Unique words or expressions?
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dani21496
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I'm from Chicago and we say "Pop" too. No one ever says "soda". 
We also say, "Do you want to come with?" Instead of "Do you want to come with us?"
Also, here's a link with some more Chicago Slanguage:
Dah Bears: Our football team
Dah Bullz: Our basketball team
http://www.slanguage.com/chicago.html
We also say, "Do you want to come with?" Instead of "Do you want to come with us?"
Also, here's a link with some more Chicago Slanguage:
Dah Bears: Our football team
Dah Bullz: Our basketball team
http://www.slanguage.com/chicago.html
Being a transplant myself from calif to the midwest I notice some of the local dialect.
You Minnesotans should recognize some of these:
One is that I will never get used to calling lunch dinner! It's breakfast, dinner, and supper here.
Hotdish - the main course.
Oh for (anything) .... oh for cute, oh for nice, oh for gross, oh for funny.
So... then. Where are you from? would translate to So, where ya from then?
You bet.
People know what lutefisk is. And lefse too.
And last but not least, my all time favorite: UFFDA! Which means ... what it sounds like I guess.
You Minnesotans should recognize some of these:
One is that I will never get used to calling lunch dinner! It's breakfast, dinner, and supper here.
Hotdish - the main course.
Oh for (anything) .... oh for cute, oh for nice, oh for gross, oh for funny.
So... then. Where are you from? would translate to So, where ya from then?
You bet.
People know what lutefisk is. And lefse too.
And last but not least, my all time favorite: UFFDA! Which means ... what it sounds like I guess.
Well, I'm from 25 miles north of Bahstahn so I drive my cah if I want to go to Hahvahd yahd or pahk it near Fanueil Hall mahket. Sounds like a wicked good idear. Maybe even go to Fenway pahk to see the Red Sox.
OK - a frappe is a milkshake with ice cream blended in.
a milkshake has no ice cream.
we call chocolate sprinkles "jimmys"
and soda is "tonic".
I could go on forevah,,,
--Lois
"Don't forget to breathe!"
OK - a frappe is a milkshake with ice cream blended in.
a milkshake has no ice cream.
we call chocolate sprinkles "jimmys"
and soda is "tonic".
I could go on forevah,,,
--Lois
"Don't forget to breathe!"
Gayle--don't forget hoagies. And cheesesteaks, which are not steaks w/cheese on them. Yummy! And people in the Philly area say "wutter" instead of "water." Apparently I say "tail" for "towel." Now I live in north Jersey & my friends tell me I have a Pensyltucky accent. What the hell is that anyway? :7
Just to clarify the "down the shore" phrase..........to Jerseyans (Jerseyites?) "the shore" is the entire geographic area of whatever resort town you're in. "The beach" is the actual sand & water. So, if I'm "going down the shore" that means I'm driving to Point Pleasant. If I'm "going to the beach".........well, I'm sure you can figure that out on your own.
Just to clarify the "down the shore" phrase..........to Jerseyans (Jerseyites?) "the shore" is the entire geographic area of whatever resort town you're in. "The beach" is the actual sand & water. So, if I'm "going down the shore" that means I'm driving to Point Pleasant. If I'm "going to the beach".........well, I'm sure you can figure that out on your own.
Well, my kids and I have the "bear hug", where we rub and bump our butts together like the bears in a Donald Duck cartoon?
We have the "family hug", where the three of us give eachother a really big hug which always ends in some rough play.
And when my kids got into that phase of name calling and they referred to eachother as homo I diverted that into "do you mean homo habilis, homo erectus, or are you homo debilis, cause you can't possibly be home sapiens". Since then they refer to eachother as homo debilis, which acutally means something like moron.
There's a number of Dutch words we use, but that wouldn't make much sense I guess.
Dutchie
We have the "family hug", where the three of us give eachother a really big hug which always ends in some rough play.
And when my kids got into that phase of name calling and they referred to eachother as homo I diverted that into "do you mean homo habilis, homo erectus, or are you homo debilis, cause you can't possibly be home sapiens". Since then they refer to eachother as homo debilis, which acutally means something like moron.
There's a number of Dutch words we use, but that wouldn't make much sense I guess.
Dutchie
I lived in Connecticut my whole life and recently moved to upstate New York. Here are some words that get me looks... grinder, town,shots, package store. Grinder=sub sandwich, town=village,shots=sprinkles,and package store=liquor store. I am really surprised because Connecticut is not that far from this area of New York. When I was in high school we had an exchange student from Australia. In the middle of class one day she, very loudly (so everyone could hear)asked "Does anyone have a rubber I could use"? After alot of shock and laughter we found out that "rubber" meant ERASER in Australia..ha ha ha Have a good night Carolyn
kathryn
Cathlete
>Being a transplant myself from calif to the midwest I notice
>some of the local dialect.
>
>You Minnesotans should recognize some of these:
>
>One is that I will never get used to calling lunch dinner!
>It's breakfast, dinner, and supper here.
>
>Hotdish - the main course.
>
My family always said "breakfast, dinner, supper,"(an influence from my parents Chech/Bohemian background, I think) but many other kids at school said "breakfast, lunch, dinner."
Hotdish isn't really "main course," only if the main course is a mix, like tater tot hotdish (not when it's just a slab of beef). There is a book out called something like "how to speak Minnesotan," and it lists many many hotdishes (some of which are parodies, and some of which just SOUND like a joke!)
>some of the local dialect.
>
>You Minnesotans should recognize some of these:
>
>One is that I will never get used to calling lunch dinner!
>It's breakfast, dinner, and supper here.
>
>Hotdish - the main course.
>
My family always said "breakfast, dinner, supper,"(an influence from my parents Chech/Bohemian background, I think) but many other kids at school said "breakfast, lunch, dinner."
Hotdish isn't really "main course," only if the main course is a mix, like tater tot hotdish (not when it's just a slab of beef). There is a book out called something like "how to speak Minnesotan," and it lists many many hotdishes (some of which are parodies, and some of which just SOUND like a joke!)
I once lived in Wisconsin (grew up in Indiana), and they thought it was funny that I always said "you guys". They also couldn't understand what I meant when I said "ruin". It was the way I pronounced it. "rueen" (one syllable). They pronounced it "ru-in" (two syllables, short i, like in the word "in"). And when they said the term "cow lick" (as in, someone has a cow lick in their hair), it sounded like "kaw-lick"