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I can't discern any "Midwest accent" though supposedly there is a Minnesota one. I know people from Minnesota but its not very noticeable, and I know the accents in that Fargo movie are not very accurate. Or are they?
I dunno, I had a professor in college from MN and I could definitely tell.
I also had a prof from the south and it drove me absolutely nuts. He. was. in. no. hurry. to. say. anything.
New York ever purposely gets rid of that accent, except for Rudy Giuliani whose trying to now that he's running for President and needs to connect with the real America!
I can't tell you how much that sentiment annoys me. I have family from NYC and New England, they share the same citizenship as I, who was born in the midwest.
Oh, ok. I was under the impression that you were changing so you didn't sound unintelligent(maybe someone else said that) to other people. I for one LOVE having an accent and hope it only gets worse
Oh, ok. I was under the impression that you were changing so you didn't sound unintelligent(maybe someone else said that) to other people. I for one LOVE having an accent and hope it only gets worse
No not really... I honestly don't care what anyone thinks of me. I just don't like having the accent it's not that people make fun of me or something like that
I think accents are a courosity to most, if you move from one place to another. I'm originally from North Dakota and have been told I have an accent. The movie Fargo exagerated the mid-west accent a lot!
Also, depends on where your comming from, to where your going to, you will find more or less acceptance of them.
Truthfully, I think they are great! They often do tell you what part of the country your from. I say, so what?
Its just part of who we are. Not really anything bad.
I grew up in the Boston area, probably one of the most noticeable accents in the country to pinpoint its location almost immediately. However I have lived all over the world since I was 19. When I lived in Japan, It was assumed I was australian, since both regions do not pronounce the letter R. I have been mistaken as being Canadian, when living in Germany, and from New York here in Oregon. I like my accent, it has faded somewhat with time, I am 57 now, but its a little bit of where I am from, and who I am, and I would never want to lose that. If one wants to lose an accent it would take alot of practicing phonics and constantly speaking in a non accented form such as newscasters and actors, that spend much time studying and practicing losing their native accents. Its really not all that easy to completely lose an accent just look at Arnold Schwatznegger, although Im not sure he completely wants to lose all of his austrian accent and he has been here I believe around 35 or 40 years
I can't discern any "Midwest accent" though supposedly there is a Minnesota one. I know people from Minnesota but its not very noticeable, and I know the accents in that Fargo movie are not very accurate. Or are they? Honestly, the most annoying accent is from Long Island, it just reeks of snobbiness and elitism, and nobody from New York ever purposely gets rid of that accent, except for Rudy Giuliani whose trying to now that he's running for President and needs to connect with the real America!
Are you kidding? Where do these Minnesotans live now? If in Maryland, I bet they have lost a lot of that Minnesota nasal accent. My DD went to college in Minnesota, had a roommate from there, and picked up some of the accent. It is very noticeable, and I personally don't like it! DH is from Nebraska, has much less of an accent, but still says some things differently than me.
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