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Chuck Klosterman was born Charles John Klosterman son of William John Klosterman, Sr. and Florence Irene Pikarski. He is listed as being born on June 5th, 1972 in Wilkin County, Minnesota in the Minnesota Birth Index. Whats your source that he was born on a farm in Wyndmere?
i was curious as to why the jacket of his book says he is from Akron. But in the book he visits North Dakota, where he says he grew up.... Brockmanah 17:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I think he was likely born in Breckenridge in Wilkin County. I'm the one who put his birthplace as Wilkin County up. It's in the Minnesota Birth Records Index, and aside from that, he's actually a distant relation of mine (a 3rd cousin, shall we say), being related to my grandma, so I know who his parents were, and thus know the listing in the birth record index (Charles John Klosterman) is Chuck Klosterman. My mom grew up in the same county, and she was also born in Breckenridge (as were all the kids in her family) . It was (and still is) quite common for many parents in Richland County, ND to drive to Breckenridge, since the area is extremely rural. At the time he was born, and today still the only nearest hospital with obstetrics to areas of Richland County is in Breckenridge in Wilkin County. There used to be one in the Breckenridge's twin town of Wahpeton, North Dakota but it is no longer in operation. Most people born from Richland County, born in the 1950s and onward were born across the border in Breckenridge. I hope that clears up any questions as to his birthplace/hometown
Is the criticism of his Snakes on a Plane column really worthy of being included in this article? I know it's a popular blog, but the whole matter seems kind of trivial.
I saw Chuck at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA a few weeks ago and he started out by saying that his name was pronounced KLOH-ster-man, not KLAH-ster-man as he had been introduced (and I had previously thought it was pronounced). This might be a useful fact to include in this entry, but I don't know how to enter pronunciations.
The Tim Show Blog Article at The Phoenix
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Kloh-ster-man is how it is pronounced in German, as that is how the word "Kloster" is pronounced... Kloh-ster. Some branches of the Klosterman family have started pronouncing it Klahsterman.... but most, including mine, have stuck with Kloh-ster-man
I agree there's no need to include the pronunciation in the article. But it's common courtesy to at least try to pronounce someone's name correctly. It's the correct (linguistically) pronunciation.
Does Klosterman have a webpage, official MySpace or blog? It seems strange that he only has the middle one (and that's kinda iffy) Doc Strange 12:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
I fail to see the irony in the fact that Klosterman is teaching American Studies in Leipzig. As far as I can tell, it seems like the exact opposite of irony that a man whose career to this point has been mainly focused on American popular culture should be hired to teach a class on American popular culture.
I could be missing something here, I suppose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.154.40 ( talk) 02:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
He's engaged since Halloween 2008. —Preceding
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I've replaced a quote that was supposed to have been from the Adult Swim cartoon, the one in which Carl explained why Klosterman will no longer be appearing on the show. I watched all the episodes available (the episodes' poster says that "Almost All Episodes are present") and I did not find the quote; beyond that, the quote was from an episode in which Klosterman did not himself appear. I have replaced that quote with another, which I have reliably sourced and accurately cited. —catsmoke talk 09:12, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
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Chuck Klosterman was born Charles John Klosterman son of William John Klosterman, Sr. and Florence Irene Pikarski. He is listed as being born on June 5th, 1972 in Wilkin County, Minnesota in the Minnesota Birth Index. Whats your source that he was born on a farm in Wyndmere?
i was curious as to why the jacket of his book says he is from Akron. But in the book he visits North Dakota, where he says he grew up.... Brockmanah 17:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I think he was likely born in Breckenridge in Wilkin County. I'm the one who put his birthplace as Wilkin County up. It's in the Minnesota Birth Records Index, and aside from that, he's actually a distant relation of mine (a 3rd cousin, shall we say), being related to my grandma, so I know who his parents were, and thus know the listing in the birth record index (Charles John Klosterman) is Chuck Klosterman. My mom grew up in the same county, and she was also born in Breckenridge (as were all the kids in her family) . It was (and still is) quite common for many parents in Richland County, ND to drive to Breckenridge, since the area is extremely rural. At the time he was born, and today still the only nearest hospital with obstetrics to areas of Richland County is in Breckenridge in Wilkin County. There used to be one in the Breckenridge's twin town of Wahpeton, North Dakota but it is no longer in operation. Most people born from Richland County, born in the 1950s and onward were born across the border in Breckenridge. I hope that clears up any questions as to his birthplace/hometown
Is the criticism of his Snakes on a Plane column really worthy of being included in this article? I know it's a popular blog, but the whole matter seems kind of trivial.
I saw Chuck at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA a few weeks ago and he started out by saying that his name was pronounced KLOH-ster-man, not KLAH-ster-man as he had been introduced (and I had previously thought it was pronounced). This might be a useful fact to include in this entry, but I don't know how to enter pronunciations.
The Tim Show Blog Article at The Phoenix
BabuBhatt 20:07, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Kloh-ster-man is how it is pronounced in German, as that is how the word "Kloster" is pronounced... Kloh-ster. Some branches of the Klosterman family have started pronouncing it Klahsterman.... but most, including mine, have stuck with Kloh-ster-man
I agree there's no need to include the pronunciation in the article. But it's common courtesy to at least try to pronounce someone's name correctly. It's the correct (linguistically) pronunciation.
Does Klosterman have a webpage, official MySpace or blog? It seems strange that he only has the middle one (and that's kinda iffy) Doc Strange 12:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
I fail to see the irony in the fact that Klosterman is teaching American Studies in Leipzig. As far as I can tell, it seems like the exact opposite of irony that a man whose career to this point has been mainly focused on American popular culture should be hired to teach a class on American popular culture.
I could be missing something here, I suppose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.154.40 ( talk) 02:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
He's engaged since Halloween 2008. —Preceding
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I've replaced a quote that was supposed to have been from the Adult Swim cartoon, the one in which Carl explained why Klosterman will no longer be appearing on the show. I watched all the episodes available (the episodes' poster says that "Almost All Episodes are present") and I did not find the quote; beyond that, the quote was from an episode in which Klosterman did not himself appear. I have replaced that quote with another, which I have reliably sourced and accurately cited. —catsmoke talk 09:12, 10 July 2023 (UTC)