Sconnie

Sconnie
 n.— «When my roommate goes home to San Francisco, friends mock her “’Sconnie” accent; yet true Wisconsinites would single her out as a Coastie in no time.» —“Language always amusing” by Cynthia Martens in University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger Herald (Madison, Wisconsin) Apr. 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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