Accents

I can understand most any accent. Some accents require more brain processing time. Some accents make my skin crawl. Other accents are endearing.

I love Caribbean accents. Australian accents sound harsh to me. If I hear that woman on the TV show Lost scream about her baaaaybeeee one more time I may jump out the window.

One accent I cannot process I’ll a Swedish-Minnesota-Icelandic accent. It is so sing song with its highs and lows that my brain has to start and stop processing the language.

So I called US Airways this morning to get a voucher for my cancelled trip to NYC. A nice Swedish-Minnesota-Icelandic person answered the phone.

We struggled through the call. She was miffed at my stupidity and I sounded like grandpa by having her repeat everything.

I now have two vouchers to fly somewhere fun within 12 months. You can bet I’m not going to Minnesooooota any time soon.

2 comments:

Ali said...

I'm used to the Minnesota accent because of the whole border town thing, but I can't STAND the accents of people from North Dakota.
They drive me absolutely crazy! We were down there for a shopping weekend in March and I held the door for this lady who had a huge cart of stuff.
She said "Oha my gawd, thank youa so mach, I really appreciate youa." I'm sure I did a body shiver right there in front of her.
And I was thinking about your 2 tickets to go somewhere "fun" in the next 12 months. How about Winnipeg in January? Mwah, ha, ha...there's nowhere like our -50 weather with a -60 windchill and 4 feet of snow that says "Welcome to Paradise" like we do!

mr zig said...

yeah - I agree with Ali - Winnipeg is the PERFECT destination! hehehe - You can't REALLY appreciate warm weather until you've spent some time here in Jauary or Febraury! :)