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)
Further reading
A kerfuffle is a fuss, bother, or disturbance. It’s from Scots curfuffle, likely from Scottish Gaelic car, meaning “turn,” “bend,” or “twist,” plus fuffle, a Scots word that means “to disorder” or “to ruffle.” Early forms like carfuffle and...
Among biologists, a frog’s croak is known as an advertisement call. It’s a male frog’s way of making himself known. A Wisconsin listener says children in her area learn that this sound is jugarum, jugarum. Poet and editor Willard Espy...