Re: Dialect map of the US
folk you've heard nothing like a northern minnesota finnish/swede.norwegian dialect ! puts the accent from the movie "Fargo" to shame- the cadence and sing song effect is tough even for a southern minnesotan to decipher- especially the local old timers ? ya nod your head and smile- geo must be familiar with this dialect
i recall sitting in a us army reception barracks and listening to all the different sounds- the consensus was "i don't sound funny ! you sound funny"- and yeah that's where i first heard the word "soda" and assorted other slang- damn i thought it was called "pop"