[Magdalen] Cheerios.

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Mon Sep 21 13:05:25 UTC 2015


MTU, Lynn? Or is that a typo for that *other* school-that-shall-not-be-named?
Grace
Go, Blue!

> On Sep 21, 2015, at 4:27 AM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> David, speaking of correct grammar, don't you mean Ja shure, eh?
> 
> Lynn, always a Michigander (Detroit burbs) (who went to MTU)
> 
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> 
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> From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 11:05 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Cc: <Cantor03 at aol.com>
> Subject: [Magdalen] Cheerios.
> 
>> 
>> 
>> General Mills (Headquarters:  Minneapolis, MN) may have pulled a
>> little movie, "Fargo," maneuver on their current ubiquitous ad  featuring
>> the employee who successfully removed gluten from their Cheerios
>> breakfast cereal.  He supposedly did so because his  daughter-in-law
>> is gluten-sensitive.
>> 
>> At any rate the General Mills employee in the ad has his little blurb, and
>> he speaks a quintessential Upper Midwest accent, actually  specifically
>> the accent of eastern North Dakota, Minnesota, and the western  portion
>> of Wisconsin.
>> 
>> The giveaway is the slight lilt to his speak, reminiscent of the Norwegian
>> and Swedish languages, and some especially sibilant "s" sounds.
>> 
>> Uff-da and Ja shure.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> David Strang.
> 


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