How to Talk Minnesotan

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Now you can cultivate authentic Minnesota pronunciation, vocabulary, and colloquialisms from the man who wrote the book on it. Speak with confidence when using Minnesota words and phrases to make indirect commands and statements. Feel at ease constructing whole conversations based on "the weather" and "car talk." Learn the subtle differences of "lunch," "dinner," and "a little lunch." Plus, added at no extra cost, useful messages from Raw Bits Cereal, Pentagon Overstocks, and Polka Pants Industries. Not to ...
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Overview

Now you can cultivate authentic Minnesota pronunciation, vocabulary, and colloquialisms from the man who wrote the book on it. Speak with confidence when using Minnesota words and phrases to make indirect commands and statements. Feel at ease constructing whole conversations based on "the weather" and "car talk." Learn the subtle differences of "lunch," "dinner," and "a little lunch." Plus, added at no extra cost, useful messages from Raw Bits Cereal, Pentagon Overstocks, and Polka Pants Industries. Not to mention classic Howard Mohr prose pieces on the "art of waving" and "where I live and what I burn for fuel."
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780140092844
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/28/1987
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 309,158
  • Product dimensions: 5.53 (w) x 8.41 (h) x 0.57 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword by Author's Mechanic vii
Preface ix
1 Getting Started in Minnesotan 1
2 The Power of the Negative 6
3 Eating In in Minnesota 13
4 Basic Conversations 23
5 Dining Out in Minnesota 34
6 What to Say When You've Arrived 42
7 Talking Cars in Minnesota 52
8 Lutefisk 59
9 How We Write Our Poetry Here and What We Do with It 64
10 Oh, For and Heckuva Deal 70
11 Your Winter Vacation in Minnesota 79
12 Books, Grants, and Fuel Oil 87
13 Minnesota Doctors and Hospitals 95
14 Talking Money and Road Repairs in Minnesota 104
15 Romance and Marriage in Minnesota 114
16 Living Off the Land, Snowbirds, and So ... Then 124
17 Wyoming, Golf, and the Law, Minnesota-Style 134
18 Non Sequiturs, Rebuttals, and Gifts 144
19 Minnesota Psychiatry 154
20 Cassettes, Mysteries, and Customs 160
21 Though, Groves, Seniors, and Poker Parties 169
22 Minnesota Body Language 180
23 Directions, Church, Lake, and Cabin 188
24 I Don't Know and Minnesota Firsts 196
25 Lists, the Phone, For Sure, Saying Too Much 204
26 The Minnesota Long Good-bye 215
Conclusion: Whatever 221
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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 2, 2003

    Hilarious

    I recommend this book to every Minnesotan with a sense of humor! It's funny, and you'll find it's quite true. Heckuva deal. Great for out-state folks too!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 18, 2000

    Great! I fell over laughing!

    Its worth it- trust me!

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