Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is from KC and people from Kansas speak in a Midwest accent. I don’t get it. I grew up in STL and lived in KC for 3 years. We don’t have southern accents. I’m I missing something?

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    1 year ago

    KC, St Louis, NE Oklahoma, some parts of Arkansas. That area has a weird blend of Midwestern and southern that sounds like Ted. (His is obviously exaggerated for TV).

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      1 year ago

      I grew up an hour NW of St Louis and now live the next school district over from where Jason Sudeikis grew up in KC (and my wife went to the same school district as him.

      You won’t hear that accent anywhere in St Louis or KC unless it’s someone not from here or cosplaying a southern accent.

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        1 year ago

        I love how everyone who actually lives in bigger cities in Kansas - you know, like Ted’s character AND the actor himself - gets downvoted for saying, “hey, we literally don’t sound like that”. Meanwhile, people who are like “oh I traveled to Kansas before”, or “I have family there” can INSIST that we sound like that and get upvoted. Make it make sense 🫠

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        1 year ago

        Okay? I live in Dallas and most people here don’t have the exaggerated drawls that you’ll hear if you go to the country, or some of the smaller East Texas cities. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist or aren’t fairly common in those areas

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        1 year ago

        Not sure why you’re getting downvoted you’re 100% right. I mean, sure there are SOME people who sound like that, but there are also people with a British accent or Indian accent