Words From Different Areas

[QualiTcare]

i'm from tennessee.

POP makes me cringe! i hate "soda" too!

we say "coke" for coke, "mountain dew" for mt. dew, "dr pepper" for dr. pepper. i think that's one misconception people have. we don't call all drinks "coke" but we do call them by their name.

joyce, i say put up instead of put away! i even say, "stop! i'm not puttin up with it!"

i have an ex bf from new york and he thought it was weird when i said "where you at?" or "you're making me mad"

i don't know if other ppl find that strange? i never understood why he did.

jeff foxworthy is great - "YANT to?" or "hey d'yeat yet?"

as in - we're going to a movie, do u want to (YANT to)? or did you eat yet (d'yeat yet)?

english is my strong point and i'm great at telling kids that "aint" isn't a word, but i say it! at home, people ask me if i'm from here bc i try to use proper english (unless i'm around family and really "get ta goin", but if i visit family in new jersey, they find my dialect hysterical.

[MommyMuffin]

I wish I was from the south I always have! I love the way they talk. They can say anything and it sounds so sweet! I'm from mn and I think we have such a boring dialect..(sp?)

[laundryduchess@yahoo.com]

I say all kinds of things, being a transplant from lousiana via missouri to indiana. .

I "fix to do" alot of things, I shut the lights off, use hanGers to put my clothes on. I use a pilloW, not a pilla, I use a woosher not a washer. I dont put macaroni in my chili, I do put yellow food coloring in my homemade noodles. I drink water, my husband drinks pop, coke, or soda whichecver comes out,.. I broom the tile and sweep the carpet. I put fuel in my truck and gas in my van. I have been known to jerk a knot in my childrens tails, I use dusting stuff not furniture polish, Kleenexes and qtips. Toilet paper, not tissue. I go home, not back to the house, I use a leash not a lish to restrain my dog. My husband has a few 'isms' that he picked up here and there,... He thinks things are really cool,.. and says,.. Well thats slicker than a minners weiner, He says Mac Donalds, Cheery (cherry) pie, and punkin not pumpkin. He somehow pronounces my name with two seperate sylables (Jill) and it sounds so sweet. We have do'ors, winders, and flo'ors. We color with Cray'ons, and use baskets for our laundry, not hampers.

[melissa ann]

Yes, we say crick instead of creek, over yonder or down the road apiece.
How about this? Throw the cow over the fence some hay. Meaning throw some hay over the fence for the cow. I've heard the Amish say that.

[Unregistered]

LOL I love this I lived in MD now i live in NC and have a friend from OH. and a friend from Il. and my husbands family is in AL.

Soda-MD, Pop- IL, Ohio, Coke-AL.,NC
Creek-MD, crick-OH.
Going to the store-MD, Going down yonder to the store-AL.,
Im going to the store-MD, Im fixin to go to the store-AL,NC.

Oh there is SOOOOO many more

[MN Mom]

I love this thread!

One thing many folks around here say, which drive my husband's family nuts (and they grew up here), is : I'm going to run over to _________ really quick. This means: I'm going to hop in the car, drive to _______ and will be back shortly.

I have a terrible habit of using this saying. It comes natural to me. FIL always says: "Really!! You're going to RUN? Don't you think that's a bit far to run?"

[marniewon]

I love this thread!

One thing many folks around here say, which drive my husband's family nuts (and they grew up here), is : I'm going to run over to _________ really quick. This means: I'm going to hop in the car, drive to _______ and will be back shortly.

I have a terrible habit of using this saying. It comes natural to me. FIL always says: "Really!! You're going to RUN? Don't you think that's a bit far to run?"

LOL - I say the same thing. "I'm going to run to the store, be back in a sec". Dh always asks if it wouldn't be faster to take the van.

My dh says "crick" for creek, and chimley for chimney. Must be a redneck thing....LOL (I'm always teasing him about being a redneck).

I say pop, washer, vacuum, grocery cart (or just cart). Dinner and supper are interchangeable and both mean the evening meal.

[DEBBIES DAYCARE]

hi
Im from Ct. Ive been told we talk very fast. And we talk not speak. We are also told we have an italian american accent on the east coast even if you aren't. We seem to try to cram as many words as possible into one. One example is the imfamous " forgetaboutit" then theres
whatchadoin instead of what are you doing
getoutahere instead of get out of here
whatsfurdinna instead of whats for dinner

we speak heavy on the au, and a
like:
sawce instead of sauce
tawk instead of talk
cawl instead of call

breakfast, lunch and dinner
if your going out to a restaurant we call it " going out to eat"

if you say dude we will giggle and ask if you mean dat guy ovadere( over there)
girls are girls, ladies and chicks
pizza is apizza pronounced abeets
mozzarella is moots
ricotta is ricaught
pasta is macoroni unless your getting fancy then we will say pasta salad or primavera
a grinder is a sub
soda is soda but some of the old timers still say soder
we always grill never barbeque
no matter where we go its all " goin out" and if we dont, we are "stayin home"

great fun, i can do this for hours!