Randy May writes:
 
><<M-I-N-N-E-S-O-T-A, Minnesota, Minnesota, yeaaaaaaaaa Gophers!
>
>>>
>
>I have a goofy yet serious question...when you say that in a game do you
>really pronounce the first half of the word "Minnesota"? It sounds like you
>are saying "soda....soda!" Which at first left me to believe that everyone was
>really thirsty...or something.
 
Try an experiment:
 
1. Get a few thousand friends, relatives, and various other volunteers
2. Put 'em in a hockey arena
3. Have 'em yell "MINNESOTA!" in more-or-less unison
4. Listen
5. Report your results back to the list
 
-- Erik
 
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