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During the campaign, the Star Tribune had an article (on the front page, no less) explaining the reason that Sarah Palin had an accent that was more cartoonishly Minnesotan than any actual Minnesotan's accent I've ever heard. Besides the fact that she was probably putting on some of the "you betcha" shit for for delicious folksy effect, apparently the reason is that during the Depression, the WPA (or something like that; the Star Tribune just filed for bankruptcy, maybe that's why the search engine on their site isn't being helpful in finding this article) uprooted a bunch of Minnesotans and sent them to the valley where Wasilla is located.

I kind of want to go there, it must be like going into a time warp! Everyone sounds like their from the 30's and...still says "you betcha" a lot?

Actually, on second thought, I don't want to go there at all. D:

Unrelatedly, I can't stop giggling at this video. They look like they're plotting something adorable! I love when Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan team up to sing because even though they don't exactly pull it off that well, I don't even care. They obviously just wanted an excuse for teaming up!

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"you are my sunshine" being a rly sad song always bothers me because my parents always used to just sing the chorus and i never knew there was a rest of the song that was rly sad and it's just wrong. :(

ME TOO! That's exactly what I thought last night when I found it! One time I walked into a church and they were singing it (which, you know, wtf, it's not religious at all) and they were singing the other verses but since I didn't know them I didn't bother to notice and just sang the chorus. :D: It's so strange, because singing the chorus makes me so happy!

inorite? it makes me think about being someone's sunshine. :( not about sad things.

stupid songs really being sad. secretly.

They secretly cause me tears. ;_;

3?

It's weirdly affecting.