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To: BobL
"populated by...Scandinavians"

There is a large population of people of Norwegian descent around where I live in western Wisconsin. The Norwegians can spend their winter vacations here in sunny, warm, tropical Wisconsin and be surrounded by a lot of people that look like them. A number of small towns populated by Norskies, like Westby, Wisconsin, even have Norwegian flags flying outside gift shops. The Norwegian nationals would feel right at home...uff da!

13 posted on 02/23/2012 5:22:27 AM PST by driftless2
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To: driftless2

When my Norwegian FIL visited Westby, he was disappointed because they spoke an archaic version of his language. He had been hoping to find folks with whom he could converse in Norwegian. We heard the same complaint from the Norwegian ski-jumpers at the Snowflake Festival.

OTOH, the food can be authentic.


25 posted on 02/23/2012 5:57:24 AM PST by reformedliberal
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