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So, as many of you know, I am originally from Arizona and my co-host on Weekend Live, Chris Papst, is originally from Pennsylvania.  Naturally we speak a little differently, as we’ve found some do in the Midwest too!  ;-)

Some of my favorite Wisconsin-isms are the way people say “bag.”  Instead of bag… it sounds more like “bay-g.”  Now, I’ve also found this is the case with other words like class or "clay-s."  And of course, there’s the upper Midwest version of “about”, which sometimes sounds like people are says, “a boat.”  WHAT!? 

Some of my other fave’s unique to the Midwest are “bubbler” for drinking fountain and “pop” for soda.  It’s interesting to hear and learn how things are said differently around the country.  And, my mom who is from a small farm town in Illinois still says “warsh” instead of “wash.”  It took me many years to correct that one.  In fact, sometimes we’ll be talking on the phone and she’ll be talking about something that happened in “Warshington” and I’ll says, “Where?  What state is that?  I’ve never heard of Warshington!” 

But, there are some other words that Chris and I differ on, which is probably more of a West Coast v. East Coast thing, so I thought I’d get your opinion on the “right” way to say these next few words.  (A little trickier to do since I’m writing and you’re reading).  But, we’ll give it an old fashioned try.

When I say the word “bury” it sounds more like “berry” when describing what one might to this blog if it’s not interesting, just bury it.  However, Chris will say, “bur- ee.”  It’s very funny to hear him say, and it’s not just me, the whole crew has never heard it pronounced that way.  (That’s our unofficial gauge).

Another fun word is “roof.”  Chris actually looked this one up, and as it turns out, I am wrong.  But, I do get a kick out of listening to how other people say this word.  I say “roooooof.”  (kind of like how you’d imitate a dog barking).  However, Chris and the language dictionary say, “rue-f.”  (We’re about 50/50 on the crew poll of how it’s commonly said).

Another one we just stumbled across Saturday morning while taping our promo for Sunday is “syrup.”  Now, I say, “sir-up.”  Chris says “sear-up.”  (We’re about 50/50 on this one too).

And, one last word Chris likes to tease me for saying is “measurable.”  Apparently

sometimes I say “may-sureable,” guess that’s the Wisconsin accent creeping in…