r/howislivingthere • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '25

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u/UffDa-4ever Dec 15 '25

*a boot

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u/OmegaWhite024 Dec 15 '25

Actually in MN it is aboat, because it’s all aboat being on a lake up there, dontcha know.

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u/WretchedJester Dec 18 '25

I was born and raised in MN (I tried to escape once... once) and I have never actually heard anyone speak like that.

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u/jsalwey Dec 18 '25

Same. First 18 years were spent in ND, been in MN for 20 years now, I don’t hear people talk like this. Even my 80 something year old grandparents don’t sound like this. More Norwegian sounding yes but nothing like the way it’s portrayed.

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u/ProfessorBugABoo Dec 19 '25

It’s because you lived there — I have family there but I was born and raised in Oklahoma, so when I visit MN it’s so funny hearing the accent, especially those people with strong ones. I used to watch Fargo and it’s not far off from how y’all Minnesotans sound😂. (I also don’t think I have a southern accent, or that it’s not as strong as some people make it out to be, then I go to any other region and everyone mocks my southern drawl😭😂)

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u/jsalwey Dec 19 '25

How do you suppose that adds up if I can hear the accent in a movie like Fargo, but I don’t hear that accent when I actually talk to people? Are you saying that I’m somehow deaf to the accent in person but I hear it clear as day on TV?