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A lot of media is a midwest accent which is considered the most plain. Many movies have various regional accents depending on location. california, southern, boston, chicago, etc. regions and cities and areas of cities have accents but the city ones especially can be a bit rare unless your in a pretty specific area. Heck I did not even know about the northern middle country thing that sounds more canadian until fargo.
You're assuming all of Canada sounds like Fargo. Right after explaining how all USians don't sound the same.
Even within prairies, you won't find Calgary sound anything remotely similar to Fargo accent.
It's also a class thing, like any other country. You notice urban and globally exposed Newfoundlanders sound nothing like the old timers.
Same goes for Quebec. Their english accent doesn't resemble anything remotely close to Fargo accent. Canada also has Whistler, BC where so many people speak in the urban, uppity Australian accent for some reason.
omg dude. I was not saying all canadians sound like that. just that its the same accent over the border. people really make some assumptions. Wait for me to say all canadians sound like x instead of the fargo thing sounds like a canadian accent. a. one of many. singular.
I'm glad y'all solved that with kindness. That's great to see! ππΌ
That said, you might enjoy looking into the cultural hotspots that developed during CA & US' infancy and how whole regions were shaped by them. I find it pretty fascinating, but my nana was a geneologist, so π
It was all in good fun. Didn't mean any harm.
I doubt anyone outside Canada even cares whether we do or don't sound the same. Or what Whistler is all about, except maybe Australians.