How to Talk Minnesotan
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How to Talk Minnesotan is a book lampoon
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

ing stereotypical Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

n speech and mannerisms written by Howard Mohr, a former writer for A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show runs on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Central Time, and usually originates from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, although it is frequently taken on the road...

. Since its creation a musical written by Howard Mohr (script) and Drew Jansen (music and lyrics) and produced at Plymouth Playhouse by Troupe America, Inc., and a television special (produced by KTCA) have been created.

Some of the things the book covers:
  • Useful phrases such as "You bet", "That's different", and "whatever"
  • Refusing food three times before accepting
  • The art of waving
  • Hotdish
    Hotdish
    Hotdish is a variety of baked casserole that typically contains a starch, a meat or other protein, and a canned and/ or frozen vegetable, mixed together with canned soup. The dish is popular in Minnesota...

  • Lutefisk
    Lutefisk
    Lutefisk or Lutfisk is a traditional dish of the Nordic countries and parts of the Midwest United States. It is made from aged stockfish or dried/salted whitefish and lye . It is gelatinous in texture, and has an extremely strong, pungent odor...

  • Talking about cars and starting cars in the winter
  • The Minnesota "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".
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