The Grapevine – Matanuska

Sarah Palin’s accent and character inspired a well-known Saturday Night Live portrayal by Tina Fey. But why does she talk like that?

References

• Building a Town
• Palin’s speech has ’30s roots, don’t cha know from Wisconsin News
• What Kind of Accent Does Sarah Palin Have? from Slate
• Growing farmers from The Economist
• City of Palmer website

Music

• “Yankee Doodle” by Dream Kids (FMA), used under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical 3.0 United States License
• “Alaska’s Flag”