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Thursday, May 5, 2005

Wash My Mouth Out with Soap and Kerosene

I was dismayed to hear myself say it today when talking on the phone:

“Yeah, I know.”

But it wasn’t like that. It was more like:

“Yah, I knoh.”

Immediately I stopped talking and said to the person on the other line: “I’m so sorry. I just spoke with a Minnesota accent.”

But it wasn’t like that. It was more like:

“I’m soh sohrry. I just spohke with a Minnesohta ahccent.”

The joke is on me. The skinny boy who makes fun of fatties is gaining weight himself. And quickly. Soon I will be sporting a coonskin cap and flannel.

Maybe I should just end things now.

Posted by Aaron on May 5, 2005 3:30 PM

Comments:

Thats too funny since you make fun of us TRUE Minnesotans so much! Welcome home!

Brady
May 5, 2005 4:12 PM

Wait till you find yourself telling Ole and Lena jokes. I have a stash if you need any.

Byf
May 5, 2005 5:25 PM

I've witnessed many of your Ole and Lena jokes and haven't been able to remember a single one. Which doesn't mean they're bad, just that I have a bad memory.

Aaron
May 5, 2005 5:26 PM

They're probably bad.

That reminds me; when I first moved to New York I was sitting at my desk at work, and the woman next to me sighed and said "uff da" in a Long Island accent. Startled, I asked, "Where did you learn 'uff da'?" She said, "I went to Lutheran schools."

Byf
May 5, 2005 5:30 PM

am i bad person for wanting to come to MN to hear this famed accent? :) the other part being to check out minneapolis and all you cool gaybloggers ;)

johnny
May 6, 2005 8:21 AM

Anyone wondering what the accent sounds like should go rent Drop Dead Gorgeous. You won't regret it.

SparklesMpls
May 6, 2005 9:53 AM

Either that or Fargo. The accents in that movie are spot on.

Dunner
May 6, 2005 11:26 AM

I'm sorry, but Kirstie Alley just doesn't get it right in Drop Dead Gorgeous. Fargo is much more accurate.

Byf
May 7, 2005 9:38 AM