I remember as a kid visiting Utah in the 80s that the Utah accent was very

Nov 17, 2015
11:05:43am

Josef K All-American

recognizable. I really don't notice it much anymore in Salt Lake County. I do notice it in rural areas and parts of Utah County.

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The Utah accent is annoying. Just putting that out there.

Iman23

11/17/15 10:37am

Elder Perry disagreed

WDaddy

11/17/15 10:41am

You mean the one that doesn't exist? Not sure what accent you are referring to.

Hank Rearden

11/17/15 10:42am

The one where they have a sell on nells up t' the moun'uhns in Lay'uhn

GuitarGuy

11/17/15 11:07am

"Lay'uhn" does not exist. LAYtON with a soft T absolutly does though.

Zach Morris

11/17/15 11:28am

Bro, I live there, and that's how they say it. Lay. Un. No discernable T sound.

GuitarGuy

11/17/15 12:23pm

Glottal stop.

TaiJuan

11/17/15 12:29pm

Your issue is where the syllable breaks. Mount'n. layt'n.

TaiJuan

11/17/15 12:31pm

Exactly. There is absolutely a T there but at some point the myth of the missing

Zach Morris

11/17/15 12:36pm

American Fark and St. Jarge are two of my favorites.

Born2Fish

11/17/15 4:21pm

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Born2Fish

11/17/15 4:22pm

Don't forget Her-ken

mannheimadler

11/17/15 4:40pm

irregardless of what you might think, I think it's fer reals

BigYfan

11/17/15 11:11am

Which is why I've ditched it in favor of the Southern Belle accent.

John Doe

11/17/15 10:42am

I do declare!

monkeycowboy

11/17/15 10:43am

Bless your heart

Tokolosh

11/17/15 10:55am

Love that one.

Born2Fish

11/17/15 4:22pm

What is a Utah accent?

Jericho

11/17/15 10:45am

How do you pronounce the word "fork"?

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 10:48am

Me? Or Utahns?

Jericho

11/17/15 10:58am

I'm referring to the Utahn accent.

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 10:58am

Outside Utah it's Seal the Deal. Inside Utah it's Sill the Dill

Iman23

11/17/15 10:48am

I thought it was Sizzle the Dizzle. I'm so confused.

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 10:49am

Also, the only people I know who insist on pronouncing the "G" in "ING"

Iman23

11/17/15 10:53am

Forrest Gump was a strict observer of hard pronunciation of the trailing G....

ByuMba90

11/17/15 11:21am

Who's to say which accent is correct.

Cooler4

11/17/15 3:12pm

It's Pahk the Cah. (not pawk the caw... that's more an English accent)

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 3:25pm

people from Spanish Fark who were barn in a barn and drink chocolate melk

byujag

11/17/15 10:50am

RE: people from Spanish Fark who were barn in a barn and drink chocolate melk

monkeycowboy

11/17/15 10:55am

What eltz do Utahns say weird?

molodyets

11/17/15 11:07am

And where do you hail from Esquire?

TonyStark

11/17/15 11:24am

we're not talking about me, but I do have a couple weird pronounciations

byujag

11/17/15 1:10pm

My neighbor is a Methodist who grew up in SLC.

ClackamasCoug

11/17/15 10:50am

What's worse? The PNW over-pronunciation of the "t." It's unnatural.

TaiJuan

11/17/15 10:53am

Wow. Had never heard that before. Interesting.

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 10:56am

if anything its an under-pronunciation of the "t" that bothers me

MormonThug

11/17/15 10:59am

Yes, it's called a glottal stop. You can hate it, but it sounds much more normal than over-pronunciation. Where are you

TaiJuan

11/17/15 11:21am

springville utah.

MormonThug

11/17/15 12:17pm

I only noticed the central utah accent before I moved away.

MormonThug

11/17/15 12:19pm

You will find some springville natives who have the accent for sure, but it's dying statewide. The glottal stop issue is

TaiJuan

11/17/15 12:21pm

RE: What's worse? The PNW over-pronunciation of the "t." It's unnatural.

ByuMba90

11/17/15 11:24am

I finally understand why Jan Jorgenson always sounds strange to me.

MormonThug

11/17/15 12:22pm

I've seen that commercial and thought the same thing. kiTTen spoiled roTTen

Cooler4

11/17/15 3:41pm

Tell that to the many call centers who are based here because there is no accent

SandYFan

11/17/15 10:56am

Can't be bec there is a huge amount of colleges in the area chuck full of young people who want to stay instate.

VACOUGFAN

11/17/15 11:00am

Nope.

SandYFan

11/17/15 11:06am

Yeah, I think they mean no foreign (Indian) accent,

Mississippi

11/17/15 11:07am

Are you referring to when we say the word "Moun'uns?"

IndependentGeorge

11/17/15 11:01am

Gasp! That's crazy talk! Go warsh your mouth out!!

Texas Hammer

11/17/15 11:04am

I remember as a kid visiting Utah in the 80s that the Utah accent was very

Josef K

11/17/15 11:05am

There are certainly odd Utah pronunciations and peculiarities

Cachanilla83

11/17/15 11:06am

This is one of the heaviest Utah accents I've ever heard:

Cachanilla83

11/17/15 8:58pm

1. SE Idaho. 2. Rural.

TaiJuan

11/17/15 9:03pm

I always found it odd that Utahns pronounced the word "soda" as "pop"

mncougar

11/17/15 11:26am

I actually have heard that way more in the Midwest than in Utah

mannheimadler

11/17/15 11:30am

It's about 50/50 here in MN. I grew up in CA, first time I ever heard "pop" was

mncougar

11/17/15 1:24pm

Well, I'm from S. Utah, so maybe that changes my experience. Here in Nebraska

mannheimadler

11/17/15 2:08pm

RE: I always found it odd that Utahns pronounced the word "soda" as "pop"

TaiJuan

11/17/15 11:31am

My son tried to pronounce "Dad" as "Pops" to impress his friends.

CougarThug

11/17/15 11:54am

I usually only hear it when I'm in southern Utah. It's very distinctive there.

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