# Non-Americans, is the American accent "cool"?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 5, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-is-the-american-accent-cool/166688 "2003-04-05T16:27:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-americans-is-the-american-accent-cool/166688/61 "2003-04-07T21:13:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Darkrabbit \*  
> \*\*That’s more of a rural, northern Minnesota accent. Minnesotans have the standard midwestern accent.
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> Oh, btw, what the heck is the midwestern accent? I’m told I have it (I’m from Wisconsin) but I don’t hear it … \*\*

I don’t know about that - I was recently in Ireland and many of the folks I talked to picked up on my Minnesota/Wisconsin accent, they said I had a “twang” that many American accents don’t have. I’ve never lived in the Northern parts of the state, just around the Mpls/St. Paul area. Maybe Fargo exaggerated a bit, but it might not be that far off.

I don’t hear it myself, but apparently others do.

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