If you've ever seen the movie "Fargo" and you havent ever lived in Minnesota, I can almost guarantee that your head is filled with the common misconceptions. The movie "New in town" depicts our dialect and mannerism in a slightly more correct way, but still has a few stereotypes. I will proceed to clear up the misconceptions and give you the facts and proper information. First and foremost, I have never heard anyone use the phrases "Ya you betcha" or "Uff da." Maybe we do get a little stuck on our O's, like when we say minnesota or boat.... but it's really not as drawn out as everybody else makes it seem. And so what if we replace the T's in words such as water with more of a D sound? Yes, we do end our sentences with unnecessary prepostions, like when we say "I'm going to town, d'you wanna come with?" the word with is not needed, but it makes more sense, now doesnt it? We're Minnesotans, and damn proud of it! Now, here's a list of some things you might hear when you come to Minnesota.
In Minnesota, soft drinks are "pop" not "soda"
you will rarely hear someone say "dusk", we use "dark" like.... "meet me at the stopsign on county road 12 at dark"
"Come here once" is a phrase i heard quite often growing up, usually when my dad needed somebody with small fingers to help fix something.
"leave it go" = let it go, or sometimes is a request to stop argueing with someone, "you're wasting your time bickering with him, why dont you just leave it go?"
"oh fer geez"= exasperation or frustration at whatever just happened. usually translates to either "g*d dammit" or "oh my g*d"
"damn near" = almost. "i damn near got t-boned by a snowplow today"
"buy it off..." your buddy is thinking of getting rid of his old playstation, and you want it, so you ask him, "can i buy it off you?"
"head out"= leave
"wellll... i s'pose"= subtly letting someone know that you would like to leave soon, if they would just shut up
"Itch"= means the opposite of what you would think. Itch can mean that you have an itch, or you need to itch an itch, we don't scratch our itches. we itch them. understand?
"itchin" means you really can't wait to do something, " I'm itchin to go deer hunting"
"popple"= poplar tree or aspen
"longjohns" are either your thermal long underwear, or long donuts with filling, frosting and sprinkles or nuts
"choppers" the plural form of helicopters, or motorcycles...right? wrong. choppers are thick mittens usually made of leather on the outside, and wool on the inside, and they tend to be yellow.
"cuhn't'of" with a long U sound like in "Uff da" (which we dont say) means could'nt have, "that kitten cuhn't'of gotten on the roof by himself!"
"ruff"= roof. you say ooo we say uh
"lectric" or "letcherc" as my father would say, is really electric
"grodge"=garage
"iddin it"=isn't it. "iddin it cold out?" it sure is!
"dint"=didn't
"alla"= all of the
"sirp"= syrup
"mayul" this is actually how i pronouce "mail" most of the time
"ima" or "i minna"= im going to
and thats the end of my lesson for today lol, hope you learned something!
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