[Magdalen] Cheerios.

Lynn Ronkainen houstonklr at gmail.com
Mon Sep 21 17:19:21 UTC 2015


Yes, MTU - Michigan Tech

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 8:05 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Cheerios.

> 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
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
>> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
>> by Richard Rohr
>>
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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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