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Old 11-15-2012, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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The "U". "I go to the U." People in most other parts of the world don't refer to their university as "the U."
Minnesota has the U, the Cities, Up North (usually meaning either Duluth or Brainerd), and Da Range.
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Old 11-15-2012, 12:50 PM
 
Location: Park Rapids
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Once again I must bring attention to this phrase; barrow me instead of lend me.

Can you barrow me your chain saw?

I had never heard that prior to moving into Hot-Dish USA.
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Old 11-15-2012, 01:33 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Everybody knows about "hotdish", "uff da", etc. I'm talking about words that are 1) unique to the region around MN, and 2) you didn't think they were.

Some others have to do with food. I thought everybody knew what potato sausage was but apparently it's a Minnesotan dish (of Swedish origin), along with porketta (which is itself more of a Range / Duluth thing).
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I've never heard of either? Weird.
can't say I'm familar with porketta but potato sausage was a Christmas Eve tradition I remembered from the beginning of time in the Khan household and always served with red potatoes and green jello salad. Still have it several times a year and it's always a treat.

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Old 11-15-2012, 10:45 PM
 
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Porketta is very popular in Pennsylvania as well.
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Old 11-15-2012, 11:08 PM
 
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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Once again I must bring attention to this phrase; barrow me instead of lend me.

Can you barrow me your chain saw?

I had never heard that prior to moving into Hot-Dish USA.
"Borrow me"? I've never heard "barrow me", but "borrow me" I have.

This phenomenon (using "to borrow" in place of "to lend") has been documented before, but probably strikes few who use it as strange but would sound very strange outside of Minnesota. I use it all the time.
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Old 11-15-2012, 11:52 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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Everybody knows about "hotdish", "uff da", etc. I'm talking about words that are 1) unique to the region around MN, and 2) you didn't think they were.

Some others have to do with food. I thought everybody knew what potato sausage was but apparently it's a Minnesotan dish (of Swedish origin), along with porketta (which is itself more of a Range / Duluth thing).
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Potatiskorv (more commonly known as värmlandskorv in Sweden) is a regional Swedish sausage from Värmland, made with ground pork, beef, onions and potatoes. Potatiskorv is traditionally served hot at Christmas in Värmland but often served hot or cold throughout the year.
It is from Sweden. Potatoes are quite popular in Scandinavia.

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Although popular in the whole country, porchetta originated in central Italy, with Ariccia (in the Province of Rome) being the town most closely associated with it. Elsewhere, it is considered a celebratory dish. Across Italy porchetta is usually sold by pitchmen with their typically white-painted vans, especially during public displays or holidays, and it can be served in a panino. It is also eaten as a meat dish in many households or as part of a picnic.
Italians came to the Range to mine. By the way, lutefisk and lefse existed before Minnesota. As did rommegrot. Now pizza rolls WERE invented here. But for the most part, we inherited almost everything from "the old country". If you don't run into it elsewhere, it might be due to the ethnic makeup of different parts of the country.
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Old 11-16-2012, 03:21 AM
 
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Once again I must bring attention to this phrase; barrow me instead of lend me.

Can you barrow me your chain saw?

I had never heard that prior to moving into Hot-Dish USA.
I've never heard "borrow me". People do say "can I borrow" which is not wrong.
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Old 11-16-2012, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Minnesota
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I definitely heard the ungrammatical borrow me before moving to the Land of Lutefisk.
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Old 11-16-2012, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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I've never heard "borrow me". People do say "can I borrow" which is not wrong.
Of course, they should ask "may I borrow" instead.

The whole borrow/lend mix up drives me crazy, but I guess I have some sensitivities along grammatical lines.
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Old 11-17-2012, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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Of course, they should ask "may I borrow" instead.

The whole borrow/lend mix up drives me crazy, but I guess I have some sensitivities along grammatical lines.
When I wish to use something, I usually say "Could you borrow me (item)" or "Would you borrow me (item)? or "Can I borrow (item)?".
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