Local/Regional Sayings

how to talk like a real minnesotan:

"don-chya-no"

one hundred= "ahhunnerd"

i'm going to= "ahminah"

and= "n"

advantage= "avanage"

"eh?"

call them= "callum"

didn't= "dint"

don't= "dun"

that= "dat","dhat", or "dot"

there's= "dere's"

hello= "e-yellow"

for sure= "fer sure"

film= "fillum"

frozen= "froze-up"

hand it to me= "give it here"

going to= "gonna"

have to= "hafta"

how did= "hod"

in-laws= "inners"

did you eat?= "jeet"

remember?= "member?"

ok= "oh-gay"

mosquitos= "skeeters" or "skeeties"

@($#&@#!&!!= "uffdah!"

confident affermation= "you betcha"

winter= "winner"

(p.s., soda is "pop" here to nd coke is coca cola)

Ah'm down witcha with a coke meaning any carbonated brown libation... except, of course, root beer or cream soda *mmmm, cream soda!* :rolleyes: :D

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Originally Posted by kuhio98

"Well, that went over like a pregnant pole vaulter." :eek: Anybody else ever heard these?

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No I haven't heard that but that is tooo friggin funny!
I usually say
went over like a lead balloon
I also say a lot that someone or something is dumber than a box of rocks or dumber then a doorknob{ :p

Ok here goes...

Softdrink = pop soda
She'll be apples = everything will be ok
Amber fluid = Beer
To bag someone = pick on someone
Built like a brick S...house = tough/ strong
G'day = Hello - lol no one hardly says that these days ;).
Your a dag = refering to the thing on a sheeps rear end
Flaming Galah = idiot
Good on ya = can be good can be sarcastic... usually sarcastic when coming from me :p.
Mexican = someone south of the border/ country = me lol
Ring in = imposter.. we use this a bit Re: flyball hehe.
Ute = truck
Matey = friend

Those were great!!!

The only one used here is "Built like a brick s&^% house!!!!!!,, occasionally, I've heard the expression " Crazier than a s%$# house rat" from older people!!!!!

this thread is interesting!!!!!

Cloverfdx (or any other Aussie's) What does "Bob's your uncle" mean?

I was just watching a TV show where the host said something like, "Quicker than you can say Bob's your uncle"..... something something something (I didn't catch the rest of it because I was too busy trying to figure out who Bob was). :rolleyes:

Im from South East london so really any cockney slang you have heard of :D

Kuhio, Bob's yer uncle is an English expression, specifically cockney, I think, meaning "finished", "done and dusted" "no problem". It seems to have dozens of possible origins, most of them contradictory.

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Originally Posted by kuhio98

Cloverfdx (or any other Aussie's) What does "Bob's your uncle" mean?

I was just watching a TV show where the host said something like, "Quicker than you can say Bob's your uncle"..... something something something (I didn't catch the rest of it because I was too busy trying to figure out who Bob was). :rolleyes:

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As Killearn Kitties said It used as a expression to say something is done easily

Yep what KK & M4Ps said ;). Everyone says "Ta" instead of thankyou these days, has anyone else noticed?

In 1877, British Prime Minister, Robert Cecil,
appointed his nephew as Minister for Ireland.
The press had a field day when he referred to
the Prime Minister as “Uncle Bob”. That’s how
“Bob’s Your Uncle” became a popular phrase
applied to sum up any positive situation.

:D The Irish story is one of dozens of theories, Laurie. I don't think anyone has a reliable explanation. :D Those cockneys you know - no-one knows what they are on about!

It's probably something REALLY off color but the cockney accent makes it sound like "Bob's yer uncle" :o :eek: :D ;) Why the mind fairly boggles at the possibilities :p

I remembered another one today when I said it.

"Y'unt some?" = You want some?

Robin is from TN, and they have some really crazy things they say. I usually had to ask them more than once what the heck this or that meant. I grew up in Southeast Texas. :p

"Can I have some chaw", means "Can I have some gum?!"

"Geet yet?" means "Did you eat yet?"

Millers, are moths...

Gallasses (sp?) are Suspenders, ya know, those things that hold up yer britches. Lol.

Drawers (sp?) "Where's my drawers?",, underwear or pants..lol

"Aint nary a thing wrong with that", means "There isn't anything wrong with that."

"Go down the road a piece", that usually meant go to the store or something along those lines..lol

"Will you carry me down the road?", means "Will you take me some where?"

I'm sure there is a lot more, but I can't remember them at the moment.. They had some weird words for different words that I had never heard.. Lol.. But like I said, I can't remember them all.