What do people think of Minnesotan accents?
Minnesota accents, you ask?There are no Minnesota accents. When you hear Bob Dylan or Prince or Garrison Keillor speak, do you hear an accent? I didn't think so.When you watch the Coen's Fargo, you do hear something that passes as a Minnesota accent, but most Minnesotans have only heard a few people from NW Minnesota actually say things like "you betcha." Now, there is clearly a Southern accent -- in fact, several, and a New York accent, and Boston. I lived for years in Chicago and hear a clear Chicago (Tschikago) accent, but nobody outside of rural Arkansas has actually ever looked at me to say, "Minnesota, right?" Minnesotans speak this Midwestern thing that is virtually unchanged from Decatur to Bismarck to Beatrice, Nebraska. Remember Tom Brokaw? South Dakota. Tom Friedmann? Minnesota. John Belushi? Suburban Chicago. So, here's what Minnesotans think of Minnesota accents: they just don't exist.
Minnesota accent??
Hey so yea im from minnestoa and i was wondering if you think people from minnesota have accents...i don't think we do but my cousin says we do...and if we do what do we say thats different?? thanks!
Do you like the minnesota accent?
I'm from Minesota and I was wondering if other people like our accents. Other people have sort of asked this but none of them directly. I recently admitted to myself that I have a heavier accent then most other people here do. I denied having an accent for years but when I recorded my voice and played it back I could hear that I really do have an accent that is quite noticeable even to me, being a minnesotan. Personally I like our accent, but I've heard that some people find it annoying. If you could refrain from mentioning the movie Fargo, that would be great. I have an accent, but it isn't that heavy! I also wanted to know if British people like our accent? I heard that they think it is interesting, but I'm not quite sure. Thanks for your time ;D
Why does Sarah Palin have a Minnesota accent? ?
Please ask me why she feels she has to drop her "g"s as well.
Minnesota accent?
Hey, so I am from MN, I wentto Florida this past month, as I was talking to the hotel manager about something for my room, this lady comes up andc omments on my accent. Now, I know t hat I do have one,but I don't think I do sicne I am used to it,d o you think Minnesotans have an accent?
Is a Minnesota accent sexy?
people are always saying I have a sexy accent but I don't think I have an accent. I have lived in Minnesota all my life so when I went on Vacation this guy told me I have a very sexy accent.
Do people in Minnesota have the accents and vernacular as depicted in Fargo (the TV series)?
They do!TV Rambles: Fargo Season 3
How did the Minnesota accent originate?
Just look in any Minnesotan phone book and you will have your answer. Larsen, Olsen, Edgqvist, Schmidt, Miller/Mueller, etc. etc. etc.Minnesota was settled primarily by Scandinavian and German immigrants, for whom English was a second language. They left their mark in the (for other Americans) odd cadence and rhythm in how they speak, with more rounded vowels and an unusual sing-song, sprinkled with the occasional Scandinavian expressions like uff da! and a knack for dry understatement.The movie and TV series Fargo parodied the accent pretty mercilessly. So did A Prairie Home Companion. (The accent had it coming.) Seeing a British actor, Martin Freeman, do his take on the accent in Fargo Season One cracked me up to no end.What always annoyed me was that Minnesotans would get on my case for my Appalachian accent, not noticing how goofy their accent was, ya shure you betcha, heckuva deal there, Olaf. Some even had the gall to claim they had no accent at all. Hahahahahano.By the way, Minnesotans still occasionally eat lutefisk, which even the Norwegians think is insane. Right they are, too.
Minnesota accents? how do they sound?
Faye, It's not as bad as the accents in Fargo but close. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKQGT8Qc8... Or Sarah Palin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEidkJJlD...