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ProudMNDemocrat

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

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #13)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 12:37 PM

Aug 2024

From Eveleth. He talked like that. Lots of Yugoslavs up there.

To hear Yurki(we called him that) tell stories of when he and the late Herb Brooks, played Hockey together in the 1964 Olympic Games. They remained friends for years. Tommy worked with my husband at IBM in Rochester. He even was at Lake Placid in 1980 when Herb Brooks took the US Men's Hockey team to Gold against the Russians.

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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