I'm from Illinois, which, I have it on good authority, many people from further north-west don't consider to be really the midwest at all. But I spent quite a bit of time in college with a friend from North Dakota (who now lives in Minnesota and has an LJ, come to think of it), who instructed me in the proper function of 'Ufda,' taught me Sven and Ollie jokes, leant me Howard Mohr's How to Talk Minnesotan, and watched MacGuyver with me analytically to catch all the classic midwesternisms. At one point, early in our friendship, we were exiting a building ogether, me half a pace behind her, and at some movement I made she shied away slightly and then explained, "I thought you were going to kick me."
And I said, "No, I don't do that so much."
At which she burst out laughing and said, "Oh, you ARE a midwesterner, after all! What you mean is, 'Why, [hername], I would never *dream* of doing that!!!'"
As I recall, I just shrugged, which made her laugh even more.
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I'm from Illinois, which, I have it on good authority, many people from further north-west don't consider to be really the midwest at all. But I spent quite a bit of time in college with a friend from North Dakota (who now lives in Minnesota and has an LJ, come to think of it), who instructed me in the proper function of 'Ufda,' taught me Sven and Ollie jokes, leant me Howard Mohr's How to Talk Minnesotan, and watched MacGuyver with me analytically to catch all the classic midwesternisms. At one point, early in our friendship, we were exiting a building ogether, me half a pace behind her, and at some movement I made she shied away slightly and then explained, "I thought you were going to kick me."
And I said, "No, I don't do that so much."
At which she burst out laughing and said, "Oh, you ARE a midwesterner, after all! What you mean is, 'Why, [hername], I would never *dream* of doing that!!!'"
As I recall, I just shrugged, which made her laugh even more.
:)