Local/Regional Sayings

[shais_mom]

-I have noticed from my Michigan family members that if you reside in the upper half of the state if you are traveling to the lower half they call it downstate.
-I say a lot about someone moving fast - they are like a fart in a skillet.
-My dad says when you ask him how he is finer then frog hair - why do you say that - b/c frog's hair is pretty fine.
-The one that I have noticed people from other states say like MN and others is do you want to come with? instead of adding me, us or whatever and I always wait for the rest of the sentence.
-My friend that grew up around Picksburg () said to us once when were walking and walking down the Navy Pier in Chicago - it just goes down there a piece we were like what the h^** are you saying?
-My sister traveled with a group to England back in high school and they were from Bowling Green OHIO and they wanted to know where she was from b/c of her southern accent. Bowling green is about a 45 minutes North of where we lived.
-My parents have a cottage in Grayling MI and if they are talking to someone sometimes they are asked how far south we are from. Now compared to people from really south that blows my mind b/c I don't think we sound alike at all.
-It is often stated here in Ohio it is hotter then a wh*^# in church and cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. You can also be as nervous as a wh*^# in church

[DrKym]

the southern counterpart to that LOl
Colder than a witches T*T in a brass bra

then there is
Hotter than the Day satan fell and not much happier

[Cataholic]

I **think** this is Cincinnati regional, to say "please?" or "sorry?" when you mean "what did you say?"

A "pony keg" is a drive through or walk up liquor (package) store where you can buy the obvious (alcohol), pop, snacks, cigs, etc.

[sirrahbed]

In Texas, any sort of pop, soda or soft drink is a COKE

[.sarah]

In Texas, any sort of pop, soda or soft drink is a COKE

That's the way it is down here too! If you go to a restaurant and order a coke, the waiter asks what kind

[sirrahbed]

Too funny! I guess it's all a matter of perspective. I met a lady in Galveston, Texas who refered to the American Civil War as "The War of Northern Aggression". She pronounced war as 'wa-wa".

YUP! "The War of Northern Aggression" is what hubby calls it too. But then, the matter of perspective is that hubby is from South Carolina.....he says that is the commonly used name.

[animal_rescue]

hmm I don't know anything to hoosiery but I live on the "westside" aka rough part of town, even though it's not that bad, so I guess I could say I've learned some ghetto sayings.
Dip- running really really fast

Bust Down- someone that sleeps around

Nappy Hair- tangly hair

Aw Nawh- no way

and that's all I can think of right now

oh and here Pop is POP

[Dorothy39]

I have done a little research into "Hoosier" dialect. As a child, I memorized poetry by James Whitcomb Riley!!!! My Mother knew many of his poems by heart and she taught me a few of them before I could even read.

"Little Orphan Annie" and "The Raggedy Man" are a few that I know by heart!!!!


I have a vast collection of his poems!!!!!

[kuhio98]

In Texas, any sort of pop, soda or soft drink is a COKE

This first time I went to Australia, I ordered a "pop" at a restaurant in Sydney. After choking and laughing for awhile, the waiter explained that pop means fart down under. I quickly changed my order to soda.

[kuhio98]

Now these aren't common expressions in Alaska, but my Mom is from southern Illinois. She uses these 2 phrases regularly. "Well, that went over like a turd in a punchbowl" and "Well, that went over like a pregnant pole vaulter." Anybody else ever heard these?

[lbaker]

Just a few off the top of my head from Maryland ("Merlin" in some parts ) In Baltimore (Balmer) everyone is called Hon. Especially said by waitresses "Hey Hon, what can I get you?". And of course, as I'm often teased about by certain friends... it's not Virginians ~ it's "damned Virginians" because they steal our crabs from the lower Bay and don't even know how to make crabcakes

[Edwina's Secretary]

"Back East" -- anywhere in the US that isn't California

"Freeway" -- any road with on and off ramps and no traffic lights or cross streets. What might be called an Expressway elsewhere (but always backed up so they aren't express) or a tollroad or a highway.

"The" -- numbered freeways take an article...as in "The five" or "the 91."

"Have a good one" -- this is used in place of "thank you" in retail establishments (along with "no problem" which equals "you're welome.") I always wonder what I am to have good. Good day, good life, good afternoon?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

WOW!!! Who woulda thunk it!!!
Kansas is the most "normal" state in the union!!!!

[Chilli]

I love this thread! I never even thought about all the different saying in different parts of the US/world.
I've already heard all the ones around here already mentioned. Ours is just the typical "ain't, yuns, yonder, reckon, ya'll," etc...

((PS, soda is called soda here. The only time people say Coke is when they're referring to either Coke-cola or Cocaine^^!))

[Kater]

Interesting thread. Since my family is scattered all over the U.S., I enjoy making fun of whatever quirky slang they use when we get together.

Here are some words and phrases that are local to Hawaii...

Stink eye – also known as evil eye, a confrontational/angry glare

Talking stink – also known as talking smack, or gossiping about an individual

Bumbye – eventually, when we get around to it, someday

Choke – a lot, many

Grind – to eat voraciously, Grinds refers to food

Onolicious – really yummy & delicious

Junk – no good, rotten, lousy (used a lot)

No can – impossible, not feasible

Kay den – alright

Try – please

Lolo – crazy, insane or also stupid, idiotic

The mainland – used most commonly in reference to the contiguous U.S.

Slippers – we do not use this term to refer to fuzzy bedroom slippers, but rather what others call thongs, zoris, flip-flops, etc.

We call carbonated beverages soda.
Those are some off the top of my head.