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ST. PAUL -- THERE'S A CERTAIN kind of attitude that permeates life up here in the North Star State, and I'm having it explained to me in a book I'm reading in a store called "Lake Wobegon USA" that is located smack in the middle of the biggest mall in America.
The book is called "How to Talk Minnesotan" and it says, "Get all excited about something in Minnesota and you might as well put a bumper sticker on your forehead that says 'I'm Not From Around Here."'See the full content of this document
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Convention Setbacks? Say 'Uff Da'
Useful local phrases that will help you assimilate into the prevailing culture include the noncommittal and interchangeable "Not too bad," "Not so bad," "Yeah, well...
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