Scented candles and flyover states!

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Yeah, why do y'all hate the Midwest so much? (I'm from the South.)

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I think the accent is one which works like this:

-- if you like the person who is speaking this way, you'll like it

-- if you do not care for the person, their accent will get on your nervew

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Yeah, why do y'all hate the Midwest so much? (I'm from the South.)

The fact is, the gentlewoman in the video is far more famous than anyone posting here will ever be. She's crazy like a fox and, I hope, will be rolling in millions soon. Have fun with your boring, accent-free lives, y'all.

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Thank you. It's good to keep an open mind.

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Thank you. It's good to keep an open mind.

Yes, so please keep an open mind that there are people to whom it sounds annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:Pure comedy gold, people! I'm not sure what I love most -- the flat accent, the gum chewing, the inexplicable obsession with scented candles, or the air quotes. Or, when she takes a sniff of the Peach Bellini candle lid to calm herself down. LOL. However, I really wish she would've somehow managed to work "pop" into the rant a few times!

As funny (and true to life) as a lot this is, I have to come to the defense of my fellow Midwesterners!! Obviously, not everyone in the Midwest acts or sounds like the person on this video. And they are hands down the nicest people anywhere in the country[i].

No, they really are not. I've lived both on the East Coast and in the Midwest, and I personally think this is often said, but not really borne out in personal experience.

Not PP, but I grew up in the Midwest. I think it really depends on where you are in the Midwest v. East Coast. I think most Midwesterners are always more polite than most East Coasters, but not always "nicer." They can be stand-offish and provincial and in their own world. If you move to a lot of Midwestern cities from elsewhere, you will have a hard time making friends.[i][b] Minneapolis, especially, is a place that is socially cold. On the other hand, Chicago gets a big influx of new blood and is both polite and warm.

Most East Coasters strike me as less polite, but warmer and more social and less reserved. A New Yorker is perfectly happy to talk to you and give you an opinion. They might be really blunt about it, but it's meant with honest intentions. Folks in Boston and Philadelphia struck me the same way.

Yes, this has been exactly my experience. See part above where I have bolded. [b] If I was not from the Midwest, they didn't really quite know what to do with me, and so, ignored me. And chose to hang out with other Midwestern people.

This is true even if you move cities within the Midwest.

I have found this even in Chicago. Once there ("the capital of the Midwest," as I like to call it), Wisconsin people love to meet other Wisconsin people, Michigan people love to meet other Michigan people, Ohio people love to meet other Ohio people. "You went to Northern Eastern Southern Western Illinois State? Wow, so did I! And so did Katie, and Sarah, and Melissa, and Jen!! Oh, you? You are from Virginia? Where is that? Did you grow up on a cotton plantation? Ha ha, I am hilarious [everyone from the Midwest, none of whom have been to VA, laugh] Oh, Jen! I wanted to tell you a funny story about someone from our hometown! Bye, VA person!"

Not the PPs, but how is that different from any other area of the country? I have heard those same conversations in California, Boston, you name it. Don't most people like it when they meet others who went to their same school, or are from the same area? I don't see why you think this is specific to the Midwest.

The difference is that in many places in the Midwest, people are hostile to making new friends. If you haven't known them forever, you aren't going to make friends with them. They've lived in the same place forever. They have hung out with the same people forever. They are not social with people who are new to the area. They aren't really friendly people. If you move to a mid-size city like Indianapolis or Minneapolis of St. Louis, you will have a hell of a time meeting people or making connections because they are so hostile to outsiders.

I kind of wonder what sort of attitude you brought to the table, whether it was intentional or not. I am from Minnesota originally, and have lots of friends still there (including Minneapolis), and they're not particularly snobbish or exclusive (and in the case of several very close friends, they're maybe too warm initially). They're like most everyone else: sometimes looking for new friends, sometimes preoccupied with other things.

Nah. It wasn't just me. In fact, while I was there, the Star-Tribune ran a lengthy article about how hard it is for out of state people to move to the Twin Cities, because the Twin Cities is so stand-offish. It was met with huge amounts of outrage from their readers.

You can claim "Minnesota Nice" all you want, but "God's Frozen People" is more like it.

And I still maintain (NP here) that Chicago-ans can be like this too. They like to claim they are a metropolitan town, but they are like a large small town. So many of them came from the Midwest originally, they bring this attitude with them. And they like to bond with each other when they all meet up in Chi-town. And they like to travel, yes, but it's to places like the Gulf Coast of Florida or the Caribbean (b/c, you know, directly flights from Midway and O'Hare).

You do realize that there's a difference between Schaumberg or Naperville, and the city of Chicago? And while your average tourist on Michigan Avenue may like the Gulf, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who lives in say, River North, who would choose Florida over a more exotic international destination. Perhaps the Chicagoans you encountered picked up on your condescending attitude and chose to "bond with each other" instead.

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The fact is, the gentlewoman in the video is far more famous than anyone posting here will ever be. She's crazy like a fox and, I hope, will be rolling in millions soon. Have fun with your boring, accent-free lives, y'all.

Crazy like a fox - watch out!!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still watching videos. She goes through all of her empty candles and melts each month. This chick needs a job at Yankee!

I honestly don't understand this making of videos about empty containers, it makes no sense to me!

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Thank you. It's good to keep an open mind.

Yes, so please keep an open mind that there are people to whom it sounds annoying.

How can you find someone's accent "annoying"? That a really odd thing to be annoyed with. I mean most everyone has an accent depending on where they are from. It's nearly unavoidable if you've lived in an accent heavy area for most of your life. I'm from the South, I have an accent. My DD on the other had has lived in this area most of her life, she does not appear to have an accent to me (but my ears could be blocking it out), when we go home to the South, all of folks there say she has an accent. The annoyance of someone's accent seems really snobby and bitchy.

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Yeah, why do y'all hate the Midwest so much? (I'm from the South.)

The fact is, the gentlewoman in the video is far more famous than anyone posting here will ever be. She's crazy like a fox and, I hope, will be rolling in millions soon. Have fun with your boring, accent-free lives, y'all.

So pathetic that people strive for that kind of "fame."

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The fact is, the gentlewoman in the video is far more famous than anyone posting here will ever be. She's crazy like a fox and, I hope, will be rolling in millions soon. Have fun with your boring, accent-free lives, y'all.

Crazy like a fox - watch out!!


Some of us don't want to be famous. I know that's hard to understand in 2014, but it's true.

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Thank you. It's good to keep an open mind.

Yes, so please keep an open mind that there are people to whom it sounds annoying.

How can you find someone's accent "annoying"? That a really odd thing to be annoyed with. I mean most everyone has an accent depending on where they are from. It's nearly unavoidable if you've lived in an accent heavy area for most of your life. I'm from the South, I have an accent. My DD on the other had has lived in this area most of her life, she does not appear to have an accent to me (but my ears could be blocking it out), when we go home to the South, all of folks there say she has an accent. The annoyance of someone's accent seems really snobby and bitchy.

"Really annoying and bitchy"

Bro, do you even DCUM?

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Kind of like the grating NYC accent, weird Baltimore accent, etc. Where do accents come from? Google is your friend.

Not from NYC or Baltimore (or the South either), so I do know the accents of which you speak, but I still find the Upper Midwestern accent one of the most annoying in the U.S.

There are also Pennsylvania accents (and within that, Philly accents), a Boston accent, and even a California accent. It's a whole big country out there and not everyone is alike.

Thank you, Captain Obvious. What we are saying is that, of all the accents we know of (and yes, we are aware of many), this -- and yes, only this -- is one of the most grating.

And I am saying it is not, so take it easy. I am married to a beautiful woman from Wisconsin whose accent is even stronger than the accent featured in this video. Everyone who meets her finds it charming and endearing. And she looks damn hot in a tight Packers shirt. To each his or her own, I guess. But the hate for the Midwest mystifies me. And I am a lifelong East Coaster, originally from Cambridge, MA.

Well, I'm glad you and your friends like it.

Thank you. It's good to keep an open mind.

Yes, so please keep an open mind that there are people to whom it sounds annoying.

NP. You'd like me to keep an open mind that my natural way of speaking is annoying to you? Yeah, no. That kind of bigotry is all on you.

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Anonymous wrote:The accent isn't Midwest per se, it's a northern, boarding Canada thing - Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota.

+1 I would not call this a mid western accent. I've lived in both Ann Arbor, Michigan and Dayton, Ohio and no one sounded like that.

I have family from Dayton and you are right, they do not speak like this. Neither do many from Ann Arbor, b/c I have family from there too. Maybe b/c there are folks from all over who live in Ann Arbor? I don't know. And my brother-in-law from Dayton doesn't speak like this either, I admit.

BUT, they DO speak like this in Wisconsin (have college friends from there), some parts of Illinois (again, college folks), some parts of Indiana (in-laws, and college friends). I do not know where or how they get it, but they *do* speak like this. And so does my MIL from Indiana. Can you tell I went to college in the Midwest and married someone from the Midwest? Luckily, we live here now. (And I am not from there either.)

Yes, the Midwest is lucky you live here now.

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The way she says "Oshkosh" and "iced gingerbread" makes my ears bleed.