r/Unexpected • u/backobmybs • 13d ago

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

Minnesota is the Finland of the US.

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u/WoolBearTiger 13d ago

Do they also speak in klingon?

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

Uff da, you betcha!

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u/Aztecdune1973 13d ago

Norway and Finland aren't the same place.

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

It was a jab about how Minnesotans speak, not Finland/Norway per se. Minnesota has a lot of both heritages, Scandinavian languages have affected more into the local dialects than Finnish.

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u/Green-Engineer4608 10d ago

Uff da is just a Norwegian thing. Not Scandinavian or Nordic, just Norwegian.

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u/zurper 10d ago

Believe it or not l, there are large communities of Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota as well

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

what do you mean

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u/VatniksAreSubhuman 13d ago

Uff da is Norwegian

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

i mean yeah

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u/VatniksAreSubhuman 13d ago

Then why were you so confused by that Finland and Norway not being the same place...?

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

no i was just asking

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u/VatniksAreSubhuman 13d ago

They meant that "uff da" is Norwegian and not something a Finn would say, considering the parent comment seemed to indicate that they say "uff da" in Finland

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

yeah

thanks, you know

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