Hosted on MSN10mon
List ranks most attractive U.S. accents. Here's where Minnesota's rates.
It is, alas, not the most attractive accent in the Midwest. The general "Midwestern" accent, which a map accompanying the study places in Missouri, came in at No. 6, while Chicago ranked eighth.
TwinCities.com7y
Uffda: The life and times of the Minnesotan accent (copy)
Minnesotans share roughly the same Upper Midwest accent with Iowa and Wisconsin. Even if some native speakers don’t notice it, there are people out there who make it their business to notice.