Editing Fargo (1996 film) (section)

===Accent===
The film's illustrations of "[[Minnesota nice]]" and distinctive [[North-Central American English|regional accents]] and expressions made a lasting impression on audiences; years later, locals reported continuing to field tourist requests to say "Yah, you betcha", and other tag lines from the movie.<ref name="ND">{{cite news |author=McMacken |first=Robin |date=May 9, 2004 |title=North Dakota: Where the accent is on friendship |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]] |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/09/Travel/North_Dakota__Where_t.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311094023/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/09/Travel/North_Dakota__Where_t.shtml |archive-date=March 11, 2008}}</ref> Dialect coach Liz Himelstein said that "the accent was another character". She coached the cast using audiotapes and field trips.<ref>{{cite news |author=Randall |first=Laura |date=March 26, 2004 |title=She Accentuates Film Performances |newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0326/p13s03-almo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603155209/https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0326/p13s03-almo.html |archive-date=June 3, 2004}}</ref> Another dialect coach, Larissa Kokernot (who also played one of the prostitutes), noted that the "small-town, Minnesota accent is close to the sound of the Nords and the Swedes", which is "where the musicality comes from". She taught McDormand "Minnesota nice" and the characteristic head-nodding to show agreement.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hewitt |first=Chris |date=October 19, 2005 |title=Forget 'Fargo' – actors put accent on Minnesota realism |newspaper=[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]] |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31663962_ITM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210151930/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31663962_ITM |archive-date=December 10, 2008}}</ref> The strong accent spoken by Macy's and McDormand's characters, which was exaggerated for effect, is less common in the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] area, where over 60% of the state's population lives. The Minneapolis and St. Paul dialect is characterized by the [[Inland Northern American English#Northern Cities Vowel Shift|Northern Cities Vowel Shift]], which is also found in other places in the Northern United States as far east as [[Rochester, New York]].<ref name="ND"/>