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« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2008, 02:19:08 PM »
Here's a relevant Language Log post, but sadly the YouTube clips are no longer available.
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« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2008, 02:21:18 PM »
That's it!

Edit to add: Ah, that's interesting that it may also be a Minnesota thing (influence from Norwegian accents) so Minnesota Mormons are doubly doomed. My poor daughter.  :(  
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« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2008, 02:50:26 PM »
I'm not sure how much I would trust that article. I don't see any citations for the Norwegian connection, and the paragraph after that is an awful mess.
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