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Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesora
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/28/nx-s1-5090823/weird-harris-walz-minnesota-trump-vanceWeird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota
AUGUST 28, 20245:00 AM ET
MPR News
By Dana Ferguson
[...]
And in Minnesota, the term can be … loaded.
So, we took to the Minnesota State Fair to talk to Minnesotans about how the word hits differently here.
[...]
Walz’s supporters say the “weird” label caught on because it carries more weight in the Midwest.
Minnesota weird
“It's very layered language,” says Black, a middle school geography teacher from Minneapolis. “I took it as like, this is his polite, Midwestern way of saying, like, ‘This is bonkers,’ right? Like, this is crazy, without coming right out and saying that.”
[...]
AUGUST 28, 20245:00 AM ET
MPR News
By Dana Ferguson
[...]
And in Minnesota, the term can be … loaded.
So, we took to the Minnesota State Fair to talk to Minnesotans about how the word hits differently here.
[...]
Walz’s supporters say the “weird” label caught on because it carries more weight in the Midwest.
Minnesota weird
“It's very layered language,” says Black, a middle school geography teacher from Minneapolis. “I took it as like, this is his polite, Midwestern way of saying, like, ‘This is bonkers,’ right? Like, this is crazy, without coming right out and saying that.”
[...]
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