Fargo Visions of the North Country Quotes

Before the Minnesota Wild NHL team came to Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota's hockey team (the Golden Gophers) formed the center of the hockey-loving culture in the North Country. They're still extremely popular. You betcha everyone goes. Jerry knows that Gopher tickets would be something anyone in town would want.

This is just one classic example of the exaggerated Minnesotan accent used throughout the movie. Apparently, it derives from the way Scandinavian settlers in the region ended up speaking English. "Yah" does sound a lot like the Swedish word "Ja," after all. The directors used the book How to Talk Minnesotan as their dialect guide. It's hilarious, btw. Or, as the locals would say, "not too bad."

The fact that Mike thinks the Radisson is pretty good might be a snobby little gag. Radisson is a mid-level hotel chain, not generally considered to be a high-end place.