Aaaaargh!

[bunn]

I have watched the TV series 'Fargo', in which increasingly hideous and bloody things happen against a mundane backdrop of Minnesota life.

Turns out that, if, like me, you have no other connotations for a Minnesota accent *other* than 'Fargo', if you hear two people wandering along chatting in a dull manner and praising the colour of the azaleas, in exactly that accent... 

It is TERRIFYING.  I automatically froze and looked around for the body.  :-D 

Comments

[timetiger.livejournal.com]

Hee! Your reaction sounds most understandable.

I have never seen Fargo, either the film or the television series and my associations with a Minnesota accent all derive from an American humorist called Garrison Keillor. For decades he had a weekly radio show with music and comedy sketches, and the centerpiece was a monologue about the doings of a group of small-town Minnesotans. It was funny, heartwarming stuff with the merest hint of gentle satire.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd heard the accent before at all, or not more than in passing, anyway. In the series the warm friendly sounding voices contrasting with the building horror seem to be a big part of the atmosphere...