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| Author | Howard Mohr |
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| Language | English - Dialects - Minnesota |
| Published | New York, NY |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 264 |
| ISBN | 9780143122692 3rd ed |
| 427.97760207 | |
How to Talk Minnesotan is a book by Howard Mohr (March 20, 1939 – September 4, 2022)[1], a former writer for A Prairie Home Companion. Published in 1987, the book provides examples of stereotypical Minnesotan speech and mannerisms. There was a musical version by Mohr and Drew Jansen (produced at Plymouth Playhouse by Troupe America, Inc.). The book was also adapted as a television special, which was produced by KTCA and first broadcast January 1, 1993.[2][3][4][5]
Some of the things the book covers:
- Useful phrases such as "You bet", "That's different", and "Whatever"
- Not accepting food until the third time it's offered
- The art of waving
- Hotdishes
- Loons
- Talking about cars and starting cars in the winter
- The Minnesotan "long goodbye"
Much of the material for the book was originally performed as sketches on A Prairie Home Companion. The book also includes fictional ads for improbable businesses such as "Raw Bits Cereal", "Polka Pants", and "Walleye Phone Company".
- ^ "Howard Mohr, 83". Times Republican. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ Mohr, Howard (September 1996). "How to Talk Minnesotan". Cosmopolitan. 221 (3): 132.
- ^ Hutton, Rachel (November 2015). "How to Spend Minnesotan". Minnesota Monthly. 49 (11): 6–6.
- ^ Service, Jay Gabler | Forum News (2022-09-07). "Howard Mohr, author of 'How to Talk Minnesotan,' has died at 83". Twin Cities. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Now that his beloved comedy is being revived, Mohr is definitely the merrier". Twin Cities. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2024-08-07.