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How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Five-Eating in Minnesota

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Our most popular native food-the hot dish-can be made many ways with various...

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Four-Minnesota Body Language

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Nonverbal communication and body language have rules that you must remember. Remember...

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson One

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Three key phrases will carry you through any conversation with a Minnesotan

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Seven-The Minnesota Long Goodbye

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Start your goodbye early. There are stages of the long goodbye. All have their own...

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Six-Accepting on the Third Offer

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A Minnesotan never accepts food until the third offer, but then, only reluctantly. If...

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Three

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Get ready for some levelness. Minnesotans prefer to express their positive feelings...

How to Talk Minnesotan

Lesson Two

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Think of the Minnesota language as a 1-string guitar, it's not a musical language.