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From not knowing what a "Yooper" or how to play Michigan's favorite card game, Euchre, here are the clear and obvious signs someone is not originally from Michigan.

On December 14, 1836, the Toledo War unofficially ended which granted the Toledo Strip to Ohio while Michigan acquired the timber and ore-rich upper peninsula.

You've heard this word thousands of times, but you probably never realized how your friends from the UP are screaming inside when they hear you say it.

What do you think Artificial Intelligence thinks Michigan looks like?

A staple among yoopers of Michigan's upper peninsula, cudighi refers to a traditional italian sausage and style of sandwich unique to the U.P.

This calls for a celebration pasty!

Watch the video tribute.

Well shut my mouth, people find "Eh?" sexy.

You use this word to describe people from a certain area of Michigan.

It's always exciting when your town is highlighted in some type of way and Michigan made an appearance on Jeopardy! last week. The episode aired on Wednesday, May 3rd says MLive. It was a $1,200 question under the category "Where Ya From...

Heading north to the Upper Peninsula is a summertime tradition for anyone from West Michigan. It's a long trip and all that time on the road can work up an appetite. Make your next road trip to the U.P. a delicious one with our map of places to stop for a pasty along the way.

Since 2000, Kathryn Remlinger, professor of English at Grand Valley State University, has been examining Yooper dialect, its relationship to the U.P. and the idea of the Yooper identity.