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Music Man

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16. Definitely exaggerated.

Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 8, 2024, 01:55 PM

Aug 8

But there's a kernel of truth there

"Fargo" is such a great movie. The aforementioned scene with the cop and the old man really captures the vibe. Stoic but kind. Chit-chatty but with generic Midwestern conversation fillers. "You got that right!" "Oh yeah, sure!"

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Why do Minnesotans have accents? [View all] mysteryowl Aug 8 OP

I lived in Minnesota, in St. Paul, in the 1960s, and I never heard anyone with an accent like that. highplainsdem Aug 8 #1

The movie exaggerated the accent for comedy purposes. mysteryowl Aug 8 #4

Definitely exaggerated. Music Man Aug 8 #16

I hear it occasionally in the metro area, but rarely. MineralMan Aug 8 #5

This scene... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 8 #12

Yah, you betcha. MineralMan Aug 8 #13

A deceased dear friend of ours, Tommy Yurkivich, was from the Iron Range... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 8 #14

Which is nowhere near Fargo. edisdead Aug 9 #37

but she was from Brainerd don't cha know FHRRK Aug 8 #29

No kidding!! mysteryowl Aug 9 #33

Love it joanbarnes Aug 8 #2

Yes, my relatives in western MI have a similar accent. yardwork Aug 8 #23

Yes, my relatives in western MI have a similar accent. yardwork Aug 8 #24

Being able to pass for Canadian would be useful when and if the shit hit the fan. PeaceWave Aug 8 #3

Absolutely! Spent some quality time in Owen Sound, Ontario. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 8 #26

My family in Cleveland had that accent. maxsolomon Aug 8 #6

Lots of Norwegians here in Minn-e-sOta, dOncha know? ProudMNDemocrat Aug 8 #7

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

Just to back that up BaronChocula Aug 8 #17

Howard Mohr passed away in 2022 LittleWoman Aug 8 #19

I read that book long before I moved here. MineralMan Aug 8 #22

I was born in Minnesota but didn't grow up there. BigDemVoter Aug 8 #9

I worked on the Pritzker campaign in 2018. nycbos Aug 8 #10

That is funny! mysteryowl Aug 8 #11

"Say ya' to da' you-pee der hey" GusBob Aug 8 #15

I lived near Rochester in the mid-80s and heard the accent all the time. sinkingfeeling Aug 8 #18

I'm from the southern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan and I have an accent geo1 Aug 8 #20

The "Fargo" movie dialect was a *really* exaggerated Hollywood version... keep_left Aug 8 #21

Lots of Swedish influence here NickB79 Aug 8 #25

"New Prague, where a bunch of Czechs got lost" 🤣 mysteryowl Aug 9 #34

Reason 54,245 why I read DU. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 8 #27

Nice comment mysteryowl Aug 9 #35

You betcha! surfered Aug 8 #28

I always felt like it might be connected to the Swedish who had settled there some generations ago msfiddlestix Aug 8 #30

Has anyone entertained the idea that it could be us that have the funny accents? SalamanderSleeps Aug 8 #31

Oh yeah, that's quite a story. Emile Aug 8 #32

Jesus fuck... Please don't... aww fuck you did it..... edisdead Aug 9 #36