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The phone number is a United States phone.

"John Schorer" skrev i melding
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The phone number is a United States phone.

A strange coincidence, since 61 23 are the first four digits of a local
Lillehammer region phone number, so it looked Norwegian to me. If you remove
the last two digits, it would be a local number in this region, if you
dialled + 47 first from anywhere abroad.

"Inger Skramstad Jørstad" skrev i melding
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"John Schorer" skrev i melding
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The phone number is a United States phone.

A strange coincidence, since 61 23 are the first four digits of a local
Lillehammer region phone number, so it looked Norwegian to me. If you
remove
the last two digits, it would be a local number in this region, if you
dialled + 47 first from anywhere abroad.

It could have been another carrier than the normal, Telenor. In order to be
directed to another network, you may have to dial an extra prefix.


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Terje Henriksen
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"Terje Henriksen" skrev i melding
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It could have been another carrier than the normal, Telenor.


Yes, it could, but I think that the phone number has to be somewhere in the
US after all, and not here. It just looks like a local number, by
coincidence.

Yes, it could, but I think that the phone number has to be somewhere in the
US after all, and not here. It just looks like a local number, by
coincidence.

Come on, it's US area code 612, which is Minneapolis, Minnesota, virtually a
Norwegian subsidiary, anyway.

Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont
USA

"Lew Lasher" skrev i melding
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Yes, it could, but I think that the phone number has to be somewhere in
the
US after all, and not here. It just looks like a local number, by
coincidence.

Come on, it's US area code 612, which is Minneapolis, Minnesota, virtually
a
Norwegian subsidiary, anyway.

Here in Norway, 612 is the Lillehammer area code. I myself have relatives in
Minneapolis, like so many other Norwegians have, but I have yet not visited
the US at all. I also have relatives in Seattle, of course. Outside of
Norway, Seattle and Minneapolis are both considered here as "Norwegian"
cities. If I ever go to let us say for instance Minneapolis, I would surely
visit "Mall of America" there. It is there, am I right?? Hope so.

Seattle and Minneapolis are both considered here as "Norwegian"
cities.

Indeed, when I visited Norway, "are you from Minnesota?" was one of the
questions I was asked by the postal clerk at Oslo S as he struggled to figure
out why I was attempting to speak Norwegian.

In the U.S., the state of Minnesota has a general reputation for having a
significant Scandinavian heritage. Of course, the Norwegian immigrants, after a
few generations in America, have become largely assimilated. If you visit
Minneapolis, I would expect that you would be more likely to hear Spanish spoken
than Norwegian, and more likely to find a Vietnamese restaurant than a Norwegian
one. My experience there is from about a dozen weeks of business trips there
over the last two years, so perhaps some of the Minnesotans in the newsgroup can
give a better perspective.

If I ever go to let us say for instance Minneapolis, I would surely
visit "Mall of America" there. It is there, am I right?? Hope so.

Yes, in the suburbs, near the airport.

My reaction to the Mall was that it was a mall. The one special feature that I
especially enjoyed seems to have disappeared now. It was a small theme park
sponsored by the General Mills company and devoted to celebrating their
breakfast foods. They used two levels of the mall, to great effect; for
example, after you entered on the upper level, you could slide down a
spoon-shaped slide into a larger-than-life-sized bowl of Cheerios on the lower
level. Other exhibits were more educational (where does cereal come from?) or
historical (they had a big time line that highlighted significant events in
product development or advertising). Well worth the price of admission (yes,
you had to pay to visit this attraction).

Lew Lasher
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Stowe, Vermont

Lew Lasher wrote in message ...
Seattle and Minneapolis are both considered here as "Norwegian"
cities.

Indeed, when I visited Norway, "are you from Minnesota?" was one of the
questions I was asked by the postal clerk at Oslo S as he struggled to figure
out why I was attempting to speak Norwegian.

In the U.S., the state of Minnesota has a general reputation for having a
significant Scandinavian heritage. Of course, the Norwegian immigrants, after a
few generations in America, have become largely assimilated. If you visit
Minneapolis, I would expect that you would be more likely to hear Spanish spoken
than Norwegian, and more likely to find a Vietnamese restaurant than a Norwegian
one.

Actually, statistically before the far east invasion of immigrants,
the majority of Minnesotans were of German heritage. I believe that
Norwegian was close to the top, in addition to Swedish and Finn.

Norwegian heritage is very prevelant in the Norwegian Riviera of
Minnesota, that being the North Shore of Lake Superior. Many
Norwegians settled here looking for a living, fishing the great lake.
Names like Solbakken, Tofte, Johnson, Saethre, Anderson (Andersson),
Bolstad, Dahl, Forstad, Hansen, Hemstad, Ingebrigtsen, Johansen,
Thoreson, Tormondsen fill the phone book in the tiny berg of Grand
Marais, MN.

Minneapolis is well known for its Norwegian roots. The Sons of Norway
organization is based in Minneapolis. Sons of Norway was organized as
a fraternal benefit society by 18 Norwegian immigrants in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, on January 16, 1895. I have a friend in Norway that calls
the Twin Cities, Minneapolis....St. Paul is un heard of to him.

Greg Fangel

"Lew Lasher" skrev i melding
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few generations in America, have become largely assimilated. If you visit
Minneapolis, I would expect that you would be more likely to hear Spanish
spoken
than Norwegian, and more likely to find a Vietnamese restaurant than a
Norwegian
Maybe we should change the name from the United States to los Estados Unidos
right away?? And Ciudad de Minnesota instead of Minneapolis.

"Greg Fangel" skrev i melding
om...
Minnesota, on January 16, 1895. I have a friend in Norway that calls
the Twin Cities, Minneapolis....St. Paul is un heard of to him.

Quite correct. St. Paul?? Twin Cities?? Minneapolis is only Minneapolis to
us. We call it all just Minneapolis. Twin Cities of Minneapolis&St. Paul =
Minneapolis.