I ain't sure whether you're agreein' with me or arguin' with me.
Well, I'm fixin' to study on it some more.
Mapping how Americans Talk
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Alpo
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Ha! I'm on your side...
just kid'n with the yanks!
Them folks talks funny, they does.
In and around Baltimore -- AKA Bawlmer -- everybody calls everybody "Hon"...
Women don't carry purses, they carry "pockeybooks"...
That thing you "warsh" dishes in is called a "zink"...
People who come from the land of leprechauns are called "the Arsh"...
The Pope is the leader of the "Calf-lick Church"...
Our national symbol is the "Bald Iggle"...
If you're asking someone if he has had dinner, you say "Jeet?"
Germany, France, Spain are all countries in "Yerp"...
More here: Hey HON! The Bawlamerese Lexicon
Enjoy!
Women don't carry purses, they carry "pockeybooks"...
That thing you "warsh" dishes in is called a "zink"...
People who come from the land of leprechauns are called "the Arsh"...
The Pope is the leader of the "Calf-lick Church"...
Our national symbol is the "Bald Iggle"...
If you're asking someone if he has had dinner, you say "Jeet?"
Germany, France, Spain are all countries in "Yerp"...
More here: Hey HON! The Bawlamerese Lexicon
Enjoy!
Doug M.
Member
If you think "muttah" or something sounding like that is half of a 12 letter word, you're from the same part of the country as I do.
My kids get a kick out of asking everyone they meet (when we travel) where the bubbler is.
In Wisconsin, everyone knows what a bubbler is, and that's ALL it is ever called.
You get out of Wisconsin and you just don't hear it called a bubbler.
And it wasn't that long ago a guy couldn't get a good Brandy Old Fashioned unless he was sitting in a Wisconsin Supper Club.
Which is another thing visitors question us about..... What's a Supper Club?
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In Wisconsin, everyone knows what a bubbler is, and that's ALL it is ever called.
You get out of Wisconsin and you just don't hear it called a bubbler.
And it wasn't that long ago a guy couldn't get a good Brandy Old Fashioned unless he was sitting in a Wisconsin Supper Club.
Which is another thing visitors question us about..... What's a Supper Club?
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1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Wonder why all the Southern reality shows uses subscripts...
cain't the rest of you speak "Southern"!!??
Choot'm.. Choot'm.. Choot'm!!!
cain't the rest of you speak "Southern"!!??
Choot'm.. Choot'm.. Choot'm!!!
Wonder why all the Southern reality shows uses subscripts...
cain't the rest of you speak "Southern"!!??
Choot'm.. Choot'm.. Choot'm!!!
We're not the only country with different regional vocabularies and dialects.
I was going into a restaurant/beer hall in Munich some years ago, and two Germans, evidently not from the area, were emerging. One was telling the other that the next time they come to Bavaria, they should bring an interpreter...
There's a great program on the History Channel about this right now. Its title is "How the states got their shapes - mouthing off"
I was at a liquor store in AR, and asked for Korbel. He said champaign?? I did find a dusty bottle of brandy, I think it was Korbel.
Jack Flash
Member
Another regional give away is "dog"
My uncle from PA said "dahg"
My Dad from Ohio said "dawg"
My Mother from Texas says "dooooooooogh"
(No kidding, it's the longest one syllable word in existence, especially if it is the last word in a sentence!)
My uncle from PA said "dahg"
My Dad from Ohio said "dawg"
My Mother from Texas says "dooooooooogh"
(No kidding, it's the longest one syllable word in existence, especially if it is the last word in a sentence!)
Coke is Coke. Pepsi is Pepsi. They're both colas. If you go to a restaurant around here and ask for a Coke, the waitress might say, "Is Pepsi alright?"....or vice versa.
Soda...is the generic term...it could be anything....a cola, orange soda, root beer, cream soda, grape soda, 7-up, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper....whatevah.
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Around here,coke is coke and pop is generic.My ex,a jersey girl,used soda as a generic term.
Then, of course, there's "soda-pop".
Kframerbluvr
Member
Central VA - toilet
NW NC/SW VA - commode (where I grew up)
LINY - "terlit" per my Sicilian LINY college roommate..
NW NC/SW VA - commode (where I grew up)
LINY - "terlit" per my Sicilian LINY college roommate..
coltle6920
Member
Born and raised in S.E. Pennsylvania. Loved my cheesesteak sandwiches but made the mistake of trying to order one in San Francisco.No clue!!! Same went for "surf and turf" in some areas.
When I moved to Colorado I got tired of people asking me if I was from the East Coast because of my "accent". I told them it wasn't an accent but rather a lack of education.In the markets it's called "pop" but the aisle directories list it as soda.
If your accent tells me you're from the South and I can understand you that's good enough for me.I really don't care if it's Alabama,Georgia and anywhere else.If I can understand you ...It's English!
I'll die a happy man as long as someone in D.C. doesn't try and bring back the metric system. That would be the final straw!
When I moved to Colorado I got tired of people asking me if I was from the East Coast because of my "accent". I told them it wasn't an accent but rather a lack of education.In the markets it's called "pop" but the aisle directories list it as soda.
If your accent tells me you're from the South and I can understand you that's good enough for me.I really don't care if it's Alabama,Georgia and anywhere else.If I can understand you ...It's English!
I'll die a happy man as long as someone in D.C. doesn't try and bring back the metric system. That would be the final straw!
DoubleAdobe
Member
Reminds me of the time I jokingly asked a Brit of some kind if he could please speak English. It didn't make him happy at all.
I'm from Massachusetts, where you buy beer at a "packie", a State Trooper is a "Statie" and the letter r is not pronounced as a rule. When I was a young teenager one of my neighborhood buddies came home from Ft. Hood on leave, and brought his girlfriend and her sisters from Texas home for a visit. I remember how much I liked listening to them talk, pretty and those Southern accents. Since then I have had an interest in accents, slang and dialect.
Alpo
Member
Does anyone BESIDES people from Pennsylvania "red off the table"?
