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It is rumored that the peoples of flat and exotic Nebraska use a rare and secretive language. In order to survive, we enlisted native guide Marvin Floyd to help us with Speaking Nebraskan. Marvin studied at prestigious Scott's Bluff High School (Go Bearcats!), so he began immediately to help us understand the culture and lingo.

To help us understand , our native guide, e-mailed the following to us:

On a sad note, I sent you all the Nebraska translation guide and accidently included a native Nebraskan in the cc: I got the following message from him. Apparently I erred letting the world in on our language, 'cuz I haven't heard from him since. It's been sad.
-- MDF

"Ted" <xxxxxxx@home.net> on 05/12/99 04:37:09 PM writes

Marvin,

Have you lost your mind? I realize that you will probably stay behind in one of the base camps, but still that area is very dangerous. Many a climber has stepped in a prairie dog hole and twisted his ankle, and left behind to fend off angry steers alone. One misstep and you can land in a yucca plant, making the concept of body piercing very real.

Your pursuit of danger is understandable. Many system consultants dream of pushing away the keyboard and seeking excitement in western Nebraska.

What is not understandable and is perhaps unforgivable is divulging to outsiders the secret language of Nebraska. NE-Talkers have jealousy guarded our language from the first sod house until now (except of course during W.W.II, where NE-Code talkers were used to provide communications that could not be broken by the Japanese) To outsiders our language is the object of ridicule (remember Monty Python's Knights Who Say NE?), but to Nebraskans it's our heart and soul. Are you willing to trade in our language and heritage for a little excitement?