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12-12-2009, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: VA Beach | | | Do people in North Dakota/Minnesota really talk like they do in the movie Fargo?
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Never been up there nor have I ever met anyone from MN (I dont think). Im watching Fargo right now and the accents are just killing me
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12-12-2009, 03:25 PM
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12-12-2009, 03:26 PM
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12-12-2009, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jrthebassguy  Fargo is in North Dakota, dude. | I fail. They were talking about St. Paul so I thought they were in MN.
Either way, arent the accents rather similar? |
12-12-2009, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Holy War I fail. They were talking about St. Paul so I thought they were in MN.
Either way, arent the accents rather similar? | The movie is set in Minnesota and in North Dakota.
And yes, SOME people do speak like that.
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12-12-2009, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by NickInMesa The movie is set in Minnesota and in North Dakota.
And yes, SOME people do speak like that. | Thanks for clarifying that Im not losig my sanity haha. I could have sworn they were in MN. Thaks for the clear up.  |
12-12-2009, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NickInMesa The movie is set in Minnesota and in North Dakota.
And yes, SOME people do speak like that. |
My bad, I've never seen the movie.
I assume the accent would be just like any other regional accent (New England, New York, Texas, So Cal, etc.) where there are a few people who fit the stereotype very well, and majority of people have "regular" American accents.
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12-12-2009, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chunk-O-Funk | 
I think its my new favorite accent |
12-12-2009, 03:56 PM
| | | A friend of mine who's from MN says he slips into the accent a bit when he goes back. Met a few people who live in St. Cloud a couple years back and they all had the accent. So I guess that's a yes
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12-12-2009, 04:37 PM
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12-12-2009, 04:54 PM
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12-12-2009, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by carl h. Some of us talk like that, but we all have chippers. | Quote:
Originally Posted by TBird1958 Gotta love that chipper scene | |
12-12-2009, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MN | | | Oh ya, you betcha doncha know? We all talk like dat up nord here out by da lake.
We like to go ice fishin' and use da wood chipper.
Lol honestly people here are worse than others. If you get up by Duluth it starts getting more prominent. But to us people from down south sound like they are talking with a mouthfull of water lol.
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12-12-2009, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mooch Oh ya, you betcha doncha know? We all talk like dat up nord here out by da lake.
We like to go ice fishin' and use da wood chipper.
Lol honestly people here are worse than others. If you get up by Duluth it starts getting more prominent. But to us people from down south sound like they are talking with a mouthfull of water lol.
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12-12-2009, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Bend, Wisconsin | | | Seriously, most people talk like yoda here in wisconsin.
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12-12-2009, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Bend, Wisconsin | | My wife was talking about a repair bill just now on the phone and said to her mom "140 dollars I owe" This is really funny to me because I am from virginia...
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12-12-2009, 05:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Duluth, MN | | | I'm from Duluth, and I don't think I talk like the people in "Fargo" at all. But when visiting Florida two store employees at Bass Central said I had a Canadian accent. Come on!
Anyway, like characatures and many stereotypes, accents are based in reality but greatly exaggerated when imitated. In this movie, like many others, the locals are made to look, act and sound idiotic ... in an endearing way, of course. Just like you can slam anyone on an Internet forum, as long as you put a smiley after your comment.
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12-12-2009, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Headless Llama My wife was talking about a repair bill just now on the phone and said to her mom "140 dollars I owe" This is really funny to me because I am from virginia... | Being a Virginia man myself, I know what you mean. We have our fai share of crazy accents too. When you start gettin down by that TN border its like a no man's land for accents haha. I have no idea what people are talking about down there
But ya, I love the MN/ND/WI accent |
12-12-2009, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob C I'm from Duluth, and I don't think I talk like the people in "Fargo" at all. But when visiting Florida two store employees at Bass Central said I had a Canadian accent. Come on!
Anyway, like characatures and many stereotypes, accents are based in reality but greatly exaggerated when imitated. In this movie, like many others, the locals are made to look, act and sound idiotic ... in an endearing way, of course. Just like you can slam anyone on an Internet forum, as long as you put a smiley after your comment. | Woah, settle down there, Im not making fun of you guys at all. If anything, I thought the people and locals in the movie were portrayed as good people with a very welcoming and warm spirits. Nothing wrong with that at all IMO. I quite enjoy the accent as Ive said so in this thread. I think you read into this thread the wrong way. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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