Things Michiganders Say | Michigan Accent And Slang

Ever wonder what the Michigan accent sounds like? I did some research and took it upon myself to break down the different things Michiganders say. Enjoy watching and comment below any other slang or phrasing you think I missed.
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[@RyanRedoute]

Wow! I've been loving all of these comments from my fellow Michiganders. If you're newly watching this video, shoutout in the comments where you are from, let me and everyone know your thoughts on this video and let us know how strong your Michigan accent is. 😆

[@Ashley-po3zm]

Madison heights Michigan

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas Madison Heights!

[@koalabear9632]

detroit/grosse pointe

[@RyanRedoute]

Koala Bear YAS Detroit/Grosse Pointe!

[@katherineking4038]

Big Rapids

[@em-vo4ml]

us michiganders speak hella fast. WE HAVE SUM TO DO AND PLACES TO BE. not actually, we’re just severely impatient.

[@RyanRedoute]

Haha. Yes, very impat- "gotta go bye"

[@hockeymom49721]

Thats about right LOL

[@RyanRedoute]

@Annabel Styf Facts are facts America.

[@dontknow7127]

Facts

[@taefithendo]

i live in vegas now and this is trueeeee people tell me im very impatient

[@avaharker3554]

You pointed out the way we pronounce things, I just thought everyone did that😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Nope. #shook Haha

[@EliRod94]

Same. I'm sittin here like "everyone talks like that!" I feel like a lot of people don't really annunciate a lot of Ts in general

[@teresaeskra]

Me to, I thought this is how these words/things were always pronounced like everywhere.

[@expgretaillegacy]

Yk what me too!!

[@Shallow2669]

Same

[@Eksevis]

Honestly, I love how we call it 'Meijers'. Meijer just doesn't sound right to me

[@Eksevis]

It hurts to hear my accent being torn apart.. aaah!!

[@RyanRedoute]

I felt your pain while making the video. Haha.

[@dui_detroit]

Store names are the only things up here I say correctly lol. But let my license expire then I’ll have to go to the Secretary-uh-state.

[@dan27444]

I usually say Meijer.

[@EathanSwift]

My whole family calls it Meijers I just say Meijer. :p

[@Madison-iv8gn]

I went to California and had 2 people say, “are you from Michigan?” And I was like, “uh, yeah... how did you know?” And they said it was my accent.

[@RyanRedoute]

You see there. I had the same thing end up happening to me when I visited Puerto Rico. They ended up being from Canton, MI which is close to where I'm from.

[@dangeerraaron]

I was visiting Las Vegas one time and I was asked if I was from Chicago because of my pronunciation, lol. I was like "nope, close though! Michigan!"

[@dangeerraaron]

@@RyanRedoute I lived in Canton many years!!

[@RyanRedoute]

dangeerraaron oh nice! Home of IKEA

[@dangeerraaron]

@@RyanRedoute pretty much what put the township on the map 😆😆😆

[@kenyett7]

......When he said Ponniac, that's when i noticed..... We do that for sure

[@RyanRedoute]

😆😜

[@dilyarakish3572]

Until today i never knew some people actually said the T I thought everyone left it out because my family does that and i've done it my whole life.

[@Prnto44]

@@dilyarakish3572 saying it with the t just sounds weird

[@thuantran610]

As a foreign language teacher, I find these nuances about languages very fascinating. It’s true, as a Michigander, I also say “Krogers” and “Meijers”. And I never noticed that I don’t pronounce the hard “t”.

[@RyanRedoute]

Haha! You can only realize when it's pointed out. Or in my case, travel to Denver and someone asks if you're British and you reply, "no, I'm from Michigan".

[@agape.8]

I was telling my dad about our accent and I had a hard time saying hard Ts I had to go back and say the word again

[@decafjnr]

Same here! I didn't realize it wasn't Meijers until I tried googling it once.

[@tomato6553]

Same

[@Deetroiter]

It’s that entrepreneur spirit! More than one store! Really though, I think it stems from it belongs to someone…”Ford’s”…”Kroger’s “, etc…we look at it as it belongs to someone and usually describe it as such.

[@splashbrossports9749]

No wonder why Eminem can rap so fast

[@RyanRedoute]

Splash Bro’s Sports right! Haha check my Instagram for a funny meme on this 😆

[@mattie2091]

No wonder...

[@edgar22452]

8 mile Michigan.

[@TashenaStokes]

And I only like FAST rap. lol I hate slow rappers! lol

[@BeverlyHighland]

@@TashenaStokeswouldn’t slow rap just be R&B

[@KourttneyL]

Everyone I meet asked me about my accent and now I’ve come to realize that I have a HARD MICHIGAN ACCENT. 😂😂😭 everything is spot on!!

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas!!! Welcome to the fam.

[@cheeseninja1115]

My favorite story about our accent is the fact that my highschool choir teacher had to re-teach us our vowels so we could learn to sing properly.

[@RyanRedoute]

Yes. I was in choir and had to do the same thing. Haha.

[@annawilliams5079]

Fun fact in Michigan we have both Native American and French roots, so a lot of our words are a mix of both those histories: Detroit, Grand Blanc, Mackinac, Tittabawasse, etc. Due to our history with both we incorporate both pronunciations in our talking. We use French liaisons such as: Je aime = J’aime. Ours are lazy liaisons or lazyasons which cause a lot of our spoken words to run together: Secretary of State = Secretariastate, or , did you eat + d’jeet or just jeet. That is thanks to our French history

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Very interesting to know. And I also am aware that Detroit is a French name 🙂

[@Nadia-dn3xw]

Grand Rapids girl here. This made me laugh, it’s so spot on!!

[@RyanRedoute]

:D Thank you for sharing. I couldn't stop laughing myself while shooting the video. Haha.

[@rachelmoomey1564]

Ayyyy Grand Rapids gang!!!!!

[@30kitagreen]

Me too. Go Grand Rapids!

[@whatno6963]

Same here

[@dark_alexyt7534]

Same nice

[@enjoyeverything4662]

I'm talking to myself as you're sayin' all of this and it's kind of blowing my mind.

[@RyanRedoute]

I know. It's crazy.

[@carissachacon1469]

Oh my goodness! I had no idea that the letter “T” was basically not existent to us😂 Wow, no wonder people always say I have an accent! I’ve learned so much in this video. Lol!

[@RyanRedoute]

Carissa Chacón Welcome to the Michigan “Accen” club haha I noticed when reading your comment that I didn’t say the t at the end of accent 😆

[@BeverlyHighland]

It’s almost like how the British use their T’s without the British accent.

[@vershawnnewborn979]

I heard This Accent In Detroit MI When I Visited

[@RyanRedoute]

Now you can point it out even better next time you visit! :D

[@vershawnnewborn979]

They Sound Nasally And Canadian

[@LiquidSquidYT]

"Fir a few reasons" there it is lol

[@RyanRedoute]

FIR!!!

[@lockheed6859]

We have cursed speech patterns

[@gratefuldead4714]

i wonder if it’s canadian french influence? who knows

[@ambergarris3075]

Ever since finding these videos about how we talk wrong, I try to better enunciate when using the “fer” and “yer” (instead of your or you’re lol)

[@cptmitchell983]

You forgot one thing, oh wait I need to get a can of ‘pop’ : )

[@RyanRedoute]

How could I forget! Haha.

[@johnjarou2357]

yeah, being from Michigan i was always puzzled when people i knew from the south would say "soda" or "soder".

[@RyanRedoute]

John Jarou sane haha. I actually mention “Pahp” in my Part 2 video 😆

[@f4iryth964]

I was so confused when some people from out of state would get annoyed when I called soda "pop" like...who feels like saying soda when you can just say it pops the drink is fizzy and pops anyway😭

[@RyanRedoute]

@@f4iryth964 Us Michiganders don’t have time for two syllables!

[@divergentdreamer]

As a Michigander named Charlotte, I didn't realize I didn't pronounce my name "correctly" (i.e., with a "t" sound at the end) until someone in college thought my name was Charla.

[@RyanRedoute]

Just said it outloud to myself and can totally hear Charla haha

[@annawilliams5079]

Oh no!! That’s too funny Charla!!! Lol as a homegrown Michigander I’d understand you! Now the real question is are you from Charlotte, MI? Lol

[@k8aik8ai]

And Charlotte, MI is not pronounced like Charlotte, NC. It's "shar-lot" in MI instead of "sharlet" in NC

[@ykhannah3513]

This is so funny.... and true 😭 only Michigan people would understand😂!!

[@RyanRedoute]

Yes Indeed. :) #Michiganders

[@demonkiller-kn6uj]

Oh yeah other people in the world won’t understand, nice

[@kumquatfairy]

the fact that you clarified that when we add an s to company names it's possessive and not plural makes me SO HAPPY

[@RyanRedoute]

Happy you caught that as it was something I focused on getting right. Haha.

[@kvarley87]

your teeth are distractingly perfect

[@RyanRedoute]

Awe. Thank you so much for the compliment.

[@JY-um4su]

Ur teeth r perfect which is kinda distracting tho.I like ur way of keeping a sentence short.Lol.Im a foreigner.

[@RyanRedoute]

Thank you! :D

[@emanalqaatabi2854]

Im from Detroit and all these are spot on 😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Happy others agree! Haha.

[@abbubbletea6749]

this is so true!! i never noticed that i don't pronounce the hard "t"s 😂

[@RyanRedoute]

I was shook while making this video when I realized the same thing. Haha. Side note: LOVE Bubble Tea!

[@abbubbletea6749]

@@RyanRedoute lol it was so specific! (and yea bubble tea is pretty awesome!!)

[@Ashley-po3zm]

Same

[@JY-um4su]

@@RyanRedoute Is the phrase *side note* a Michigan thing as well? What I know in American English is *P.S.* Side note:Im a foreigner outside US.Lol.

[@RyanRedoute]

J Y haha!! I feel it could be. I say “side note” all the time

[@Kwizzle9999]

I was born in West Michigan and moved all over the country during my childhood, but my accent always stuck with me since we always revisited the northern lower peninsula every summer. I have québécois cousins too. I always love bringing out the Yooper accent to mess with my neighbors down here in Georgia. The looks on their faces!

[@RyanRedoute]

Haha!!! Maybe I need to do a specific Yooper Accent video

[@Narwarlock]

strangely the Michigan accent makes our pronunciation of Pontiac closer to the original Ottawa dialects pronunciation

[@RyanRedoute]

Interesting! Maybe we've hung onto it all these years.

[@Narwarlock]

@@RyanRedoute i think our climate just makes us all much more nasally

[@RyanRedoute]

@@Narwarlock Omg! Michigan is the worst state for allergies. Haha.

[@robc.2937]

It’s actually “Odawa”, Ottawa was the French pronunciation of the word meaning trader. Just a fun fact for you:) maybe in Ontario or Quebec Ottawa is accepted but in northern Michigan where I’m from you will be very quickly corrected by the Natives. 🤭

[@Anna-zb6yz]

I'm from Ohio, I notice a lot of us (myself included) add an "S" to store names and I think we likewise tend to omit the "T' in certain words.

[@RyanRedoute]

It happens more than you think. Haha.

[@Anna-zb6yz]

@@RyanRedoute I dont doubt it. You never know what is rascally midwesterners are gonna do!

[@ellieolds3283]

I am from MI and I get so pissed when people add an S to store names. That’s not their name!!!!!!

[@hockeymom49721]

@@ellieolds3283 me too....I have over the years to not say ut that way any longer

[@southpawhammer8644]

Boo Ohio doesn't count. LoL

[@kingtoasts9485]

I didnt even know mejiers was supposed to be said mejier. Im from Michigan.

[@RyanRedoute]

You learn something new every day. :) Haha.

[@sr71ablackbird]

well, in a sense, wouldn't ya be right ? seeing that the stores were started by fred meijer and therefore, they would be fred meijer's stores ? :P

[@meggles2188]

Oh, this made my day! I'm from Grand Rapids area but have been gone for about 6-7 years and people always ask me to slow down, repeat my self, or comment on my accent😂 I'm actually proud I still have it!

[@RyanRedoute]

Me too. And yes, sometimes I've come across as mumbling and I look at people who say I'm mumbling with such confusion. I'm like, Whatayamean? Haha.

[@mikaylasmith4181]

I’m from GR, too!! I noticed our accent when I hear a lot of the older folks pronounce “car.” The short “a” and sharp “r.” It makes us sound so nasally lol. I even catch myself saying it like that and I just have to laugh.

[@_R_D_N_]

I agree that as Michiganders we do all these things, but most of the ones you mentioned are quite common in North American English accents all over the region, and not unique to Michigan. Although, “Meijers” *is* extremely Michigan 😆

[@_R_D_N_]

For me, it’s the way someone says “I am” that just screams Michigan 😂

[@hockeymom49721]

I yam? Lol

[@agape.8]

I legit didn’t know that it was Meijer and thought it was Meijers until I was 11

[@RyanRedoute]

Just said this one out to myself. Haha!

[@RyanRedoute]

Can't believe we were tricked. haha

[@stephanieshafto8738]

Very northern michigan: "yous goin to walmarts, er no?"

[@RyanRedoute]

Omg! The “er no”. 😆 that’s another one I say. Almost one word “eerno”

[@brockspaulding3948]

I didn't even notice the "T" thing it surprised me when I realized it.

[@RyanRedoute]

Saying these out loud to myself when I first learned them surprised me too

[@khfan4life365]

My grandparents are from Michigan. They moved here years ago when my dad was 5. Even now, they still have their Michigan accents. Whenever my family and I would visit Michigan relatives, I’d quickly emulate their accent. I wouldn’t realize it until I’d get back to California and my classmates would look at me like I grew a second head whenever I’d talk.

[@MadFireParanormal]

Yep, definitely. I'm a Michigander and it's all true. I guess we are also unique in that we say Party Store lol. Great video, enjoyed it.

[@RyanRedoute]

That is another one! I said that to folks in Chicago when I lived there and they were like, Huh?!?! Also, glad to hear. :)

[@IntelligentT82]

Ryan Redoute I remember I told someone in the Washington DC area that I'm going to the Party Store and they thought I was talking about one of those Party City type of stores 😂

[@blackkittycat15]

There's other states like Ohio that don't have liquor stores on every corner. It's bizarre.

[@skylarbix7912]

Wait, what do other states say instead of 'party store' ?? 😳😄

[@ChelseaBreathesAir]

My Canadian friends always laugh at my accent! They're only a couple hours North East of Detroit and we speak entirely different! lol. Ann Arbor girl here :)

[@RyanRedoute]

Hi there! You tell those Canadian friends of yours to mind their own business aye! Go have some poutine maybe. Haha.

[@hockeymom49721]

I'm in Northern Michigan and have been asked a lot if I'm from Canada.

[@sydneywalker35]

When you have to keep rewinding to hear it because it sounded normal the first time😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Lmao!!!

[@ChantelleLarae]

I’ve always had a problem pronouncing certain words the way they’re meant to be pronounced. Both my parents are from Michigan and I’ve never even been there. Ive been asked more than once by strangers if I’m from the Midwest…..I’ve lived on the west coast my entire life. I was curious and looked up Michigan accents and now my whole life makes sense 😂

[@annawilliams5079]

Haha welcome to the Michigander club. Even if you’ve never seen the beautiful motherland of the mitten, it will still live on through you. Legend says that a true Michigander is never far from home, because they keep a map of their home on their hands.

[@skylarbix7912]

@@annawilliams5079 Haha!!✋😄

[@wolfyy664]

Yo I was taking to someone that wasn’t from Michigan and then some how we were talking about Meijers and it was like a 15 minutes on I was saying it wrong. My face was like Girl no Meijers sounds better than Meijer.

[@RyanRedoute]

I agree that Meijers flows a lot more. Haha.

[@sapphirequeen71]

Meijers Thrifty Acres

[@meghanmiles8912]

Never even noticed until this video that I don't pronounce the letter " t" when speaking.😂Plymouth Michigan here

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas Plymouth! Haha. Me either until making the video.

[@clashwithtrash9380]

YOOO I didn't think I would find anyone is this comments section from Plymouth because that's where I'm from lol it's such a small city it's not even in the map

[@TheDrinkyDude]

Originally from California and I'm currently chilling in Michigan, I love it here, you do you Michigan

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas! Thank you for the boost of morale.

[@carrie9571]

I live in Muskegon, MI, and I never realized hat this was an actual accent 😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Welcome to the Michigan accent fam!

[@itssosarahh]

"igotih" killed me. this video is so funny and called me the hell out.

[@RyanRedoute]

ssssarah 😁😆 Glad you liked it. I felt I was calling myself out so much while recording. Haha

[@barbaramatthews4735]

I'm originally from Michigan and now live in Tennessee. I've lived several places in the years since I left. I was in the Navy so I traveled a lot. I don't get to hear myself often so I don't know how much Michigan accent I have left. I'm sure if I went back to visit that I'd pick it up quickly.

[@RyanRedoute]

I'm sure you wood too!

[@lu-fg7ih]

im from michigan too and now living in tennessee

[@deannculver7969]

I grew up in northern Michigan and Colorado. My family goes back generations in Michigan. I now live in Alabama and I've had people interrupt me to ask me where I'm from. Annoying. But I've determined I have a mix of Michigan, Colorado, and Canada in my accent. Occasionally I will start veering off into Scottish and I have no idea where that comes from. No wonder I confuse people. I confuse myself. 😂

[@RyanRedoute]

The Michigan accent def. has some Canadian influences in it.

[@MrHolesh0t]

Everytime you explained something I said it out loud and was dying laughing. Spot on, didn’t even know we had an accent!😂

[@RyanRedoute]

You learn something new everyday! Haha.

[@TheBelovedDisciple144]

Haha that's so funny. I didn't realize ANY of this. But I definitely talk like all of this.

[@RyanRedoute]

The Beloved Disciple Welcome to the Michigan accent family! Haha

[@PossumMedic]

We do a lot of these in Ontario too! Good to know voicing a character from Michigan wont be as hard as I thought! :D Thanks for the vid!

[@RyanRedoute]

You’re welcome! We are pretty close to Ontario 😏 haha

[@RyanRedoute]

How’s Canada doing? Missing the ability to travel over the border haha

[@PossumMedic]

@@RyanRedoute Ya I didn't realize how close! My geography knowledge is horrible! xD Doing well here! Stay strong it won't be forever! :)

[@RyanRedoute]

@@PossumMedic that’s good and yes gotta keep remembering that. 😁

[@annawilliams5079]

Haha but Ontario is just Northern (or Southern) Michigan (depending if you are in Detroit or not 😉). I used to visit family friends in Ontario every year before the pandemic, and I can fake a pretty good Ontario Canadian accent lol. Your accents are very similar to ours that down south some folks think I’m a Canadian. I’ll tell them I am just to mess with them. I’ve noticed the biggest difference between Michigan and Ontario is that you drink Cahffee and watch Hawkey while we drink Cawffee and watch Hah-key.

[@timk7073]

Good points! I attended law school in Michigan and locals would say "which part of the south are you from?" I am from Cincinnati, Ohio and had no idea how "southern" we sound until I experienced that.

[@tudormiller8898]

Hi Ryan! Great accent tag video, really informative and entertaining. Watching from London UK.

[@RyanRedoute]

Thank you for the kind words! Yas London! :D

[@brenbren72]

I grew up in Cleveland, OH and I speak the same exact way as Michiganders apparently 🤣🤣🤣

[@RyanRedoute]

Welcome to the club! :D

[@hockeyisdabestsportever4056]

Saginaw boy here this is sooo true

[@RyanRedoute]

Hockeyisda Bestsportever Yas Saginaw! Ain’t it??? Haha

[@cleoharper1842]

This was awesome!! I'm from Mich originally and I've spent 30 years trying to correct my pronunciation...but it still seeps out. I remember I moved away to Texas for 3rd grade and when I came back, they put me in remedial speech lessons. 😂

[@midwestlakelife]

Really great video. This is so true. I grew up in Michigan and lived in Orange County, CA, the Middle East and NYC for 10 years. When I came back, I picked my accent right back up again. My boyfriend who lives in NYC and is from California said to me on the phone, "OH MY GOSH, your accent!" HAHAHA

[@RyanRedoute]

Haha!!! Your Michigan roots CLEARLY run deep.

[@miss__monique]

I didn't realize that we had accents. I thought that it was more of a vernacular or a dialect. These videos have been so fun to watch including this one. I had no idea how many T's I don't pronounce 😆

[@melaninqueen2413]

Hey there! Born and raised in Ann Arbor but sadly moved to the south when I was 11. But I still consider myself a Michigander! I still say Pop and add S's to everything, while speaking quite fast and slurring my words. Please help me...!!

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas Ann Arbor! Once a Michigander, always a Michigander. But I can't even help myself. Haha.

[@lu-fg7ih]

i wondered why i added s’s to everything i thought i had a lisp turns out i just have a michigan accent

[@Jmarshall23]

I love this!! I never realized we did half of these until just now haha

[@RyanRedoute]

I realized so much while making it. Haha.

[@kylepatrickmurphy4058]

Great video, thanks!

[@RyanRedoute]

No problem!

[@decafjnr]

You just confirmed that I do have a Michigan accent, even though I have always said I don't...haha. I'm from the suburbs of Detroit originally, Warren/Center Line area.

[@RyanRedoute]

decafjnr GOTCHA! haha. Yas Warren!

[@mitchelety]

Meijers! I Dunno, ciddy. Lol love you Ryan. This was informative!

[@RyanRedoute]

Glad it was helpful! You are the bestest.

[@fatherflames152]

This is great, I was born and raised in Lansing, and man it makes me miss Michigan even more lmao

[@RyanRedoute]

come back! haha

[@elitereloadz4985]

Holy man, describes us in every way and I love it

[@ez8546]

At one point (I think it was in the 1970s), they (the Michigan government or some cultural committee) wanted to starting calling us "Michiganians". We put a stop to that really fast. We are loyal to the duck!

[@RyanRedoute]

Really?!? The duck? What is that?

[@korubi_eCSTatic]

As a kid, someone once told me “Michigander” was a supposedly derogatory term that went back to the feud over Toledo. I just looked it up and apparently that person was half-right, it WAS supposed to be a little insulting in the implication of combining Michigan + goose, but it was Lincoln who coined it in a speech against Lewis Cass.

[@RyanRedoute]

@@korubi_eCSTatic even if it was bad. We can claim it as ours and make a positive thing hah

[@chuckkottke]

Thank you Ryan! Could you explain this to SNL so they get it right when doing Governor Whitmer's accent? I could be wrong, but they've pegged her with the Minnesota- Dakota accent of Sarah Palin..

[@RyanRedoute]

It made me laugh, but I definitely felt it was more Minnesota as well. Haha.

[@chuckkottke]

@@RyanRedoute Thanks Ryan! True, funny all the same here, but living in Wisconsin I can tell the various accents apart, wish those subtleties wouldn't be lost by our popular culturists. You give a wonderful presentation noting the details, many thanks!

[@aeonTFW]

Ah, Michigan, the place with some weird accents and things I never knew I did. This was really helpful. Never knew I did this. Wow. Saving this video forever. Thank you. 👍

[@RyanRedoute]

TheKillerLion :D Glad you enjoyed it! It was eye opening for me as well. 😁

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

What makes it confusing is a lot of company names do officially end with an 's'.

[@southpawhammer8644]

That was great, metro Detroit here

[@RyanRedoute]

Thank you and hey Metro Detroit!

[@DillVicious]

Dude I tried to force myself to use the t and it feels to weird

[@RyanRedoute]

You see!!! Haha.

[@riverjao]

I moved from TN to MI and the accent is wild to me! Instead of bag as in “back,” about half the people here say bag with a long a as in “bake.” I don’t even know if that’s accent, it’s really just wrong pronunciation. And the most noticeable one is how they have transformed the short o into a shot a sound. Instead of mop, it sounds like maaap. Instead of mom, it’s maaam. Instead of copy, it’s caaapy. It’s wild! I actually read an article about it from a professor who moved from Boston to MI and he explained how it all happened and the accent shifted around the 1950-60’s.

[@luminousunicorn]

I somehow thought Meijer had an invisible “s” on the end growing up and never questioned it. But the small town I grew up in had tons of businesses named after the owner with a possessive, like Perch’s IGA and Jimmy’s Party Store that we would shorten to just Perch’s and Jimmy’s, so it just made sense. Also, I’ve noticed the “ope” changes regionally. Where I’m from, it sounds more like “up”. Our accent has accents. And don’t even get me started on the people who can’t tell a yooper accent from that of someone living an hour south of the bridge.

[@RyanRedoute]

Ooooo super interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing!

[@kayartblox5963]

Saginaw here✌🏻✌🏻

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas Saginaw!!!

[@jamesjohnson1167]

Kroger’s is true

[@RyanRedoute]

Right!?!? Haha

[@kalvinthompson5807]

I am also from Michigan, but I've been living in the Louisville area for roughly 8 years now. I figured my accent was completely lost, but after talking with an older gentleman at Kroger(s) the other day he mentioned I had a very distinct accent. Watching this, made me realize it's true. It's really intriguing that our accent is very..... subtle. Other than the fast talk, it's overlooked frequently. I love it though, excellent video my man. (Monroe, Michigan if anyone was wondering)

[@RyanRedoute]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Sounds like you still have the Michigan in you. Haha.

[@4everhealthwellness344]

Thanks for this video, very true and funny. I'm from Kalamazoo, and I've noticed the Michigan accent is subdivided as well, like a southwest Michigander speaks differently then northern Michigan residents. My mother grew up in Boyne city and her accent is a hybrid of yuper and the Michigan accent/slang you describe

[@anthonymoncman6859]

I thought the ts sounding like ds thing was everywhere lol

[@RyanRedoute]

Nerp! Haha

[@BeverlyHighland]

I grew up in Michigan and the only part of my “accent” I’ve changed is I call pop soda, which is because it’s easier than explaining I’m from Michigan every day when I say pop lol

[@tannersharp643]

Lived in mi my whole life and it crazy I’ve never noticed any of this!!! Cool video man!!!

[@RyanRedoute]

tanner sharp welcome to the Michigan Accent fam! I didn’t realize a lot of it as much until I was doing research for this video 😆

[@michiganscythian2445]

When I was in Hungary and the English speakers there use mostly UK English, my Michigan accent (accen’) really stood out. Apparently me saying, “I munna go t’ the stoRRR. I hafta ge’ melk,” was quite amusing. Any word that I said that ended with an “x” was difficult for them to understand with my accent. Apparently we say words like “tax” and “box” quite differently than UK English. And I do laugh when anyone in a movie says “I’m from DEE-troit.” Lol, no. Not if you say it like that

[@RyanRedoute]

Omg I heard you saying it while reading this haha

[@skylarbix7912]

Ya, for the word 'box', I think we say something more like 'bahx'...? 👍🏻Maybe I spelled that right!?

[@abbielopez98]

Portage girl here. I never even realize that I don't put emphasis on the T in my own city 😂😂 I never really knew I had an accent until I went to Tennessee on vacation and they were like where are you from 😂 Also I said Pop and they had absolutely no clue what that meant.

[@RyanRedoute]

Abbie Pordige 😆

[@abbielopez98]

@@RyanRedoute Right 😂😂 never realize my accent until I go somewhere out of state and they're like where are you from?

[@annalynch5197]

YES! I’m from Kalamazoo and definitely don’t say PorTage. 😂

[@garrettcampau8086]

Mans got a nice set of teeth if I’m being real😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Well thanks! Haha. :)

[@TheOtterKnitter]

OMG as a former Michigander this is all so accurate. And I cackled over your mnemonic device!

[@MelissamarieR]

Same. When i moved to NY then came back to MI and noticed the KrogerS or MeijerS and FordS lol. I stopped it but picked it back up. Yes we do use double DDs instead of Tts .

[@RyanRedoute]

Aria A isn’t it crazy! Haha

[@7gamex]

...I feel attacked lol

[@RyanRedoute]

7gamex 😆😆😆

[@peenchub151]

Now that you mention it, I realize that I actually have an accent😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Ya see there! Haha.

[@flavorbritt]

Ryan you had me cracking up. These are so true! 🤣

[@RyanRedoute]

Happy to hear! 😁❤️😆

[@nickolaskerria2963]

I don' have a speech impediment, I'm from Michigan. We stop all breaths from our lungs because it's cold and we are saving our warm breaths.

[@RyanRedoute]

Nickolas Kerria You may not be wrong haha it does get rather chilly come Jan/Feb

[@nickolaskerria2963]

​@@RyanRedoute Sorry, bro. I'm from the UP. Isn't cold but gets snow 9 months of the year. Hated it when everything turned to slush then come the night and it freezes over (past tense because moved away few yr ago). But yeah, you're right, isn't cold else we yoopers are just use to it.

[@RyanRedoute]

Nickolas Kerria 9 months!?!? geez Louise!!!

[@AllThingsGina]

It used to be officially Meijer’s.

[@RyanRedoute]

Did it really?!?

[@AllThingsGina]

Ryan Redoute yup. “Together, with his 14-year-old son, Fred, they opened Meijer’s Grocery.” - from their website. (I was previously on the marketing and e-commerce teams at Meijer.)

[@nell6913]

Yup, Meijer's Thrifty Acres was the name.

[@leovasquez5501]

Wow. Very eye opening. You nailed it. Leo from Flint. Edit: I godda run da Meijers.

[@RyanRedoute]

Leo Vasquez Stahp!! A classic Michigander phrase 😆😆😆

[@amberbamber.]

OMG I'm a Michigander living in Kentucky and everything your talking about is a big YESSSSS! What's even worse is when my northern and southern accent clash lol! I have to stop myself and be like, what the heck was that lol! Want to know what irks Kentuckians nerves, being a northern and pronouncing Louisville, Ky LMAO!!!! I still don't say it right lol! I LOVED your video

[@RyanRedoute]

Awe. Thank you so much for the kind words. I've heard Louisville is a fun town! And I'm right with you on speaking. You should see some of the footage from my "editing floor". Haha.

[@BigE2600]

It’s not that we speak faster. It’s that we tend to be more lazy by taking shortcuts and blending syllables together.

[@RyanRedoute]

I can attest to the fact that your thinking may be correct as well. Haha.

[@simonj_08]

I didn’t actually realize I had a Michigan accent until you showed up on my fyp with secretariastate

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas!!! Welcome to the Michigan Accent Fam! Haha. I actually started a group on Instagram called @themichiganfam if you wanted to join that 😁

[@heathertaylor4680]

Here, because I've been told on more than one occasion that I have a Michigan accent 🤔... born and raised in Arkansas, as well as my parents. I'm literally blown away right now...

[@joek9353]

I knew about our accent a long time ago, and have pointed it out to friends of mine.

[@RyanRedoute]

Yas!!! haha

[@heffthehecked]

I know two people from Michigan and I noticed how their speech patterns were similar and I really adored it! Here I am, and this video is quite accurate. From time to time I just love to imitate their voices LOL

[@RyanRedoute]

Never be afraid to poke fun at friends. Haha.

[@jdizzle8144]

I actually hate how accurate this is 😂😂

[@RyanRedoute]

Gotcha haha

[@martyclarkworship]

I'm from SC and other than adding the unneccesary apostrophe s to the end of stores, I pronounce everything the same way you did...maybe not the ah vowel but the difference is very subtle.

[@RyanRedoute]

Waybe we have a little southern twang in our accent too

[@TashenaStokes]

80% of our folks came from the south, the difference is in how fast we do it. In fact part of my family is from SC. Also Mississippi and Alabama. To me it sounds totally different. Also when you see the second video the slang words help too. POP till the day I die!

[@bigbears420]

I’m a Michigander, one of my best friends name is Martin. I find myself calling him Mar-in with a stop instead of actually saying the T

[@RyanRedoute]

Yes!!! I said it out-loud the same.

[@jensmith4005]

I'm from Metamora, but I grew up in Macomb County. I enjoyed this video. My cousin travels globally a lot and she said that others said her accent sounds nasally. When I text my friends and family I use our accent; e.g. gotta, gonna. I've always understood the reason for our use of 's for Ford's etc. Our street and city names confuse outsiders as many of them are french, native american, or pronounced differently. I've always found it strange that we pronounced Orion in Lake Orion differently. I googled it and this is what it said," It wasn't until around 1865 that village's first attorney decided to name the lake and community after the constellation Orion. “But they chose to pronounce it Or-ee-en and the reason for that is, it just had a beautiful sound to it,” Sweeney said."

[@jakobsachteleben5047]

I like how you crack yourself up, very fun to watch! My family omits Ts regularly. "Winner" instead of Winter and "paining" instead of painting. I've also noticed that Ooh, Oh and Aah sounds become exaggerated. With Oohs and Ohs we make tight circles with our lips and with Aahs we kind of broaden our mouth and stretch the lips across our teeth.

[@RyanRedoute]

Omg! Your notes on your family are so relatable.

[@degalatarian6745]

“Michiganders love using a hard R” is crazy 😭😭☠️

[@awattsandre007]

Wow, spot on! Great Video...

[@RyanRedoute]

Thank you so much. Happy you enjoyed it. :)

[@KLASSCULTURE]

This is GREAT - MAY I share this on my channel WITHOUT getting a STRIKE and WITH your permission please & THANK YOU!!!

[@RyanRedoute]

Sure! If you could tag me or mention my channel and link to it, that would be great. How do I give permission? :)

[@KLASSCULTURE]

@@RyanRedoute OF course I will DO all of the ABIVE = tag, add link and SHARE and Shout you out during my video! This was a Great VIDEO so thank you very much - I think you have already stated that you agree. LOL - I appreciate it SO MUCH! Have a GREAT DAY! PS I will also ask ppl to SUBSCRIBE to get you to your #1000