Dialect

Since 2000, Kathryn Remlinger, professor of English at Grand Valley State University, has been examining Yooper dialect, its relationship to the U.P. and the idea of the Yooper identity.

If you've ever bought a car from Ford's, or groceries from Meijer's, you might be from Michigan—and you might not understand why you keep adding an s. We don't either. Luckily, Michigan Radio did a little research. We may think this is a Michigan thing, but that's not the case: the addition of the posessive 's' can be found in a variety of states, and not just the midwest either...

It never hurts to take a look back, right? Well, then: Check out Channel 95.7's hottest topics for 2014. These were all determined by you, at least through your online visits to Channel 95.7.

I never realized I spoke Michigander until I took this test! Try it!