ESCANABA – We now know the definition of the word “Yooper” but do we really know what it means to be a Yooper. A quick trip through town revealed a variety of interpretations.
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Yoopers talk about what it means to live in the Upper Peninsula
Parks hopes media attention for getting ‘Yooper’ in the dictionary benefits U.P.
ESCANABA – After it was announced that the word “Yooper” was going into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Steve Parks started receiving media calls from all over the country. Parks lobbied for 12 years to have the word added to the dictionary after losing a challenge on the word in a game of Scrabble.
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A game of Scrabble sparks quest to include ‘Yooper’ in dictionary
ESCANABA – Holy Wah! It’s official. We are all Yoopers. We know this because we can now look up the word in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Hard to believe but the word “Yooper” had not been in the dictionary but apparently officials felt it was considered too regional. And it is no easy task to get a word in the dictionary. It took 12 years to persuade Merriam-Webster. Delta County Prosecutor Steve Parks made it his mission after trying to use the word in a game of Scrabble. “I was playing an old friend of mine in a game of Scrabble.
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