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Wisconsin Accent

posted 14 years ago by rkush420
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Never been to Wisconsin, but i have a few friends who have had family come to our town numerous times. I think John C Reily was putting on the accent, but i was wondering if anyone was from there and thought he was doing it. It seemed like he was and nailing it, its kinda like the accent they used on SNL chicago bears sketc. The comedy kinda reminded me of Fargo for some reason cause of the heavy accent.(The movie was nothing like Fargo, but the comedy from the accents just reminded me of it, so no one thinks im nuts for comparing the two films). The movie was good, kinda Dark Humor (John C Reily Pleasuring himself in pool while watching Ed helms and Anne Heche) i thought ed helms was good, but the supporting cast kinda stole the movie.

"Hey Ted Getting Some Honey on Your Stinger, Love It."-John C Reily's third line

[–] MJforever16 14 years ago

Agreed. I loved his accent! :)

"Kickin' in the front seat, Sittin' in the back seat, Which seat can I take?"

[–] XNSuper 14 years ago

lol yea i didnt even realize he was putting on an accent untill halfway through.

[–] nutsberryfarm 13 years ago

oh that's what he was doing.

Oh, and remember, next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day.

[–] 13 years ago

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[–] nutsberryfarm 13 years ago

validation has been noted.

Oh, and remember, next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day.

[–] slyle 12 years ago

Wasn't Reily's character from St. Cloud, MN?

He was loud and obnoxious enough that it was hard to tell if he was doing an accent or not. It sounded more like a David Koechner impression to me. However, it does sound like he's from the upper mid-west somewhere. It sounded more like a Chicago accent to me, but his speech pattern was different from the stereotypical Minnesotan so it's hard to say what someone who talked like him who's also from St. Cloud "should" sound like.

[–] drlyon 12 years ago

Moved to WI when I was 12 and lived there for over 30 years. He sounds much more Chicago than northern WI to me. Especially since he's supposed to be from Steven's Point, WI. Very heavy accent in that part of the state, and nothing like Chicago.

I just took a look at his bio & he's from Chicago, so that explains why he sounded more Chicago to me.

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