County Road J (Midwest Mysteries)

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Residents, natives, tourists, and linguists have created the perception that there is one specific way of speaking in the Upper Peninsula.

Chasing Midwest Mysteries

But what about TV, radio, and other media? Although we may learn new words and expressions from various media, media typically does not affect the ways we use language beyond temporarily adding to our vocabulary. Language variation and change can only happen through face-to-face interaction, while TV, radio, the Web, and other media lack that connection. However, regional dialects are far from static. Say ya to da up, eh!

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But why do these distinct varieties still exist with all the moving around that people do? In part, distinctions exist because of the isolation and remoteness of certain areas. Our worldview is reflected in the language we use and how we use it. However, this claim comes with a cautionary note: Yet, language does not determine our worldview, nor does culture determine the structure and use of our language. They are merely reflections of each other.

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Another factor that affects the longevity of dialects are the meanings and values we attach to them. For example, we often tend to think of someone who speaks with a regional accent as more honest, loyal, and kind. Tied to this sense of authenticity is the most compelling reason for the maintenance of dialect differences: This includes not only our region but also our social class, gender, age, ethnicity, education, and other ways in which we categorize ourselves culturally and socially.

As the linguistic landscape shrinks through our online and geographic interconnectedness, language remains our badge of identity. Remlinger is a professor of English: Analyzing both word and deed, Patyk rewrites the history of modern terrorism showing why the Russian case was pivotal.

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Never far from the mad joy of writing, loving, and being alive, even as it investigates our horribly mundane capacity for horror, this book is a masterpiece. Yooper Talk explains linguistic concepts with entertaining examples for general readers and also contributes to interdisciplinary discussions of dialect and identity in sociolinguistics, anthropology, dialectology, and folklore.

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She explains how history, ethnicity, environment, economic changes, tourism, and especially language have created a colorful and distinctive regional dialect and identity. Schaposchnik convincingly shows that it was not an aberration or just another Baroque-era spectacle—it was the essence of what the Inquisition was and had been all about, from inception to abolition. Randall Davidson provides the first comprehensive history of the University of Wisconsin radio station. Webster, Foreword by Scott Straus. No serious scholar writing about the genocide can afford to ignore this trailblazing contribution.

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My father was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He, my mother, one sister, and I all graduated from UW—Madison, and my step-grandfather, Clarence Dykstra, was its chancellor. But it took me sixty years to write about the Midwest—and then it was thanks to Bill Zinsser, my late, great writing teacher.

Heirs of George J. Stein

When Bill went blind, he stopped writing and teaching formally, but he met individually with some writers in his rambling Manhattan apartment. I was one of the lucky ones.

I went about once a month. That was the deal. It was Bill who urged me to go looking for the grandfather I never knew—Franz Rickaby, who had died when he was only thirty-five. My grandmother had called him Frenzy. The presentation is set for 6 p.

On Friday, April 13, from 5: Chasing a Family Mystery on Saturday, April 14 from On Monday, March 19, from 8 to 10 a. Chasing a Family Mystery and news of another upcoming book. The February column begins:. Side road distractions can sometimes lead to unexpected gems. From court records she found in the Southwest Room at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Bennett learned her great-grandfather Henry Cassidy was involved in a murder case and that her great-great-grandfather Peter Reckenthaler once sued an Iowa County mill following a horse-drawn wagon accident on its tailrace bridge.

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Fay was arrested shortly after the robbery; however, he escaped from jail in and was never seen again. Scoll discovered that Fay's age would match the age of Stein. She believes that Fay changed his named to Stein in order to cover up his crimes and still be able to access his money. In order to collect on Stein's money, his heirs must first prove that they are related to him; then, they must produce handwriting samples that match his known handwriting. Although several possible heirs have come forward, none of them could prove their relationship to Stein as required in order to access the accounts.

This segment was featured as part of the February 15, episode. Unsolved - There have been no proven heirs nor confirmation of the true identity of George J. Sign In Don't have an account?

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