Local/Regional Sayings

[JenBKR]

Does anyone else "read up" their room? Cheer for the "Stillers" football team? "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!" No? It's a 'Burgh thang!


haha forgot one more: "Kennywood's open!" Don't ask me where it came from, but it means that your pants are unzipped (Kennywood is an amusement park 'round here)

[slick]

This is a way cool thread, eh?
I'm trying to think of some Canadian sayings, eh?

[Dorothy39]

Yes, this is indeed a good idea for a thread.

I've lived in Michigan all my life.

Pop--- was Coca Cola or Pepsi, Orange Crush or Vernor's Gingerale.

People who live in the Upper Peninsula are Yoopers, while , those of us who reside under the bridge are referred to as " trolls" , Geez, I am a troll folks!!!!!


The town , Charlotte, is pronounced Char-LOTT----since people living here in the early 1800's had a hard time pronouncing "french" names

"The Union" means UAW, since, Unions originated in this State.

Anyone who travels past St. John's is going "UP NORTH"---

and, if you move from lower Michigan to the Upper Penisula, you have become a "TROOPER".

[king2005]

I say "eh" a lot & it means more then 1 thing..
-Nice weather eh? meaning "right", or "correct"
-What ya doin eh? damned if I know, but I say it a lot
-eh? meaning, "pardon me" or "what" or "what the hell are you talking about?" or are you crazy?"

Honestly I have no idea what "eh" means 1/2 the time, but its forever trapped in my vocab Its how people know I'm Canadian

[*iluvskipper*]

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)

[lbaker]

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

[Muddy4paws]

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

[Killearn Kitties]

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.

[GreyhoundGirl]

I know many, but I can't think of any.

You know that feeling, eh?

It's difficult when there are so many to choose from,eh?

( Seriously, I don't type like that, but I do actually talk like that... )

[Cincy'sMom]

I've noticed a few Toledo things, that maybe I nener noticed in Findlay (only 45 minutes south). Maybe I just missed them....

Adding "or no?" to a sentence. Do you want do go with me, or no?

"Happen to" Did you happen to mail the house payment?

There is also a distinction between Toledoans. Eastsiders are from east of the Maumme river, and a whole other breed! Over there, Nevada is pronounced Ne-vay-duh, and Oregon and "Or-a-gon".

[IRescue452]

Wisconsin has its own dictionary, a little book you can buy at souvenier shops. I gave a copy to one of my Japanese friends at school so she could understand us Wisconsin folk. In Japan they had learned proper English so when they got to the US weren't they surprised!We speak a lot of broken German dialect here too, even if we aren't German.

Here's the most common:
http://www.homestead.com/cameronwis/WisDictionary.html
Ones I say most are Ain-a-hey, Ain-so, uffdah, and yahhey. The only misconception is the cheddarhead thing. Not many Wisconsinites call themselves cheeseheads, just the hicks and football fans, and honestly I can't distinguish between the two.

[kuhio98]

I just thought of another one we use in Alaska. Termination Dust means snow. Like the termination of summer. Anyone else use that expression?

[Miss Z]

I thought of another few things, there are many different expressions for chewing gum in different parts of Lancashire. In my area, it's known as 'spuggi', but in other areas it's known as 'chuddi', 'wriggers' or 'knash'. I have no idea where all those expressions came from

Kuhio, I've heard the expression of a pregnant pole vaulter many a time!

'Wha'the 'ell yer playin' a'?' is another phrase, which means what on earth are you doing. I think it's originally a southern phrase but the northerners borrowed it and made it with a thicker accent

Also, 'aye' is used a lot for yes, and 'nay' or 'naw' for no. Some words are squashed together too to make one word, such as 'dusta?' (do you), 'hasta?' (have you) and 'nobbut' (nothing but).

Also, although 'eighup' is the most commonly used greeting, some more traditional Lancastrains may greet you with a 'now then'. It sounds quite severe, almost like an acusation, but really it's a kind greeting!

[davidpizzica]

Does anyone else "read up" their room? Cheer for the "Stillers" football team? "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!" No? It's a 'Burgh thang!


haha forgot one more: "Kennywood's open!" Don't ask me where it came from, but it means that your pants are unzipped (Kennywood is an amusement park 'round here)

Jen, "Kennywood's open" sure brings back memories! And don't forget that in the winter the roads are "slippy!" and remember to buy groceries at the local "Gint Egl"

[JenBKR]

haha Bob's Dad and David p good ones! I love Pittsburghese...but honestly I didn't know that gumbands was a regional thing, I actually thought that everyone called rubber bands gumbands! I think I've been living in PA too long!