Two Fer One: More Talking MinnesOta

by Scott Hall

One of the thicker Minnesota dialects I have noticed might best be described as making two syllables out of one syllable words. One I often hear at the hockey arena is "coach", pronounced "CO-witch". Similar to that is "boat", as in "BO-wit". And there's always "HOW-iss", as in "house". That'll be all for now then...