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Happy fartday asshat!

What does asshat mean by the way? One has their head up their ass? Because if so I retract that insult, you're actually always very sensible and level-headed.

Mmmmmm, it's been far too long since my talkpage has been graced with the scent of month-old cheddar and liverwurst. I am honored :)

As an aside: fuck if I know what asshat means. Though, admittingly, it's one of my favorite insults.

I was using "asshat" as an insult long before I actually realised it meant you were implying someone was wearing their ass as a hat. It is a nice word, though. Rolls beautifully.

I know, right? That's why it's my favorite insult these days.

I'm also fond of "fat-handed twat" for meaningless comical insults, though I'm not sure that would come out as nicely in an American accent.

Probably not. Especially not with an alleged Minnesotan accent (which I deny having).

The Minnesota accent is very helpful when one goes abroad, I hear, since it makes people think the Minnesotan is Canadian.

That would be awesome if I had one. But I assure everyone that I do not sound anthing like Michele Bachmann *shudders* or any of the Fargo characters.

Kristin Rudrüd was the only player in Fargo with anything like a real Minnesota accent, which is unsurprising since she was the only Minnesotan in the cast.

As for me, my people are from Hanover by way of Northeast, so I pronounce "yeah" with a long "a" but do not use phrases such as "uff-da."

It's amazing how you do that, ListenerX. Someone says something—anything—and bam, well-informed reply that at least partially refutes what the person said! I like to imagine you've read every reference book on the face of the earth, just so you can be able to do that.

He is quite the contrarian.

Firstly (and least importantly), how the hell did this go from a post about farts and the term "asshat" to another Wiki discussion about accents?

Secondly, my lineage is a mix of being half-Swedish (my mom is a full-blooded Swede) to, as I like to describe my father, "a tour of Europe." I've got lots of German, French and Romanian Swiss in me, but the rest is so many tidbits of other crap that I couldn't name it if I tried. I don't say shit like "uff-da" or "you betcha" either, though I do (allegedly) say "ya know" or "don't ya know" on occassion.

"Romanian Swiss" ???

Eh, it can't taste much worse than normal Swiss.

"Romanian Swiss," aka: "Gypsies"

When you have my voice, you get used to everything being about the accent. On the plus side it's an idiot-proof ice-breaker.

The other day my friend accused me of talking about class too much (working, middle, upper, etc.) which I think I only do because I enjoy trying to place peoples accents so much.

Having an English-Irish heritage results in me occasionally getting jokingly called a "pikey" (racist term for an Irish traveller/gypsy) even though my Irish ancestors were not gypsies. My accent remains a loveable south-east, London English one.

I still don't get how this conversation turned from farting and asshattery into a discussion about accents....

ADK saying "Fat-handed twat" doesn't pack so much of a punch with a yank accent.

That bastard! How dare he change the subject and not notify me in advance!

I know people who do say "uff-da," and not because they are trying to sound hokey, either.

Yeah, you get those people here. Especially in the northern parts of the state like Grand Marais and Brainard.

What the hell is "uff-da" anyway?

It's the Minnesota Nice way of saying "Goddamnit!!!" Or so I've come to believe.