Speak Minnesotan: 30+ Phrases Everyone in the Land of 10,000 Lakes Knows

Imagine the culture shock that people must have when they first arrive in Minnesota from another state, like California. Our lakes look a lot different than the gorgeous ocean that is along that shoreline. But one more thing stands out like a sore thumb, too - how we talk.

Below are some of the oddest phrases that outsiders hear Minnesotans say all the time.

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Popular Phrases Minnesotans Say That People From Other States Think Are Odd

Every year, brand new residents come from all over the world and decide that Minnesota is their new home.  Last year alone, about 130,000 people moved to the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Of those moving into Minnesota, the Center for Rural Policy and Development stated that about 21% of our new residents arrived from other countries, 28% come from states that border Minnesota, and about 52% take a trek from the rest of the states throughout the country.

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Don't be offended by this, but after you've been in the state for a bit, you probably don't even realize that you talk funny.  Trust me, as someone who came from a state away, Minnesotans say some weird stuff!

25 years ago, I loaded up my car and moved to Minnesota.  Once I arrived, I kept hearing and seeing one word over and over in the fall.  It was loud, obnoxious, and I always felt like people were yelling at me...but I had NO IDEA what they were saying. The word that I kept hearing is the last one on the list below.  Look at that word from the perspective of an outsider and THEN explain to me how I am supposed to not fear for my life when you yell that.

SKOL!  I get it now...but seriously, I was confused by all of the Vikings dress-up days and people screaming that word randomly.  THAT is not normal to the rest of us...just so you know.