poster Wil Rankinen
U.P. English, Eh? Wil Rankinen

Have you ever wondered why we sound Canadian to many outsiders? Where is the UP is “sauna” pronounced the Finnish way and where is it not?

Join us for the latest in our Scholar Series.  Dr. Wil Rankinen, Grand Valley State University, has been studying the “Yooper” dialect and will discuss these points and more during his lecture, with a question and answer session to follow.

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