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Title: How to Talk Minnesotan: A Visitor's Guide by Howard Mohr ISBN: 0-14-009284-6 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: August, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Life in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Comment: As a transplanted Minnesotan living in Idaho, this is one of funniest commentaries I have seen on life in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. If you've ever lived in Minnesota, you'll roll on the ground with laughter while reading this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Romance Will Enter Your Life Unless You're Careful
Comment: I was given "How to Talk Minnesotan" by some wonderful friends as a 'welcome to Minnesota' gift back in 1995, and found it instantly hilarious. What was less obvious, though, was how accurate this book was in many ways, most particularly in rural Minnesota. Although I wasn't born in Minnesota, I now love it and consider myself an adopted Minnesotan, but after nine years I am still learning to master the subtle complexities of Minnesota interactions so perfectly defined in this book.
Howard Mohr ("Creator of Minnesota Language Systems"), a brilliant writer for 'A Prairie Home Companion,' details all the basics of talking Minnesotan form the viewpoint of a visitor. After reading this book, you will: learn how to refuse food three times before accepting it; learn to reduce anxiety with the all-purpose reaction "it could be worse"; learn proper conduct at Bob's B-17 Park, the Particle Board Pageant, and the Deep Woods Tent Casino; and learn the proper way of accepting a gift from a Minnesotan (hint: never call it a gift).
There are wonderful examples of all linguistic areas provided as well as guides to where to go in Minnesota, Minnesota dating etiquette, and an overview of Minnesotan cuisine, including detailed explanations of various hotdish concepts unseen outside Minnesota. This is a wonderful book, with more than a little humor and more than a little truth in it. I love Minnesota, and I love this book. It's a heckuva deal.
Rating: 5
Summary: Real insights into Midwesterners
Comment: If you come from the upper Midwest, especially Minnesota, or have moved there, this is far more than a tongue-in-cheeck but accurate guide to language. It uses language to explain a geographic subculture. It's very funny but at the same time it pays tribute to an overall thoughtfulness that characterizes the Midwest. Sure, a lot of the language is indirect but that's aimed at not hurting anyone's feelings.
In its own humorous way, this is brilliant. As a former Minnesotan now living in the East, I actually learned a lot from it.
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Title: You Know You're a Minnesotan If... by Ed Fischer ISBN: 1885061625 Publisher: Adventure Pubns Pub. Date: 06 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Minnesota Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Russ Ringsak, Denise Remick ISBN: 076272403X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Oddball Minnesota: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places by Jerome Pohlen ISBN: 1556524781 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Hotdish To Die For by Pat Dennis ISBN: 0967634407 Publisher: Penury Press Pub. Date: 22 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Only in Minnesota by Roxanne Kjarum, Berit Thorkelson ISBN: 0896585344 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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