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Ya well, Dis iss da official reeport on da first of 2010's gittogedders in Minnesoda.... First, we's all runnin late ta git to dat Chico's Mesican restrant cuz #1 dat Owl'e coult git lost inna hallway,,,,,,after be'in tolt "turn left" an go 5 miles to Renne's,,,,,well,,,,I tink maybe he's lucky to ust drive in da daytime ya'know..........an dat Bubber too.....I spose he musta fergot Lu'wassername and had ta go back en' git her.................annahow,,,we cut trail to dat Chico's ta find Lee & Aeleen from so far south Minnesoda dey had tans! Grandpagak & Ms. Gak was starv'in wait'in fer us,,,,some Mn nice huh? Me and Cookie tink'in we's inna a Mesican place...order Mesican ya? Owl'e orders hamberg steak a french fries wit gravy!!!! Imagin dat! He's so lost he tink he's in Canada! Sheesch! Ok we's ust hav'n on good laugh an another fer about maybe a hour and da door bust open and here comes dat Brandy........well,,,we didn't say no'tin cuz she came all da vay from Fargo,,,an iss "fargo" to Chico's an "fargo" to home,,(das funny ya?) and besides she drives truck like Lina and nobody to poke a stick at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Annahow,,,we's took lotza pixures soon's we figured out how to run Owl'e's new camera...told a bunc'ha fibbs drank and burped some. Den we made plans for da P.I.P. and a new ting,,,,a chili cookoff!!!! (Owl'e tinks he knows chili,,,ya right,,,,I tink NOT after see'in him order ff& gravy inna Mesican place!) Ok so den da waitress say's we's gotta go,,,,I tink it was Bubber's fault cuz he was gitt'in outt hand an carry'in on about somting "CPO"......Brandy said she thought it was somting about "Star Wars" childhood flashback,,,,,,,,I dunno.. Oh well,,,we's all had a goot time I tink,,,we didn't you's dat didn't come but you cudda! Renne,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(OH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,dos BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNSSSS)!
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Dis works better verbally, but I tink I cn make it work. We midwesterners like to tink we don't got no accent, but sometimes it is so glaringly apparent dat we haf to admit dat okay, maybe we haf a slight accent. Here's da story: I was teaching ESL classes and at the end of the year, I asked my seniors if they had any questions that hadn't been addressed in class. One of my seniors that had taken two of my classes raised his hand and asked me to translate the word "pucher". I asked him if he meant "butcher", but he told me no, he was sure it was "pucher". I had no idea what word he was asking about so I asked him to use it in a sentence. The student obliged by saying "Pucher IDs on!" Oh man! I almost fell down I was laughing so hard! I apologized and explained to the student that I was guilty of speaking Chicagoese and the misunderstanding was my fault. I promised to enunciate more clearly in the future when I instructed the students to "Put your IDs on!" I know it's kinda corny, but all that talk of accents reminded me of the story and I thought I'd share.
