in some parts of the midwest, the accents are quite different from the "neutral" accent of the rest of the midwest. these accents usually are because of the of the area. for example, minnesota, western wisconsin and michigan's upper peninsula have strong scandinavian accents, which get stronger the farther north one goes. many parts of michigan have dutch-flavored accents. also, people from chicago are known to have their own "" accent. the same is true of st. louis. in the most southern parts of the midwest, such as southern indiana, southern accents are common in addition to the standard midwest accent. the same can be said of southern illinois, particularly below u.s. highway 50 and south of st. louis. missouri is also an example of a midwest state with southern culture. missourians usually have either a southern or midwestern accent, or a combined dialect of both, but accents tend to be distinctly southern in the southeastern and bootheel sections of the state.