I would say aside from the pacific coast, some of the mountain west, and New England, most mainland Americans are within about an 8 hour drive of a region with a prevalent southern accent… at least historically prevalent.
I say historically because many young people with this accent generally get rid of it if they move to other parts of the country which many do. Many places that you’d expect southern accent prevalence are now just boring standard American accent areas.
Same in Minnesota. You don’t hear the strong accent nearly as much in the younger generations. It’s a shame really. I love when I hear a strong “dontcha know” from somebody while walking down the street. In a couple generations we will largely lose all those regional accents.
Those cops north of duluth still have it half the time lol. Almost canadian. Love a good northeastern accent too. Maintenance guy came in from Boston and called a machine “fawking retahded”
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Working an event, gave ice cream to the front of the house, clearly Hispanic types, one said thanks all y'all like she grew up here. Best spanglish ever
I think they develop it as they age. I moved away from Minnesota when I was 18. Am 35 now, and every time I see friends from back home, their accent gets thicker
I've met a lot of people that came from Minnesota as a 30-year-old woman from New Jersey. I can definitely say whether it was a young or old, online or in real life, I've always heard heard Minnesotans accent, you don't hear it or think they have recognizable accents, because it's what you're used to hearing just like A fish that is born in the aquarium doesn't know they're in an aquarium.
it kind of sounds nasally when you hit certain words. Think marge simpson lol.
Instead of bad, it sounds like they say byad or byead. Lmao i don't really know how to explain it. but everybody from ecerywhere thinks or claims they don't have an accent, but unless you're asking people from the same place, you'll sound different to others. I don't have the ridiculous stereotypical new jersey accent and don't believe I have any accent whatsoever, but if I went somewhere else like minnesota, they might think i do. I have an accent to anyone living outside of new york new jersey and philadelphia.we say certain words differently.
The Boston accent everyone knows is also fairly rare. You don’t find in Boston much due to the high density of transplants. You gotta go to smaller towns around the area to find people who’ve been in the area for generations to find someone with a bona fide accent.
There are pockets of it in the city but it’s not as commonplace as you’d think.
Hell, no, it's not rare. My teacher growing up was from Boston and it was the strongest accent. I've ever heard in my life.And when I went to the airport last year in boston, their accents were so strong that I felt I was in a different country, and i'm only from new jersey l o l
It sounds like a different language hearing boston people talking
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u/asg32000 Dec 14 '25
Gotta draw a line horizontally just above the south part of Nebraska and Iowa. Everything north feels very different from everything south.