How to talk Minnesotan : a visitor's guide / Howard Mohr

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, c1987Description: xiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 140092846
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE 3101 .M64 1987
Contents:
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?.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education GC PE 3101 .M64 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004848

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.

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