How to talk Minnesotan : a visitor's guide /
Mohr, Howard
How to talk Minnesotan : a visitor's guide / Howard Mohr - New York : Penguin Books, c1987 - xiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
1. Getting started in minnesotan -- 2. The power of the negative -- 3. Eating in in minnesota -- 4. Basic conversation -- 5. Dining out in minnesota -- 6. What to say when you've arrived -- 7. Talking cars in minnesota -- 8. Lutefisk -- 9. How we write our poetry here and what we do with it?.
A tongue-in-cheek guide to speaking like a native while in Minnesota. Includes such stuff as: learning how to refuse food 3 times before accepting it ; discovering the difference between "not too bad a deal" and "a heckuva deal" ; seeing local attractions like the Particle Board Pageant, Cat Sailing Days, and Deep Woods Tent Casino ; and much more.
140092846
ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- DIALECTS -- MINNESOTA
PE 3101 .M64 1987
How to talk Minnesotan : a visitor's guide / Howard Mohr - New York : Penguin Books, c1987 - xiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
1. Getting started in minnesotan -- 2. The power of the negative -- 3. Eating in in minnesota -- 4. Basic conversation -- 5. Dining out in minnesota -- 6. What to say when you've arrived -- 7. Talking cars in minnesota -- 8. Lutefisk -- 9. How we write our poetry here and what we do with it?.
A tongue-in-cheek guide to speaking like a native while in Minnesota. Includes such stuff as: learning how to refuse food 3 times before accepting it ; discovering the difference between "not too bad a deal" and "a heckuva deal" ; seeing local attractions like the Particle Board Pageant, Cat Sailing Days, and Deep Woods Tent Casino ; and much more.
140092846
ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- DIALECTS -- MINNESOTA
PE 3101 .M64 1987