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EngL 3851 F totally 1998 Minnesota Iron Range Dialect         I am a Minnesotan. I have lived here all my life and may continue to do so. Stereotype me: The 10 oclock news is my window dressing for the 10 oclock weather (Mohr, 9). You betcha it is. Yah. I wouldnt want you to think that Im not happy here-it could be worse. Lutefisk. . . umm, my favorite.

be you close; is this representative of myself and most my fellow Minnesotans? Forgive us, merely this is slightly, no this is completely ludicrous. For these and all the numerous other stereotypes alike, whom roll in the hay we blame? Can the Kohan brothers be blamed for their depiction of Minnesotans in the movie Fargo? No, it goes much farther back than that. Better stock-still then, why not blame the Minnesotan of the north-the Iron Rangers. surely most of them do fit the stereotypes. Most of their speech does thence portray the above stress which is a consistently systematic, regional or social variation of a actors line (Shepherd, ix) . . . where language is the vehicle of our expression, personality and culture. In this paper I specialise to examine the idiom of the Minnesota Iron Range. I designate to tell you why I am analyzing this and where the distinct dialect comes from-its history.



As proof of existence I will erect numerous examples from both secondary information and primary observation. What I will attempt to prove is that no amount of development will change the dialect of the range beca wont its development and use is culturally and regionally based, it begins prior to education, and it will continue as long as the speaker is tied to the region.

        To begin, I want to express why I chose to focus on the dialect of the Minnesota Iron Range. Honestly, I...

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