Heard: "=?windows-1252?Q?=85_?=between oh-six and_ oh-ten_."

[Herb Stahlke]

So do they sound more like the two young hookers?  The movie does end in a
motel in Fargo, although I couldn't see how that justified the title.

Herb


On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Nathaniel Sharpe <nts at bethlehembooks.com>wrote:

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> You may want to re-check your sources, Wilson, as the town of Brainerd,
> North Dakota, while apparently legendary, doesn't actually exist!
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> Perhaps you're thinking of Brainerd, Minnesota, the setting of the movie
> Fargo (which despite its title had nothing to do with Fargo or North
> Dakota in general). Which makes it even more ironic that the Coen
> brothers shot the scenes of "Brainerd" in my own hometown of Bathgate,
> North Dakota.
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainerd,_Minnesota#In_popular_culture)
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> I've always been struck by the number of people who watch Fargo and
> think they're getting a glimpse into North Dakotan culture. Of course,
> I'm sure we're not too different from our eastern neighbors, but if
> there really are people in Minnesota who talk like Jerry Lundegaard, I
> haven't yet stumbled on any in my neck of the woods.
>
> (Just a pet peeve.)
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> Nat
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> On 2/7/2013 1:41 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > tip of the slung, perhaps? nope. several more uses of "oh-ten." white
> > male speaker from the legendary Brainerd, North Dakota
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