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Old 06-29-2008, 03:48 PM
 
Location: mn
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Over the years I have heard from various people throught the US and other areas that us Minnesotans have an accent. What does everyone think? My friend in North Carolina thinks we never finish our sentences. Any thoughts?
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Old 06-29-2008, 04:30 PM
 
Location: Papillion
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I do believe you do... I take a annual vacation to northern Minnesota and we always know when we get to the region when we hear folks talking...
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Old 06-29-2008, 05:45 PM
 
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I think we have a very "thick" accent. Especially in Central and Northern Minnesota. I can even hear myself doing it.
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Old 06-29-2008, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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Absolutely there is a MN accent. When I moved west people would ask me all the time where I was from, now when I go back to MN I can hear the difference. It's not as bad as the movie Fargo, but similar.
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Old 06-29-2008, 05:54 PM
 
Location: Ireland
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Well...everyone has an accent, technically speaking.

There's something about the way everyone speaks that makes their voices 'special' to their home region. Your thread has me curious now as to what "Minnesota" sounds like...I've never been there! (yet!)
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Old 06-29-2008, 06:06 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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Over the years I have heard from various people throught the US and other areas that us Minnesotans have an accent. What does everyone think? My friend in North Carolina thinks we never finish our sentences. Any thoughts?
2ndxwifewhatzername and all her family would say things like "you wanna go with?"

WITH WHAT???????

and minnesotians talk without moving their lips...especialy in the winter time.....
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Old 06-29-2008, 07:51 PM
 
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My cousins from Colorado always make fun of me when I say words like boat and about. Lol. So yeah.
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:22 PM
 
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It's not as bad as the movie Fargo, but similar.
That's a good way of putting it. A toned down Fargo (the movie) accent.
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:39 PM
 
Location: mn
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2ndxwifewhatzername and all her family would say things like "you wanna go with?"

WITH WHAT???????

and minnesotians talk without moving their lips...especialy in the winter time.....

We talk without moving our lips? Lol!! By Joe I never noticed. Youuld be right.
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Old 06-29-2008, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Man what I get around others with an accent I find myself talking like them. Funny, I was in Hannibal MO and someone asked me if I was from up North.
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