Dags90 said:
Mischa87 said:
Also, Fargo was shot in Minnesota, which has a lot of Swedish people I think, that's THEIR accent, not ours.
Uhh, it's supposed to be the accent of Fargo, North Dakota. And the whole area has a fairly similar accent.
The popular conception of the New Jersey accent is in reality, largely restricted to working class Italians from Jersey City. Or guidos from Staten Island.
The accent is at least consistent with broader Australian stereotypes of being rugged outdoorsmen? Bogans are sorta rugged...
"The film's use of "Minnesota nice" and a "singsong" regional accent are remembered years later, with locals fielding requests to say "Yah, you betcha", and other lines from the movie.[12] According to the film's dialect coach, Liz Himelstein, "the accent was another character". She coached the cast using audio tapes and field trips.[13] Another dialogue coach, Larissa Kokernot (who appeared onscreen playing a prostitute), notes that the "small-town, Minnesota accent is close to the sound of the Nords and the Swedes", which is "where the musicality comes from". She also helped McDormand understand Minnesota nice and the practice of head-nodding to show agreement.[14] The strong accent of Jerry and Marge is less common in the Twin Cities, where over 60% of the state's population lives. Speakers from Minneapolis and St. Paul are more characterized by the Northern cities vowel shift, which is also found in other places in the Northern United States such as Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo."
Nope, it's as I said. And not sure if you've noticed, but a lot of people (Mostly Americans) seem to think that Canadians speak like the people in the movie Fargo, heck, even some of the mainstream animated sitcoms make a reference to it.
