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How to Talk Minnesotan: Revised for the 21st Century [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 213x139x16 mm, weight: 261 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-May-2013
  • Leidėjas: Penguin USA
  • ISBN-10: 014312269X
  • ISBN-13: 9780143122692
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 213x139x16 mm, weight: 261 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-May-2013
  • Leidėjas: Penguin USA
  • ISBN-10: 014312269X
  • ISBN-13: 9780143122692
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Presents a humorous guide to the terms and phrases commonly used in Minnesota.

A revised edition of the hilarious Minnesotan culture guide from a former writer for A Prairie Home Companion
Fans of the Minnesota-set movie Fargo will love this uproarious culture guide to all-things Minnesotan. With his dry wit and distinctive voice, Howard Mohr won millions of fans across the country on Garrison Keillor’s radio show A Prairie Home Companion. His popular commercials and ad spots, including one for “Minnesota Language Systems,” became the best of the best of Minnesota humor. Now, Mohr has updated his classic guide, How to Talk Minnesotan, to advise visitors on the use of Twitter and Facebook, cell phone etiquette, and more while in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

How to Talk Minnesotan in the Twenty-first Century ix
Foreword by the Author's Mechanic xi
A Twenty-fifth Anniversary Congratulatory Message from the Chair of the University of Minnesota's Widely Acclaimed MSL Program (Minnesotan as a Second Language) xvii
1 Getting Started in Minnesotan 1(8)
2 The Power of the Negative 9(10)
3 Eating In in Minnesota 19(14)
4 Basic Conversations 33(14)
5 Dining Out in Minnesota 47(12)
6 What to Say When You've Arrived 59(12)
7 Talking Cars in Minnesota 71(12)
8 Lutefisk 83(6)
9 How We Write Our Poetry Here and What We Do with It 89(4)
10 Oh, for and Heckuva Deal 93(6)
11 Your Winter Vacation in Minnesota 99(10)
12 What to Say When Someone Shows You His Smartphone 109(4)
13 Books, Fuel Oil, and Coffee Crusades 113(10)
14 Doctors and Patients in Minnesota 123(12)
15 Talking Money and Road Repairs in Minnesota 135(10)
16 Romance and Marriage in Minnesota 145(14)
17 living Off the Land, Snowbirds, and So...Then 159(16)
18 Wyoming, Golf, and the Law, Minnesota-Style 175(10)
19 Non Sequiturs, Rebuttals, and Gifts 185(8)
20 Where to Go in Minnesota 193(4)
21 Minnesota Minute Mysteries 197(6)
22 Though, Groves, Seniors, and Poker Parties 203(12)
23 Minnesota Body Language 215(14)
24 Directions 229(10)
25 I Don't Know 239(6)
26 Lists, the Phone, For Sure, Saying Too Much 245(12)
27 The Minnesota Long Good-bye 257