Words From Different Areas

[BentleysBands]

as someone had posted somewhere else using 'sweeper' (i say vacuum)...just curious as to different words ppl use. im in Va

sweeper = vacuum
washer= ive heard waRsher up north
coke/pepsi = i've heard POP

[tenderhearts]

I moved from Ohio when I was a child and in ohio we'd say bad instead of sack, supper instead of dinner, sweeper instead of vacuum. I still say supper most of the time and bad, I never say sweep or sack ::

[MommyMuffin]

I've never heard a vaccum called a sweeper. When I say sweeper I mean swiffer sweeper.

[QualiTcare]

I've never heard a vaccum called a sweeper. When I say sweeper I mean swiffer sweeper.

that's what i was thinking

[MN Mom]

I use pop instead of coke or pepsi, dinner (12noon meal), and supper (6pm meal).

I'm sure there are some other quirky things I say, being I'm from MN.

I'd be willing to bet they aren't really words though...more like sounds, eh!

*edit Husband just reminded me of a couple.

We say Hot dish, rather than casserole. Salad = Jello with fruit in it.

[Brookers]

Yeah, I mean swiffer "sweeper" too. But I live in Idaho and oringinally from San Diego, Ca and when I moved here I was all "dude!" and "man!", "Totally" and "Soda". They said "no sir" and "Pop" LOL I was all HUH!?!?!

[AfterSchoolMom]

I say soda, vaccuum, and dinner (the evening meal).

I'm from the south, and I say "totally" and "dude" all the time (people make fun of me for it sometimes, ). I also say "ya'll".

How about the thing you push at the grocery store? I say "cart", but I've heard "basket" and "buggy".

[kendallina]

I say:

vacuum
dinner
pop
cart or grocery cart here

I just heard someone say 'sweeper' today and it took me a second to realize what she was talking about. I'm from Michigan originally, living in southern Ohio now.

[missnikki]

How about
"The laundry needs done." versus "The laundry needs to be done."

"Can I taste of your pie?" versus "Can I have a taste of your pie?"

Fixin' to, reckon, and driving at are things I've never done.

For me, it's breakfast, lunch, dinner in that order, and maybe with a soda.

I sit on the couch, not the 'sofa'. I keep my food in the fridge, not the 'cooler' or the 'frigidaire'.

My daughter wants to date, or 'go out with' a guy which has nothing to do with going anywhere- it's just dating= going out with.

I guess that's why I'm not 'cool', I'm 'totally lame-o.'

[melskids]

i used to work at an ice cream shop, and a man visiting from the south asked for "jimmies" on his cone. took me a minute to realize he wanted sprinkles...

[melissa ann]

Let' see:
Supper for the evening meal.
Mon-Sat noon meal is lunch, Sunday it's dinner.
Vacum
This was just brought to my attention. When we are out of something, we say, it's all. Meaning empty.
outin' the light (turn off the lights)
making wet out (it's raining)
I'm in PA dutch country.

[Lucy]

Originally from SoCal where we said soda. Moved to the Pac NW where they say pop.

Had a friend from Canada who called a rubber band an elastic, and would say Grade 1, Grade 2, etc. instead of 1st grade, 2nd grade, etc.

The one that drive me batty is my husband and his family (all native to the Pac NW) saying CRICK instead of creek. Ugh.

[AfterSchoolMom]

Oh yeah, I forgot one...

If someone asks me where someone/something is, sometimes I point and say "over yonder".

[Lucy]

Some say "put up", as in putting something away. Like you'd tell your kid to "put up your toys". They also use it for canning. "I put up 20 quarts of green beans."

I say "put away", and "canned". The other ways sound hick to me. No offense!!

[momofsix]

We have so many different words just in our immediate family b/c my husband and I are from different cultures. When i first heard "Can you HIT the lights?" I was like WHAAAT am i supposed to hit the light for???