[Miata] 2 questions and regionalisms NMC

[pethier at comcast.net]

From: "K.C. Murphy" <kcmurphy72 at insightbb.com>
> > > A Minnesotan would never consider saying "THE 494". It's just "494".
> 
>  
> Well, no... you'd ask "Do I take 494" and the response would be
> "yup--you betcha!"

You mean "Yah sure, you betchya", and we mostly only put that on for the tourists.  It's generally "You bet."

Now pipe down, eat your hotdish and drink your pop.  I'm going to snap a binder around this roll of plans and go to the ramp to get the pickup (the one with the topper) so we can go out and inspect the sod they are laying on the boulevards.

Phil Ethier  West Side  Saint Paul Minnesota  USA
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