I mentioned to I think it was mrissa once (we were talking about Minnesotans and how they talk) that you didn't sound like a Minnesota guy to me until the time you said the phrase "Minnesota guy." And then I heard it ever after.

(Midland here, it claims, but one of my favorite parts of living in Boston is that nobody asks me if I'm from Boston anymore.

("You from the East Coast? Boston?"

("No. Ohio by way of Illinois."

("Oh.")