Trust me-NO Minnesotan would dress like that when there is water running down the driveways and in the street. That's above freezing...If parkas are worn, they're opened.
No Minnesotan or North Dakotan would be that bundled up if the snow was melting and there was standing water, at that point we are in spring coats or just a thick sweater. Also they aren't standing at a 45 degree angle.
+20somthingdrifter11 If the snow is melting, we are outside in hooded sweatshirts. I have lived in Minnesota all of 47 years. Never would you see those two guys with hoods up with melting snow.
Good observation, but as someone who grew up in rural Minnesota, the whole conversation is dead on. The language and mannerisms are perfect. But yes way overdressed considering there is a thaw going on here
Yup. That there she's a thaw is what's happening. Unh-hun. And then some 'a that arctic air, it'll be a coming domn and next you know it's all Ice City. Yup.
The way they ended the conversation by suddenly commenting on the weather and just sort of walking away from each other always made my die lmao. I moved to MN from the west coast and it has always struck me as odd how Upper Midwesterners end conversations like that.
I watched the export version in french and I realize the whole savory of this scene was lost in translation. So I'm gonna watch the full film again in actors voices, this is why you never watch dubbed movies folks.
See the water on the road, that means its above 32 degrees and its very comfortable, and nobody wears hoods in those temps...hoods and stocking hats are for 10, 20, and 30 below stuff. 20 and 30 degrees is long sleeve of light jacket weather. I'm from MN
Hell, I’m from Lawn Guyland and even we don’t dress like that in above freezing weather. I do remember my father though, with his hood pulled up over his face - like the cop - when he was out shoveling snow. He’d come into the house looking like Elephant Man.
for me to bundle up like that it'd have to be in single or negative digits, and then it would depend- I can't stand the friggin warm car, freezing parking lot, blazing house/store, freezing parking lot, warm car, freezing parking lot, blazing store shit, rinse and repeat. Wearing a winter coat with the hood up through all that would make me nauseous and I'm not even from MN
As a born an raised Minnesotan, this is classic in so many ways. But they really didn't need to be wearing all that garb, not enough snow so it must not have been that cold. A little off topic here: no such thing as Minnesota nice. It's Minnesota Passive-Aggressive as fuck. Meanest bunch of people in this state but we say it in the nicest of ways. If someone says, "Oh! Nice to meet ya! Have to get together someday here, k?!" That is translated, "GTFO and don't bother me ever again. Got it?"
Born and raised in Northern Minnesota. I agree with you, though it depends on the context, and I don't think it's as harsh a thing to say. It can mean "I'm kinda too busy to talk right now" or something else. But if "Maybe" is used it definitely means "probably not" or "I'm not going to go out of my way to..." sometimes. For example: "Maybe we should go out for coffee sometime" or "That might be something we could do". Usually means "probably not".
There are also a lot of "indirect insults" that people here use. If someone thinks a person or thing is weird or bad in some way, they might say "Dat's diffurnt" ("that's different" for those who need a translation)
@@chickensandwich77 Ya got that right. Near junction of 3rd St S and Bryan Ave. Hallock MN. The big funny looking building at the end of the street, is the Hallock Elevator Cooperative.
He says, "What do ya think about that?" And, I says, "Well... that don't sound like too good a deal for him then." Ohh man, love it. So perfect. This guy wouldn't be from the city Fargo, rather one of the outer lying hillbilly semi-city's, but his character IS spot on for an older guy from a rural part of that area.
As a kid my folks had friends that were Minnesotans that moved to Missouri near us. Always had that pleasant sounding accent and were simply super polite and warm people that knew how to party also. Every Christmas they had lutefisk and would eat it like some sort of delicacy which we Missourians couldn't understand. It would get -20 with windchill sometimes here in February and we'd be bundled up complaining about it while they would simply laugh and say "Try living in Minnesota." However in the summertime it would get 100+ degrees with high humidity and they would turn a bright red instead of tan while we were fairly used to it. One thing in common were the huge parties my folks and them would throw with plenty of booze, good food and my German mom's sing along drinking songs which the Minnesotans seemed quite familiar with.
They’re probably northerners. Like nw angle boundary waters red county northern. Accent is normal but lutefisk is a stereotype. Never even seen it sold and I’ve traveled the whole state. Sounds cool tho, and yes it goes deep into the negatives so if you ever visit be prepared
So the folks that noticed lack of snow in the movie are spot-on; it was certainly a mild winter in MN that year. As per Wikipedia: "However, due to the region's unusually mild winter that year, the crew moved locations on March 9 to Hallock, Minnesota to find more suitably snow-covered landscapes for the film's winter setting. A second unit under the direction of Roger Deakins filmed near Bathgate, North Dakota where the film's Paul Bunyan statue was constructed.[10] In some scenes, artificial snow had to be created as pools and streams of meltwater are visible." And, this is not a documentary about the fair city of Fargo, ND ;-) It is a dramatization, and the title refers to Fargo because that's where the kidnapping plot was hatched.
+mehboob ahmad Yah. As a Minnesota girl through and through, I know that the parkas and covering their heads would be way out of character. We'd be running around in shorts in that weather! The push broom vs shovel in his hand is, however, appropriate.
+Kathleen Skott-Myhre Did 1 1/2 years at Grand Forks AFB in ND, the accents are a little over the top, but still somewhat accurate. My roommate was from Duluth, seems like he couldn't get a sentence out without a you betcha or an oofta. :)
They wanted it to be in the dead of winter, but it was the warmest winter in the region in 50 years. Most of the snow in the movie is fake; there was no snow anywhere
It’s spelled Mora. Mora is a Sweden name that many Minnesotans have. There’s even a small town about an hour and a half north of Minneapolis called Mora, Minnesota
Having lived in Austin MN I can fully see the culture in this scene. Its a shadow of what it was in the past when people were more local and isolated, the climate would kill you if you get things wrong. Get to work, prepare, integrate with the network of folk around you who form a wider support, and you may survive the winter. Its implicit in their manner that there is work to be done, and when their need for contact is finished, they turn right to it.
bunberrier - Excellent analysis. Younger folks in "the cities" (this is what Minnesotans outside the metropolitan area call Minneapolis and St. Paul) have an easier life, but the old school Minnesotan (I'm thinking of my elderly German-descent father-in-law) is no crybaby and knows how to survive hard times.
I'm from Kansas and go to the Boundary Waters to canoe once a year. Each time I interact with the locals I notice the differences from the people I'm used to. I can never quite pin it down. Your comment about the need to get to work sheds some light.
@@nokomismn9685 we don't have an easier way of life. We just have a different one. Try dealing with snarling traffic, drug dealers, a rat race at the office, having to hold multiple jobs to pay for a Volkswagen Beetle sized apartments, while you are sharing a bed with a roommate, not being able to have a car in the middle of the coldest major metropolitan area in the world, because parking and insurance is so expensive, and thugs coming in from the coasts and chicago, always trying to size you up.
@@simplesimon2960 By scandinavia I really ment Norway. Sayings like "uff da" and "ja"/"yah" are norwegian words. Same with the last names like "Gundersen", "Nygaard" and "Lundegaard" etc. And keep in mind that these are descendants of norwegian amaericans who came to minnesota in the 1800's so the accent is washed out of course. You can google it if you're interested.
Funny thing is that people from Minnesota hate the accent in this movie. People cant hear our own accents so if people from Minnesota can hear the accent in the movie then it is 100% not our accent
@@VintageSeanTV Nygaard and Lundegaard is surname of danish origin - the "gaard" prefix is danish, but a lot of Danes settled in Norway in administrative roles during time the Dani-Norwegian Kingdom.
Minnesota, and Wisconsin, too. I'm heading back there next week for the first time in almost 30 years. I'm sure I'll be hearing a lot of this style of chatter while I'm there, you betcha!
Drumstick74 - This is a special kind of "cop," the kind that is not a cop at all but an actor. It's vital to differentiate between the "cop" on TV or a movie and a real cop on the street in the real world. US cops are federalized so are probably fairly similar throughout the country.
Hah! When the snow starts melting we start wearing shorts. I lived in White Bear Lake (first city in US to ban cigarette vending machines) which is about 10 miles north of St. Paul. To make it more authentic they could have thrown in a few “you betchas “. Great movie!
Dead and I do not mean of old age. Funny looking in a general sort of way. So I called it in . The acting and casting in this movie is excellent . Some great and memorable lines in this movie.
I just finished watching season 3 of the Fargo TV show here in Minnesota and was wandering around the house doing the "Minnesota accent" that is rarely actually heard in most of Minnesota. ;)
Years ago we had relatives from New England come to Minnesota for a visit. They thought it was funny and peculiar that we would express disgust by saying "ish."
I would encourage folks to watch the movie, or at least read the Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(film) before posting comments about Fargo being in N. Dakota (which it undeniably is). The movie is mostly set in Minnesota, and Coen brothers are from the Twin Cities area.
in Minnesota we don't button up our jackets really, unless it's below zero. I'm not sure if it's me but right now where I live in MN it's 34 degrees and I have both the fans on it's so hot.
Judging by the water in the street, the temperature is well above freezing, yet they are wearing these super heavy parkas. Everybody watching this must think we are total idiots in Minnesota.
I love how all the cops in this movie are so incompetent except for Marge. This cop doesn't even take notes, doesn't ask about what type of car the guy was driving, etc. He doesn't even have the investigative skills to correctly guess which lake the guy was staying at. He even shrugs the whole incident off as "you're right it's probably nothing".
I mean, I haven't seen the movie, so you're probably right, but he could have been wearing a recording device of some sort for example. That's why he'd ask "that lake" to get someone to say the name. And telling the guy it's probably nothing is just cops not trying to excite people. But I'm sure the rest of the movie agrees with you though. :)
Lived in Minnesota for years, four kids born there: two in St. Paul, two in Maplewood. Been all over Minnesota except for the Boundary Waters area. Was a salesman up there for a while, met all kinds of people. This accent nails it, but I've heard accents up there very similar to even the most exaggerated ones in the movie Fargo, worked with a couple ladies who sounded a lot like McDormand's character..
I am from the South. So the Minnesota mannerisms are kinda charming to me in their own way. Common fold people are much the same where ever you go. I love em. They are the best and the only redeemable part of mankind.
Everyone complaining about them wearing jackets. Its not writing or production mishap. It’s done on purpose for the audience. So they never forget they’re dealing with people from MN. No one really cares that the water isn’t frozen. The point of the movie is that it takes place in Fargo. The directors do not want you to forget that.
the best part of the whole thing is the guy doesnt even really seem to care a whole lot and only bothered to "call it in" cause of Mrs. Mora nagging him, then once he's done talking to the cop he just acts as if it were nothing at all.... it's just so perfect for the area and mannerisms of a guy in that area
Just saw a documentary about his movie ---- too warm winter .... you can see here temperature is +2 - +5 celcius. supposed to be cold the directors swearing.
This scene, like many in the movie, takes place in Brainerd MN, and some people absolutely do talk like that. "Dat' and "da" instead of "that" and "the." The "th" should is used very commonly in the accent but is replaced with a 'd' when starting many words. "Down dere at Ecklund & Swendlin" is another one I associate with Minnesota along up "up dere." Going up meant going in any direction except north (thats "going north") while going down meant going any direction except south (you guessed it, "going south") and so you could say "up there" referring a destination that was actually south of you.
I was watching this movie the other night and I was growing increasingly annoyed with the caricature-esque accents when this scene showed. I pointed to the screen repeatedly and yelled to my boyfriend, "This is what it's like! This is exactly what it's like!" That man with the shovel does a fantastic job.
I’ve lived here most of my life. I thought the movie was pretty exaggerated but if you travel from the Twin Cities to the father Northern parts of the state (Bemidji, north of Duluth, etc) the accent is more prevalent, especially with older people with Scandinavian heritage. We do tend to pronounce “oh” and “no” more like Canadians and say yeah (not yaaah) more than saying yes.
Trust me-NO Minnesotan would dress like that when there is water running down the driveways and in the street. That's above freezing...If parkas are worn, they're opened.
No way would they have their hoods up.
Looks like tshirt weather. No way I would be wearing a heavy parka shoveling heavy, wet snow. No one thought of consulting a Minnesotan?
Craig James Myran funny you mention it, the Coen brothers are from St Louis Park.
The other day the sun was out and there was a lot of melty slushy ice and water in the streets but the wind chill was -10
You would be overheated.
I could watch this movie 100 times in a row. It is amazing well-crafted. Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her performance.
Siskel & Ebert named it the best film of 1996.
Honestly. Funny Looking is the best way describe Buscemi.
Just in the general kind of way, yeahh
oh yeah, you got that right :D
funny lookin in a general kind of a way
@@LuisSierra42 Oh yeah, you betcha.
“End of story”
No Minnesotan or North Dakotan would be that bundled up if the snow was melting and there was standing water, at that point we are in spring coats or just a thick sweater. Also they aren't standing at a 45 degree angle.
Yep, standing water means it's very warm in Minnesota.
+20somthingdrifter11 If the snow is melting, we are outside in hooded sweatshirts. I have lived in Minnesota all of 47 years. Never would you see those two guys with hoods up with melting snow.
That's sweatshirt with rolled up sleeve weather, great scene though.
Good observation, but as someone who grew up in rural Minnesota, the whole conversation is dead on. The language and mannerisms are perfect. But yes way overdressed considering there is a thaw going on here
Yup. That there she's a thaw is what's happening. Unh-hun.
And then some 'a that arctic air, it'll be a coming domn and next you know it's all Ice City. Yup.
The way they ended the conversation by suddenly commenting on the weather and just sort of walking away from each other always made my die lmao.
I moved to MN from the west coast and it has always struck me as odd how Upper Midwesterners end conversations like that.
I had no idea this wasnt normal elsewhere XD
This is such a great scene. "Well, what do I look like? I don't arrange that type of thing..". LOL.
I watched the export version in french and I realize the whole savory of this scene was lost in translation. So I'm gonna watch the full film again in actors voices, this is why you never watch dubbed movies folks.
See the water on the road, that means its above 32 degrees and its very comfortable, and nobody wears hoods in those temps...hoods and stocking hats are for 10, 20, and 30 below stuff. 20 and 30 degrees is long sleeve of light jacket weather. I'm from MN
John Baha - Weather is critically important in the upper midwest. Here the "news" is mere window dressing for the weather report.
Hell, I’m from Lawn Guyland and even we don’t dress like that in above freezing weather.
I do remember my father though, with his hood pulled up over his face - like the cop - when he was out shoveling snow. He’d come into the house looking like Elephant Man.
for me to bundle up like that it'd have to be in single or negative digits, and then it would depend- I can't stand the friggin warm car, freezing parking lot, blazing house/store, freezing parking lot, warm car, freezing parking lot, blazing store shit, rinse and repeat. Wearing a winter coat with the hood up through all that would make me nauseous and I'm not even from MN
Also they will be kicking around the idea of putting the top down.
The winter they filmed the movie was the warmest on record, they were laying fake snow down for the highway shots!
As a born an raised Minnesotan, this is classic in so many ways. But they really didn't need to be wearing all that garb, not enough snow so it must not have been that cold. A little off topic here: no such thing as Minnesota nice. It's Minnesota Passive-Aggressive as fuck. Meanest bunch of people in this state but we say it in the nicest of ways. If someone says, "Oh! Nice to meet ya! Have to get together someday here, k?!" That is translated, "GTFO and don't bother me ever again. Got it?"
I agree with you. I live in Minnesota to.
Uffda, you might be right. Born and raised in MN, but have been living in New England for 16 years. I agree about the passive aggressive thing...
Born and raised in Northern Minnesota. I agree with you, though it depends on the context, and I don't think it's as harsh a thing to say. It can mean "I'm kinda too busy to talk right now" or something else. But if "Maybe" is used it definitely means "probably not" or "I'm not going to go out of my way to..." sometimes. For example: "Maybe we should go out for coffee sometime" or "That might be something we could do". Usually means "probably not".
This is true for pretty much all states west of Minnesota as well. Nice as hell to your face but wanting nothing to do with you.
There are also a lot of "indirect insults" that people here use. If someone thinks a person or thing is weird or bad in some way, they might say "Dat's diffurnt" ("that's different" for those who need a translation)
This was actually filmed in my girlfriend's hometown - Hallock, MN. Her parents live in the gray home that's in the background at 0:19, lol
is your girlfriend funny looking?
Cool story
Wellllll that don’t sound like too good’a deal for her then.
I think this is 3rd Street South - Google Maps
@@chickensandwich77 Ya got that right. Near junction of 3rd St S and Bryan Ave. Hallock MN. The big funny looking building at the end of the street, is the Hallock Elevator Cooperative.
He says, "What do ya think about that?" And, I says, "Well... that don't sound like too good a deal for him then." Ohh man, love it. So perfect. This guy wouldn't be from the city Fargo, rather one of the outer lying hillbilly semi-city's, but his character IS spot on for an older guy from a rural part of that area.
FlyBoyBigBlue He is so believable I thought it was an average Joe that volunteered to be in the movie.
drumstick74 I wouldn't be surprised at all to find it was. I bet you're right.
@@FlyBoyBigBlue acting professor
Well none of the characters are actually from Fargo. It's kind of frustrating that this film is called Fargo because it just leaves everyone confused.
As a kid my folks had friends that were Minnesotans that moved to Missouri near us. Always had that pleasant sounding accent and were simply super polite and warm people that knew how to party also. Every Christmas they had lutefisk and would eat it like some sort of delicacy which we Missourians couldn't understand. It would get -20 with windchill sometimes here in February and we'd be bundled up complaining about it while they would simply laugh and say "Try living in Minnesota." However in the summertime it would get 100+ degrees with high humidity and they would turn a bright red instead of tan while we were fairly used to it. One thing in common were the huge parties my folks and them would throw with plenty of booze, good food and my German mom's sing along drinking songs which the Minnesotans seemed quite familiar with.
They’re probably northerners. Like nw angle boundary waters red county northern. Accent is normal but lutefisk is a stereotype. Never even seen it sold and I’ve traveled the whole state. Sounds cool tho, and yes it goes deep into the negatives so if you ever visit be prepared
@@steakfilly5199 I'm Minnesotan, and I see it all the time. You won't see it at Walmart, or larger stores. Gotta go to the local grocers in towns.
Yeah we've been trained up North in MN to drink since about the age of 13 lol
@@steakfilly5199 Lutefisk is a typical Norwegian thing but is also consumed in Sweden, where it is called lutfisk.
Great memories. Thanks.
So the folks that noticed lack of snow in the movie are spot-on; it was certainly a mild winter in MN that year. As per Wikipedia: "However, due to the region's unusually mild winter that year, the crew moved locations on March 9 to Hallock, Minnesota to find more suitably snow-covered landscapes for the film's winter setting. A second unit under the direction of Roger Deakins filmed near Bathgate, North Dakota where the film's Paul Bunyan statue was constructed.[10] In some scenes, artificial snow had to be created as pools and streams of meltwater are visible."
And, this is not a documentary about the fair city of Fargo, ND ;-) It is a dramatization, and the title refers to Fargo because that's where the kidnapping plot was hatched.
+mehboob ahmad
Yah. As a Minnesota girl through and through, I know that the parkas and covering their heads would be way out of character. We'd be running around in shorts in that weather! The push broom vs shovel in his hand is, however, appropriate.
+Kathleen Skott-Myhre Yep. Canadian here, and it's not cold enough in that scene to be bundled up like that.
+Kathleen Skott-Myhre Did 1 1/2 years at Grand Forks AFB in ND, the accents are a little over the top, but still somewhat accurate. My roommate was from Duluth, seems like he couldn't get a sentence out without a you betcha or an oofta. :)
+valar lol. true. that. minus. 10. still. in Bermuda. shorts. in. canada. cold. r. business. k.
the film shows the scandinavian side of the usa
Norwegian*
@Chris By
It was similar to how Scotland and England is today. Two distinct places, with the same head of government, military, etc.
What bothers me, if its warm enough for standing water they would't have the hoods up or pretend like its cold.
Yes. I was surprised they would make such an obvious error in this scene.
They wanted it to be in the dead of winter, but it was the warmest winter in the region in 50 years. Most of the snow in the movie is fake; there was no snow anywhere
It was supposed to be colder than it was the weather didn’t cooperate for the filming of the movie so they did what they could
Mr. Mohra is my favorite character in the movie and he only has this one scene.
It’s spelled Mora. Mora is a Sweden name that many Minnesotans have. There’s even a small town about an hour and a half north of Minneapolis called Mora, Minnesota
There have been numerous murder cases solved by bartenders' reports to police about drunk guys bragging and taking about the murders they committed.
My Grandpa spoke just like the old guy telling the story to the cop. Lmao 😂
Irish twinge very audible
this guy was the best thing in the film for my money
Definitely the most "authentic" Minnesota accent. But no way they'd be dressed in those huge coats on a day like that, dontcha know.
Having lived in Austin MN I can fully see the culture in this scene. Its a shadow of what it was in the past when people were more local and isolated, the climate would kill you if you get things wrong. Get to work, prepare, integrate with the network of folk around you who form a wider support, and you may survive the winter. Its implicit in their manner that there is work to be done, and when their need for contact is finished, they turn right to it.
bunberrier - Excellent analysis. Younger folks in "the cities" (this is what Minnesotans outside the metropolitan area call Minneapolis and St. Paul) have an easier life, but the old school Minnesotan (I'm thinking of my elderly German-descent father-in-law) is no crybaby and knows how to survive hard times.
I'm from Kansas and go to the Boundary Waters to canoe once a year. Each time I interact with the locals I notice the differences from the people I'm used to. I can never quite pin it down. Your comment about the need to get to work sheds some light.
@@nokomismn9685 we don't have an easier way of life. We just have a different one. Try dealing with snarling traffic, drug dealers, a rat race at the office, having to hold multiple jobs to pay for a Volkswagen Beetle sized apartments, while you are sharing a bed with a roommate, not being able to have a car in the middle of the coldest major metropolitan area in the world, because parking and insurance is so expensive, and thugs coming in from the coasts and chicago, always trying to size you up.
ahaha love the accent! its like swedish ned flanders.
@@VintageSeanTV How does that explain the accent? People from Sweden sound nothing like this. The people in this clip have an American accent.
@@simplesimon2960 By scandinavia I really ment Norway. Sayings like "uff da" and "ja"/"yah" are norwegian words. Same with the last names like "Gundersen", "Nygaard" and "Lundegaard" etc. And keep in mind that these are descendants of norwegian amaericans who came to minnesota in the 1800's so the accent is washed out of course. You can google it if you're interested.
Maershkin Schrabs please stop.
Funny thing is that people from Minnesota hate the accent in this movie. People cant hear our own accents so if people from Minnesota can hear the accent in the movie then it is 100% not our accent
@@VintageSeanTV Nygaard and Lundegaard is surname of danish origin - the "gaard" prefix is danish, but a lot of Danes settled in Norway in administrative roles during time the Dani-Norwegian Kingdom.
I am a Minnesotan...and have also lived in Fargo...this is how the old timers are...for sure...
Minnesota, and Wisconsin, too. I'm heading back there next week for the first time in almost 30 years. I'm sure I'll be hearing a lot of this style of chatter while I'm there, you betcha!
I enjoyed reading these comments and learning about the Midwest. For someone from the east coast, what is the terms standing water mean?
MOVIE!? THIS IS A MOVIE?!
I thought it was a documentary!!!
LOL
"in a general sort of way"
Genius! Coen's Finest, and one of Cinema's finest (in my opinion).
Its not Coens finest by any means. And anyway movies are subjective.
So "Yeah, thats just like your opinion, man."
The guy with the shovel sounds exactly like my grandma
They meant Fargo as in the movie. They know Fargo is in North Dakota. This scene was in Minnesota.
"I called it in...end of story..." lol
that guy stole the whole movie
I would love to visit you guys in Minnesota one day, any takers who'll adopt me for a while? 😂
Similar to Canadian accents but not the same, very unique.
Just eastern Canada, the rest of Canada doesn't sound like this
These accents are clearly a fusion of Irish, German and Swedish.
@@PeaceDweller I'm Minnesotan and have traveled across Europe. Scandinavians are the most similar, for sure.
Ja...I mean, yes. Yes, you're right.
If it's mild enough that the snow is melting, folks here in Wisconsin are wearing shorts.
sounds totally what Buscemi would have said lol
Ooooh so I get it, so you think I'm some kinda jerk for askin'...
@@MyoclonicJerkCough only he don’t use the word jerk
If only all cops were as nice as Minnesota cops.
they are, just wish minnesota cops were as nice as movie cops
drumstick74 if youre in city limits they're that nice. if it were a small town like area they usually are that nice.
Minnesota cops aren't perfect, just ask Philando Castile.
Drumstick74 - This is a special kind of "cop," the kind that is not a cop at all but an actor. It's vital to differentiate between the "cop" on TV or a movie and a real cop on the street in the real world. US cops are federalized so are probably fairly similar throughout the country.
Well, this aged poorly
I absolutely adore the way Minnesotans and Dakota people talk. I just could never live in what is essentially Siberia on the American continent.
Hah! When the snow starts melting we start wearing shorts. I lived in White Bear Lake (first city in US to ban cigarette vending machines) which is about 10 miles north of St. Paul. To make it more authentic they could have thrown in a few “you betchas “. Great movie!
“So I called it in.” 😂
I always thought the Fargo series should have done a season centred on the character of Mister Mohra
Dead and I do not mean of old age. Funny looking in a general sort of way. So I called it in . The acting and casting in this movie is excellent . Some great and memorable lines in this movie.
Both guys have their hoods up...not cold enough, fakey. If its cold enough for hoods, you can see your breath.
Plus when it's that cold you leave your engine on to keep the truck nice and warm.
I live in Minnesota and I have NEVER see someone wear a parka. I’ve only seen thin jackets to mid size at the highest. I personally wear a thin one.
I just finished watching season 3 of the Fargo TV show here in Minnesota and was wandering around the house doing the "Minnesota accent" that is rarely actually heard in most of Minnesota. ;)
Then your not from Minnesota, I go back up there sometimes and family I don’t remember having it have it.
@@tylerkriesel8590 But Laurie is from Minnesota. Northern Minnesota. The true Minnesota. Not the cities "Minnesota".
Hi there Laurie! Nice to see you on here. Know who I am?
Front's comming in? That's ok they've got plenty of frozen pizza and beer, they be ok. :D
Here in quebec hood goes up when windy and -20Celsius or colder. No hood in melty weather for sure
Puddles everywhere and they're freezing!?
No we don’t dress like that we kinda talk like that tho
She thought I should call it in. So I called it in. End of story.
This is one of my top 5 scenes from Fargo. xD
“oh shur.” Hahahaha
You betcha we still say oh yea here in Minnesota
Years ago we had relatives from New England come to Minnesota for a visit. They thought it was funny and peculiar that we would express disgust by saying "ish."
I think the Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota accents all sound slightly Canadian. Especially Dakota
This is also a great example of a Coen movie, each small part means something and is very well acted.
I'm from Wisconsin, but pretty much the same deal over here.
This sounds completely normal to me. Maybe because I’m from Minnesota
Absolutely, hands-down, the greatest scene ever composed!
Haha.
I could totally picture Carl sitting at the bar saying all that shit 😂
There is absolutely nothing funny about this scene on paper. Yet it's hilarious when you watch it.
my favorite scene in a terrific film....thanks for posting 😂
Reminds me a bit of the more 'provincial' bits of Scotland, especially up in Fife or whatever. This is what the cities miss out on.
I would encourage folks to watch the movie, or at least read the Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(film) before posting comments about Fargo being in N. Dakota (which it undeniably is).
The movie is mostly set in Minnesota, and Coen brothers are from the Twin Cities area.
Oh Yah?
Fuck it up Kenneth you betcha!
You're darn tootin'!
They both sound like good people 👍
He's kinda funny looking lol
in a general kinda way
Is there a better way to describe SB?
Buscemi is great in this flick.
So much culture in two minutes.
It was a mild winter when they filmed this.
in Minnesota we don't button up our jackets really, unless it's below zero. I'm not sure if it's me but right now where I live in MN it's 34 degrees and I have both the fans on it's so hot.
I'm pretty sure I heard White Bear Lake and grinned. My old hometown.
Jeez I'd be going crazy out there at the lake with that maniac partner of his.
Just ask the guy being massacred in the wood chipper
If the snow is melting, that's sweater weather. And it ain't a Midwestern convo if it don't involve the weather.
In Minnesota, the weather always makes good small talk, no matter where you are or with whom you're talking.
Judging by the water in the street, the temperature is well above freezing, yet they are wearing these super heavy parkas. Everybody watching this must think we are total idiots in Minnesota.
I'm from Minnesota and that's the kind of weather we'd wear fucking t-shirts in
Absolutely no chance I’d be shoveling snow that covered up but dang everything else is pretty dang accurate there.
This IS my family reunion. Minus the parkas. Parka gone in that temperature.
This scene always reminds me of my Wisconsinite grandpa. The way he talks sounds just like this. Even though he's not Minnesotan.
The only thing missing is WhistlinDiesel flying by in a 6000hp monster truck with half a deer carcass stuck in his suspension. Oh yaaah.
I love how all the cops in this movie are so incompetent except for Marge. This cop doesn't even take notes, doesn't ask about what type of car the guy was driving, etc. He doesn't even have the investigative skills to correctly guess which lake the guy was staying at. He even shrugs the whole incident off as "you're right it's probably nothing".
Agreed!
I mean, I haven't seen the movie, so you're probably right, but he could have been wearing a recording device of some sort for example. That's why he'd ask "that lake" to get someone to say the name. And telling the guy it's probably nothing is just cops not trying to excite people.
But I'm sure the rest of the movie agrees with you though. :)
Lived in Minnesota for years, four kids born there: two in St. Paul, two in Maplewood. Been all over Minnesota except for the Boundary Waters area. Was a salesman up there for a while, met all kinds of people. This accent nails it, but I've heard accents up there very similar to even the most exaggerated ones in the movie Fargo, worked with a couple ladies who sounded a lot like McDormand's character..
Tony Blundetto and Crazy Joe Davola, what could go wrong?
Love this scene. It reminds me of summer in Duluth.
“I don’t arrange that kind of thing...”
Best Minnesota accent ever!
Accent is a cross between Irish, Canadian, and Robin Williams.
Shot near lake and minnehaha avenues in south minneapolis.
I am from the South.
So the Minnesota mannerisms are kinda charming to me in their own way.
Common fold people are much the same where ever you go.
I love em. They are the best and the only redeemable part of mankind.
Everyone complaining about them wearing jackets. Its not writing or production mishap. It’s done on purpose for the audience. So they never forget they’re dealing with people from MN. No one really cares that the water isn’t frozen. The point of the movie is that it takes place in Fargo. The directors do not want you to forget that.
Funny lookin in a general way. Lmao!
the best part of the whole thing is the guy doesnt even really seem to care a whole lot and only bothered to "call it in" cause of Mrs. Mora nagging him, then once he's done talking to the cop he just acts as if it were nothing at all.... it's just so perfect for the area and mannerisms of a guy in that area
This movie straight up insults steve buschemi twice. Lol.
😯 I want to hear more
Maybe this was in North Dakota and they spoke to a swede and well..that would decomplicate the whole melted ice shovel mystery
He said white bear lake 🤣 that’s my hometown
Same here!
Just saw a documentary about his movie ---- too warm winter .... you can see here temperature is +2 - +5 celcius.
supposed to be cold the directors swearing.
The American version of a Canadian
This scene, like many in the movie, takes place in Brainerd MN, and some people absolutely do talk like that. "Dat' and "da" instead of "that" and "the." The "th" should is used very commonly in the accent but is replaced with a 'd' when starting many words. "Down dere at Ecklund & Swendlin" is another one I associate with Minnesota along up "up dere." Going up meant going in any direction except north (thats "going north") while going down meant going any direction except south (you guessed it, "going south") and so you could say "up there" referring a destination that was actually south of you.
People from Minnesota are generally super nice. However, as a west coast cat, I couldn’t survive in that climate.
I was watching this movie the other night and I was growing increasingly annoyed with the caricature-esque accents when this scene showed.
I pointed to the screen repeatedly and yelled to my boyfriend, "This is what it's like! This is exactly what it's like!"
That man with the shovel does a fantastic job.
You got that right.
I went to Minnesota for the first time last year, and I didn’t run into anyone who talked like the characters in Fargo.😢
I’ve lived here most of my life. I thought the movie was pretty exaggerated but if you travel from the Twin Cities to the father Northern parts of the state (Bemidji, north of Duluth, etc) the accent is more prevalent, especially with older people with Scandinavian heritage. We do tend to pronounce “oh” and “no” more like Canadians and say yeah (not yaaah) more than saying yes.
It sounds like a New York Jewish person imitating a Minnesotan.
He's from Warroad, MN. He went to college at the U of M and lived much of his life in Minneapolis.