• Yooper may refer to: Yoopers, people from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the "UP") Yooper dialect: The dialect of English speech used by the inhabitants...
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  • Upper Peninsula of Michigan (whose demonym and sometimes sub-dialect is known as "Yooper," deriving from the acronym "U.P." for "Upper Peninsula"), many...
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  • includes the term "yooper", slang for residents of that part of the state, and the use of "da" instead of "the" is typical of the Yooper dialect. The band's...
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  • and ending at US 41/M-28 between Marquette and Negaunee in the north Yooper dialect "Civic stages Jeff Daniels-written comedy 'Escanaba' | The Spokesman-Review"...
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    000 inhabitants. They are sometimes called "Yoopers" (from "U.P.'ers"), and their speech (the "Yooper dialect") has been heavily influenced by the numerous...
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  • "Second Week of Deer Camp" is a song by American novelty music band Da Yoopers. It was released in 1987 as a single from their second album Culture Shock...
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    language at home. There is a distinctive dialect of English to be found in the Upper Peninsula, known as Yooper. Yooper often has a Finnish cadence and uses...
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    (North-Central) – people who reside in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan Yooper (North-Central) – people who reside in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ope...
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    Peninsula and the slogan, "Say ya to da UP, eh!" The dialect and culture are captured in many songs by Da Yoopers, a comedy music and skit troupe from Ishpeming...
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  • qualify). Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name. (Reference: Ethnologue, Languages of the World) Many...
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