Begs the (not new but always interesting) question: what are some words & phrases you say in your region/country/family/etc. that are different from other ways of saying the same thing?
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Professor Kyle @blackcatproseI find stand on line – which I've only heard from NY/NJ/CT area – so interesting & cool sounding! Another one that intrigues me is how UK folks and some other countries say "in hospital" instead of "in the hospital."10:49 PM - Mar 14, 2024
11:22 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I still use a lot of terms and phrases I learned in the Navy. Some aren't safe to share on social media. 😄 But, I'll share a few here.
Make a hole (make space or move)
Aye or aye aye (2 different meanings)
Head (toilet/restroom)
Soup sandwich (a complete mess)
F.U.B.A.R
S.N.A.F.U.
Make a hole (make space or move)
Aye or aye aye (2 different meanings)
Head (toilet/restroom)
Soup sandwich (a complete mess)
F.U.B.A.R
S.N.A.F.U.
04:09 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Whoa!.
Love these. Pretty sure my friend who was in the Navy says all of them too.
04:11 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Whoa!.
My favourite from web development has always been Angry Garden Salad. (a poorly designed Web site GUI with incorrect code behind it)
Sometimes work terms are better than local. I use FUBAR on the regular.
Sometimes work terms are better than local. I use FUBAR on the regular.
04:19 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Wudder. It’s that clear liquid that comes from your faucet.
Philly talk.
Philly talk.
03:42 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I’ll just say that WASH does not have an R, and MILK does not have an E. To me that’s not regional; it’s just wrong.
03:33 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Diana Raabe.
Ah, you may think that...but the reality is there are no right or wrong pronunciations or words, just different backgrounds!
03:35 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
For the last fucking time - it is called "pop".
11:09 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
teeter totter
bubbler
I am from Wisconsin, tho I spent a considerable amount of my life in Southern California...
bubbler
I am from Wisconsin, tho I spent a considerable amount of my life in Southern California...
11:07 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Rhode Islanders say, "Jeet?" for "did you eat?"
We also call a sub/hoagie - a grinder (pronounced grindah)
We also call a sub/hoagie - a grinder (pronounced grindah)
08:01 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I could write 100 posts about Pittsburghese and it still wouldn't be all of it.
Instead of wash (wah-sh) we say wuh-sh.
We add 'nat to the end of sentences.' I'm headin' to Foodland to git milk 'nat.'
You really don't notice cause everyone talks that way, until you write something and spell it out.
Instead of wash (wah-sh) we say wuh-sh.
We add 'nat to the end of sentences.' I'm headin' to Foodland to git milk 'nat.'
You really don't notice cause everyone talks that way, until you write something and spell it out.
07:19 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Visiting my brother in Westen NY, he ordered a pop a concession stand. They gave him a pepsi. Then he made fun of me because we call it soda.
01:44 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Crafty Kitty.
Ha! And that's the problem – they're just different words, not right or wrong ones.
02:08 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Crafty Kitty.
There are places where people would call that "a Coke".
02:16 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
There are quite a few, but the one that comes to mind is about how kids in Phoenix teased me because, if I bumped into someone, I'd say, "Ope!" and then, "Excuse me." "Ope" was pretty common in the Midwest - it's an expression you use when you're startled or have a small accident.
01:20 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Thee NW Mankiller Magpie.
I picked up "ope" during my time in MN and my kids thought it was hilarious. They mocked until I pointed out that Eminem uses "ope" as well. "Ope, there goes gravity/ Ope, there goes Rabbit, he..."
07:13 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
West Point in the ‘80s, roommates were from all over, and had colorful ways of saying everything. But I think the internet is wiping out a lot of it. It’s been ages since I heard anyone say “cut off the lights,” (TN and SC) or “cattywampus” (diagonally across an intersection) (NE).
01:06 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Bruno and Augie’s Dad.
Yeah, while I'm sure there are new regionalisms that form, overall the internet must take away a lot of that idiosyncrasy.
01:16 AM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to BattleFuzz.
Is it true Hawaiian people call all sandals slippers? I heard that somewhere.
01:33 AM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to That's all folks.
I had to struggle to think of mine. I know there are a ton, but I might not think of them as being "different."
12:49 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Order a "coffee, regular" anywhere outside of NH/MA, and you'll get it black instead of with cream and sugar. 😵💫
12:46 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to RA.
I ordered ice coffee in Greece once and (surprise surprise!) got coffee with ice cubes. In Serbia it's ice-cream coffee with chocolate topping.
08:08 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
If you are in Wisconsin, you are drinking from the bubbler or drinking fountain.
12:38 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Erin Hunter.
Interesting! We mostly say water fountain in NH, but I've heard of bubbler.
12:39 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I got nothing right now, but you know there's always tomorrow
12:36 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Read (pronounced red) up a room. Means to clean up or get READy. Around Pittsburgh.
12:33 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Southern California--freeways/highways are "the 5," "the 15," etc.
12:19 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Laura E..
They also say that on Western NY. I was surprised other regions don't. It's awkward for me not to include "the" before a highway or freeway (thruway in WNY).
01:39 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Laura E..
In Chicago expressways are all called by the name, not the #, drives newcomers nuts. The Ryan, the Kennedy, or even more confusing, the specific area, ‘the Jane Byrne’ interchange, or ‘Ida B Wells Dr.’ which was Congress Parkway before. Most signs only have the #, I-94, for example.
04:04 PM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
We have pickerel (walleye)
Garbage mitts
the LC ( where you buy alcohol )
Jambuster vs jelly doughnut
Fish flies vs May flies
Garbage mitts
the LC ( where you buy alcohol )
Jambuster vs jelly doughnut
Fish flies vs May flies
11:44 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Something that's fairly regional to the NYC area - there's a decent amount of Yiddish sprinkled into my general speech. When I went to college in DC, I realized that was definitely not a universal thing...
11:42 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to hmmwrites (Heather's version).
Cool! NYC and lots of places like that really have mashed up lots of cultures & languages.
11:43 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to hmmwrites (Heather's version).
Same here, my mom is German/Irish Catholic but she called us bubeleh growing up because we’re all of NY immigrant stock- Jews, Italians, we all used Yiddish italian and German slang 👍🏽🤣
12:01 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Although it is the same interstate, in southern California it is THUH 5, and in Oregon it is EYE 5.
11:39 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
This could be a beauty thread, eh. (Canadian) Going to Cowtown. (Calgary) Does this cost Loonie or a Twonie? Where is my bunnyhug? (Saskatchewan) Can I get a double double. (Coffee)
11:33 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
I say a lot of things differently than most people I know. I hope my kids pick up some of them. Like, I don’t say sit down, I say pop a squat.
11:31 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Karl S the Typo King.
I feel like pop a squat is very 80s, and as a child of the 80s, I still say it too!
11:39 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Karl S the Typo King.
Pop a squat does NOT mean sit down in my lexicon. It means to pee outside. 👀
12:25 AM - Mar 15, 2024
In response to Professor Kyle.
Too late for me to think of an example, but I think I have, at times, an odd way of turning a phrase. More old fashioned.
11:29 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Carla Reid + Chilla.
I tend to use old-fashioned terms, probably because I read voraciously (especially as a kid) and turned to books for escape. So I picked up stuff that hasn't been in use for a while. I confuse poor Kiddo regularly.
12:09 AM - Mar 15, 2024
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In response to Professor Kyle.
One of the classics is the regional variations on soda/soda pop/pop/Coke.
I'm a northern Midwesterner, so it's "pop" in these parts.
I'm a northern Midwesterner, so it's "pop" in these parts.
11:25 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Michael J Sheridan.
Unless you are in Dallas, Texas where it's all Coke. What kind of Coke...Dr. Pepper.
11:31 PM - Mar 14, 2024
In response to Michael J Sheridan.
in my upbringing, the generic term was
“co-cola”
which seems weird now;
i don’t think anyone says that today, even back here
“co-cola”
which seems weird now;
i don’t think anyone says that today, even back here
10:37 AM - Mar 15, 2024
