Mohr, Howard <br/><br/>
How to talk Minnesotan :  a visitor's guide / 
Howard Mohr 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  c1987 
 - xiii, 221 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>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?. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>140092846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- DIALECTS -- MINNESOTA
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE 3101 .M64 1987