[Ads-l] UKer

[GUY LETOURNEAU Owner]

Don't forget the fine folks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan: "Yoopers."

- GLL

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Subject: Re: UKer

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> But even I, an ignorant Yooker, know this is far from the truth!"
>
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> At 9:38 PM -0500 2/4/11, Herb Stahlke wrote:
> >Or as "Yooker" by analogy to Yooper?
> >
> >Herb
>
> Or as "Uecker" because they're such cards?
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> LH> >>>Last summer I reported "USer" ("you-esser") used by people too
> squeamish to
> >>>say American. Now I find a parallel "UKer" :
> >>
> >>  Presumably pronounced "ucker"?  Good-oh.
> >>
> >>  Joel
> >>

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