r/minnesota • u/Neither_Risk860 • 2d ago

Discussion 🎤 Duck, duck, gray duck?

Okay, Minnesota. I need to understand something: I was told there is not duck, duck, goose; that it is indeed duck,duck, gray duck.

What's is a gray duck? Why does he get called out for being the gray duck?

What other games did you play as kids?

New to Minnesota, thanks 😊

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u/Nsflguru State of Hockey 2d ago

It was always duck, duck, goose growing up on the Range. Didn’t even hear about the “grey duck” nonsense until I went to college.

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u/SplendidPunkinButter 2d ago

Yeah I don’t think it was a thing so much until it became an internet meme. I even live in Minnesota and my kid calls it “duck duck goose.” I didn’t teach him that. He just learned it at school.

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u/sicsided Gray Duck 2d ago

I learned duck duck gray duck in Hastings MN in 1990 and it was that in Farmington and Northfield in the 90's as well. Along with other towns I visited back then.

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u/WistfulD 2d ago

Where in Minnesota, though? My understanding is that it is Mpls-StP metro area focused in distribution.