Is there such a thing as a Portland, Oregon accent? Fred Armisen, costar and co-creator of “Portlandia,” thinks so, as he demonstrated on Conan O’Brien’s TBS show Thursday night. Sitting down for an episode of “Conan,” Armisen gave O’Brien an earful of the accents associated with assorted states and cities, Portland included.

In the segment, Armisen did imitations of Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota (“almost Canadian”), Montana, San Francisco and Southern California accents.

What do Portlanders sound like? According to Armisen, the Portland accent is “emphatic, but quiet.”

“Like an angry NPR host,” O’Brien added, laughing.

As for our northern neighbor, Armisen characterized the Seattle accent as “very presentational,” which he translated as, “every word’s like a little gift.”

Armisen has definitely spent time in Portland, filming eight seasons of “Portlandia” in the Rose City. The satirical sketch show, which poked fun at Portland’s fondness for artisanal everything and politically correct behavior, ran from January 2011 to March 2018.

The “Saturday Night Live” veteran returned to Portland this fall as a cast member of the Netflix movie, “Sorta Like a Rock Star,” which also stars Auli’i Cravalho, Justina Machado, Carol Burnett and Judy Reyes.

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-- Kristi Turnquist

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