Upper Northern dialects or accents of American English are any of those associated with the Midwestern region of the United States, and they include: . General American English, the most widely perceived "mainstream" American English accent, sometimes considered "Midwestern" in character, particularly prior to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift.
North-Central American English is an American English dialect, or dialect in formation, native to the Upper Midwestern United States, an area that somewhat overlaps with speakers of the separate Inland Northern dialect situated more in the eastern Great Lakes region. [1]
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be used to represent sound correspondences among various accents and dialects of the English language. These charts give a diaphoneme for each sound, followed by its realization in different dialects. The symbols for the diaphonemes are given in bold, followed by their most common phonetic values.
This 20th-century St. Louis accent's separating quality from the rest of the Midland is its strong resistance to the cot–caught merger and the most advanced development of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift (NCS). [41] In the 20th century, Greater St. Louis therefore became a mix of Midland accents and Inland Northern (Chicago-like) accents.
Josh O’Connor Studied YouTube Videos and Traveled to Colorado to Nail His Midwestern Accent in Sundance Drama ‘Rebuilding’ Zack Sharf January 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Regional dialects in North America are historically the most strongly differentiated along the Eastern seaboard, due to distinctive speech patterns of urban centers of the American East Coast like Boston, New York City, and certain Southern cities, all of these accents historically noted by their London-like r-dropping (called non-rhoticity), a feature gradually receding among younger ...
Jon Hamm, who plays sheriff Roy Tillman in Season 5, grew up in St. Louis, which he says carries with it “a somewhat diluted version of the Upper Midwestern accent.”
Suze Orman – "broad, Midwestern accent" [72] Iggy Pop – "plainspoken Midwestern accent" [73] Paul Ryan – "may be the first candidate on a major presidential ticket to feature some of the Great Lakes vowels prominently" [74] Michael Symon – "Michael Symon's local accent gives him an honest, working-class vibe" [75]