The Salad Days

Those of you who have spent time in Minnesota can attest to the certain lilt in the speech up here. I heard myself say something the other day wherein I caught myself sounding Minnesotan. I was getting on Highway 100, ready to get home to the fam, when I came upon a rather horrific traffic jam. I then, without mental prompting, uttered these words, "AAh jeeez..." I have heard this said by natives, and now I too have uttered it, in accent.

The metamorphosis has begun.

You betcha.