the curious phonology of Wisconsin

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

Randy Quaid, interviewed by Lillian Ross (in The New Yorker of
11/22/04, p. 39) about his role in Sam Shepard's new play, "The God of
Hell":
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Quaid, who lives in Beverly Hills with his wife, Evi, explained that he
had to develop a Wisconsin accent for his role as a dairy farmer.  "I
had to make my 'r's more pronounced," he said.  "Wisconsinites talk
from the front of their mouths, because they don't want to breathe in
the cold."
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arnold, guessing that the intended parsing was
   [breathe in]  [the cold], not
   [breathe]  [in [the cold]]