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ProudMNDemocrat

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12. This scene...

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 12:31 PM

Aug 2024

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Why do Minnesotans have accents? [View all] mysteryowl Aug 2024 OP

I lived in Minnesota, in St. Paul, in the 1960s, and I never heard anyone with an accent like that. highplainsdem Aug 2024 #1

The movie exaggerated the accent for comedy purposes. mysteryowl Aug 2024 #4

Definitely exaggerated. Music Man Aug 2024 #16

I hear it occasionally in the metro area, but rarely. MineralMan Aug 2024 #5

This scene... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2024 #12

Yah, you betcha. MineralMan Aug 2024 #13

A deceased dear friend of ours, Tommy Yurkivich, was from the Iron Range... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2024 #14

Which is nowhere near Fargo. edisdead Aug 2024 #37

but she was from Brainerd don't cha know FHRRK Aug 2024 #29

No kidding!! mysteryowl Aug 2024 #33

Love it joanbarnes Aug 2024 #2

Yes, my relatives in western MI have a similar accent. yardwork Aug 2024 #23

Yes, my relatives in western MI have a similar accent. yardwork Aug 2024 #24

Being able to pass for Canadian would be useful when and if the shit hit the fan. PeaceWave Aug 2024 #3

Absolutely! Spent some quality time in Owen Sound, Ontario. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #26

My family in Cleveland had that accent. maxsolomon Aug 2024 #6

Lots of Norwegians here in Minn-e-sOta, dOncha know? ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2024 #7

I need to order that book! mysteryowl Aug 2024 #8

Just to back that up BaronChocula Aug 2024 #17

Howard Mohr passed away in 2022 LittleWoman Aug 2024 #19

I read that book long before I moved here. MineralMan Aug 2024 #22

I was born in Minnesota but didn't grow up there. BigDemVoter Aug 2024 #9

I worked on the Pritzker campaign in 2018. nycbos Aug 2024 #10

That is funny! mysteryowl Aug 2024 #11

"Say ya' to da' you-pee der hey" GusBob Aug 2024 #15

I lived near Rochester in the mid-80s and heard the accent all the time. sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #18

I'm from the southern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan and I have an accent geo1 Aug 2024 #20

The "Fargo" movie dialect was a *really* exaggerated Hollywood version... keep_left Aug 2024 #21

Lots of Swedish influence here NickB79 Aug 2024 #25

"New Prague, where a bunch of Czechs got lost" 🤣 mysteryowl Aug 2024 #34

Reason 54,245 why I read DU. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #27

Nice comment mysteryowl Aug 2024 #35

You betcha! surfered Aug 2024 #28

I always felt like it might be connected to the Swedish who had settled there some generations ago msfiddlestix Aug 2024 #30

Has anyone entertained the idea that it could be us that have the funny accents? SalamanderSleeps Aug 2024 #31

Oh yeah, that's quite a story. Emile Aug 2024 #32

Jesus fuck... Please don't... aww fuck you did it..... edisdead Aug 2024 #36