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?
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?
Interesting that this has over 100 downvoted and no one has bothered to tell you that there is also a Kansas City in Kansas. You are correct that there is a Kansas City in Missouri though.
The character also reps Arthur Bryant’s which is a Kansas City, Missouri institution.
Yeah, and?
I live in the MO side of the KC metro. I’ve never lived in KS. Yet, I’ve had jobs in KS, watch sports teams in KS and yes, I also eat at restaurants in KS. It’s not like we just stay to our own sides of the state line. Plenty of people in KS eat at and rep Arthur Bryant’s and plenty of people in MO eat at and rep Joe’s KC.
One of the shirts (Joe Arthur Gates Stack) he wears frequently in the show is a joke that references several of the notable BBQ restaurants in the KC area…as of right now, Joe’s only has locations in KS, Arthur Bryant’s only has locations in MO, Gates is mostly in MO, but has one location just over the line in Leawood, KS and Jack Stack is in both states.
Arthur Bryant’s DID once have a KS location inside the Kansas Speedway, but it closed several years ago.
Oh, and to answer OP’s question too…once you get outside of the city, suburban/rural folks in the greater KC area (and other non-city parts of both KS and MO) do have “country” accents like Ted.
Yeah and? You Ted Lasso hardons have zero chill and need hit the Ole out of doors. Lol
So it’s ok for you to freak out over which side of a city Ted lives in, but it’s not ok for people to correct you?