Minnesotan Accent and Minnesotan Town Names

[FortNorge]

Here in Norway it is very easy to distinguish where people are from just by listening to their accents/dialects. Because accents change very fast when moving geographically throughout the country.

[LukaSkrbic]

I'm from Serbia and I'm a foreign exchange student in Shreveport, Louisiana. The people here speak really weird (southern) compared to you smooth accent :)

[goldiefish73]

I say "uff da"! Hah!

[torrey9809]

Whatsss up MINNETONKA!!!

[skiimm]

I live by Shakopee :]!

[DueMaster]

lol why are you walking?

[xXxlovelikewinterxXx]

*fascinated

[xXxlovelikewinterxXx]

@Codylangaugesblog Gotta love being Norwegian, huh? I'm not Swedish, but I am Norwegian, German, and Irish mostly. I wish I had some Finnish in me. I've always been fasicnated by the culture and language.

[xXxlovelikewinterxXx]

I'm guilty of saying "Uff Da" ALL the time!

[Codylangaugesblog]

@xXxlovelikewinterxXx Me and my family say it daily, lol. We are Norwegian and Swedish, so...lol

[skylar15123]

@Codylangaugesblog One of my teachers say it alot, she is part Norwegian.

[luvrip4life]

interesting video im from mn and i didn't know that about our town names. and btw you have gorgeous eyes

[Codylangaugesblog]

@luvrip4life haha, thanks ;)

[AbramBergstrom]

Hi Cody! I was the person who posted the question to which you're replying here. I am an ESL instructor and funnily enough, I had my students find random video blogs on YouTube for an assignment. I showed them this, not even knowing beforehand that you had posted this! This is awesome, and now my students think I'm famous! : ) Und mach' mal weiter mit dem Deutsch! Vielleicht sollst du demnaechst ein Video ueber deutsche Grammatik machen!!

[Codylangaugesblog]

@AbramBergstrom Ich möchte ein Video über die deutsche Grammatik in die Zukunft zu machen. Once I really get good at German grammar though.

[LukaSkrbic]

For me Minnesotan accent is cool cuz you don't speak fast so I can understand everything and I'm from Serbia :) When I listen to someone from East Cost I have to get used to their accent but yours is pretty cool.

[Codylangaugesblog]

@LukaSkrbic thanks ;)

[ABOUJAD123]

I was just wondering. Do you think the fact that there is large population of people with Norwegian roots could be an influencing factor on the Minnesotan accent ? I mean, if you were trying to transliterate the Minnesotan you could almost use the Norwegian letter "å" in place of the "o"... like in "Minnesåååta", don't you think ? Hvis du liker så mye utlandspråk, hvorfor vil du ikke lære deg norsk ?

[Codylangaugesblog]

@ABOUJAD123 I plan on Learning more Norwegian so I can be at an advanced level. At the moment I only know words and phrases.

I do think that the large amount of Scandinavian immigrants had an impact on the Minnesotan accent that is still apparent in Minnesotan English.

[Archirvion]

@ABOUJAD123 You are right.Am from minnesota,but my roots are from norway,my mom can speak norwegian,and i now after 4 years of learning i also speak norwegian. Am from bloomington,20 min away from minneapolis,and my minnesota accent is very MovieISH,with influence from norwegian. And after learning norwegian,you get a cool accent:)

[77AdHominem]

You sound like Pickles from Metalocalypse.

[cxkozel]

hey cody nice vid but i have a small request could u please do a vid on german accents between different citys in germany and austria because i am very interested in german but i am not as good as you could u please send me a email if you are going to do the vid thanks

cxkozel@yahoo.com

[AkaoKiyotsu]

As you say the T in Minnesota, in many languages it sounds like an L.

[Archirvion]

@AkaoKiyotsu L? woot:)?

[vicarious8989]

you seem to have a stronger accent than me, but I'm almost in IA. 

[jmichaelrout]

You have a mid-strong Minnesotan accent. Not really strong, but just strong enough for me to recognize you're from Minnesota. lol, and I hate to disagree with you, but your accent isn't even close to standard. That would be along the west coast - Seattle to L.A. Also, my family and I are from LA and I've lived in Orlando for almost two decades. It sounds nothing like your accent.

[Codylangaugesblog]

@jmichaelrout Minnesotans sound distinctly Minnesotan, but it is far more similar to LA and Orlando than a Texan accent. I've been to Orlando and LA, I probably sound different to them, but they sound  very similar to us. And I wasn't really talking about vocabulary or sentence accent, but how words are pronounced.

[jmichaelrout]

@Codylangaugesblog Oh yeah, I agree with that; nothing sounds quite like a Texas accent. The "Florida cracker" accent is similar to the Texan accent, which I lump all under 'southern'. Where I live it's about 30/70. 30% southern accent 70% standard accent. But like I said, I'm a Californian that's been living in Orlando since I was a child, and Minnesota vs. "standard" sounds like night and day to my sensitive ears. Orlando is becoming more and more Hispanic sounding though.