Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings - Page 3

phat32 · 03-29-2003, 02:31 PM

I'm looking at John's links, and the American Dialect Society has a wonderful run-down of the year's (this year's? last year's?) newest and most interesting phrases, including Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), google (verb), and regime change.

http://www.americandialect.org/woty.html

But then they deliver this with a totally "straight face":

(PG-13 warning)

"sausage fest, slang term for a party with more males than females"

I was ROFLMAO for five minutes.

Next year, I'm going to submit jumping on the grenade.

Def: to willingly sacrifice for one's friend (usually male); ex. to spend time with the ugly friend of companion's romantic interest, esp. in a bar setting

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hazyshadeof · 03-29-2003, 03:40 PM

Oh I hate it when I have to jump on the grenade. That's classic phat!

Mdrio9 · 03-29-2003, 03:59 PM

The only thing I say that might be considered odd is "y'all." I use it all the time! It's easier to say than "you guys," imo. I don't have a southern accent though. Most people I know don't, in fact.

There was a girl who moved here from Michigan back in 8th grade. We went on a trip to the moutains in North Carolina for a week as a class. I was in her group. Eventually, she started to open up. She used words like "pop" for soda and "wagon" for station wagon. She had another unique word, but it'd probably be best I didn't say it (being PG and all).

She didn't even know what grits were. She never used "y'all." She said that her and her friends used it to make fun of southern people.

We teased her about all that! We did introduce her to grits though. She eventually picked up some stuff.

Ilikai · 03-29-2003, 04:08 PM

In New Zealand you don't go for take-out, its take-away. and auto repair shops are called Panel Beaters. A drug store is called Chemists.

phat32 · 03-29-2003, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hazyshadeof
Oh I hate it when I have to jump on the grenade. That's classic phat!

Hey, Hazy:

Have you ever had to jump on the grenade, and the F.U.F. ("fat ugly friend") just didn't understand that you were jumping on the grenade?

I once jumped on a grenade who turned out to be a MOAB--the "mother of all bombs."

Of course, I was trying to charge the sniper's nest, that is, although I was jumping the grenade, I tried to sneak in and appear more interesting than my friend to the good-looking one.

Not only did it not work, but the MOAB was all about me, and I had to chew my arm off to escape the steel trap.

MOAB: ...so you're going to call me, right? You have my number? My ex-boyfriend might come by, but I'll tell him to eff off if you're calling. I sleep in on Saturdays, so call after two.

Me: Uh-huh.

MOAB: I had a good time! Don't ignore me! Call!

Me: Sure.

phat32 · 03-29-2003, 04:35 PM

Hazy,

Here's two more from my vocabulary with my friends you may appreciate:

Talk him down from the ledge: To dissuade a close friend from a suicidal course of action

Ex. "He said he was trying to get back together with his hideous beast of an ex-girlfriend, but I talked him down from that ledge."

The Cabana Boy: 1. A male friend who is forced to run errands and otherwise perform all the duties of a boyfriend, without enjoying the benefits thereof (ie sexual intercourse, companionship, having someone listen to his problems)

2. Not related to "the cabana boy" found in pornographic movies (That's one at you, Paulie!)

Ex. "You're buying her lunch now? Guess you're her new cabana boy."

kuifje75 · 03-29-2003, 04:37 PM

My being from South Jersey, where we have tons and tons of tourists from out of state... (taken from the links)

SHOOBIES = tourists from out of state
BENNIES = tourists that come down to the shore from North Jersey
GO TO THE SHORE = go to the beach
ICING = frosting for cake
HOAGIE = submarine sandwich
BEEP THE HORN = sound the horn
HOTCAKES = pancakes
YO = hello
YOUSES = y'all
SUPERMARKET = grocery store
WAWA = a local mini-convenience food and gas store chain
MORRIS = how we pronounicate the local river, Maurice

firegirl · 03-29-2003, 04:40 PM

yep the Coke thing is a fact
Fixin is in my vocabulary..
so is the term " do what?" when you want someone to repeat something or you weren't sure you heard them right, for example:

The estimate to fix the car is 3000.00.
Do what?

pick up the house is a definate
oh and the phrase 'visit' as in " you kids go play, Miss Rosy and I are going to visit for bit."
Which points out another phrase, any adult who is familiar to children becomes MISS so and so using their first name,, so all the neighbors are Miss Rosy, Miss Geanie, Miss Kerri,
then men become just their first name or in our case in the neighborhood Dr Jeff, and Miss Kerri.. its strange and there are no rules but everyone gets it and does it.

Also sometimes your closest friends become Aunts and Uncles.

Another here is the phrase " fall out" for faint but that is a little older.

Then there is the breakfast, supper and dinner factor!

Lunch is more fancy.

Dadgummit is a great substitute for swear words.

oh well thats all for now!

CaliGirl · 03-29-2003, 05:00 PM

Like wow, you guys! That is all totally cool.

I can't think of a thing that we like say differently here in California, dude!

Of course a lot of this has been incorporated into 'U.S. Speak' and is no longer regional.

Something unique to us is that we drive on Freeways and we mispronounce Spanish names like Los Angeles, San Pedro, San Vicente etc. and turn them into something unrecognizable to most Spanish speaking people.

A weird thing about Californians is that we have no regional accents.

Here's a group hug for us all!

ollie · 03-29-2003, 06:21 PM

In Wisconsin we say bubbler instead of water fountain, on Friday nights we go to a "fish fry" and people from Illinois are flatlanders.

03-29-2003, 02:31 PM	#21
phat32 Countin' Words Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Drinking another gallon of coffee Posts: 2,285	From the You-Have-to-See-This Dept.: I'm looking at John's links, and the American Dialect Society has a wonderful run-down of the year's (this year's? last year's?) newest and most interesting phrases, including Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), google (verb), and regime change. http://www.americandialect.org/woty.html But then they deliver this with a totally "straight face": (PG-13 warning) "sausage fest, slang term for a party with more males than females" I was ROFLMAO for five minutes. Next year, I'm going to submit jumping on the grenade. Def: to willingly sacrifice for one's friend (usually male); ex. to spend time with the ugly friend of companion's romantic interest, esp. in a bar setting __________________ "'Oh, I say, poor show…. These chaps are in fact allowed to use their hands, are they not? Because you certainly could not tell by watching them.'" - The Onion on the Buccaneers' 35-7 loss to the Patriots at London's Wembley Stadium

03-29-2003, 03:40 PM	#22
hazyshadeof Fade to black Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,944	Oh I hate it when I have to jump on the grenade. That's classic phat! __________________ I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's eyes... but why... why... why can't it be me?

03-29-2003, 04:08 PM	#24
Ilikai Swinging in the hammock Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Taking a long vacation in the tropics Posts: 6,539	In New Zealand you don't go for take-out, its take-away. and auto repair shops are called Panel Beaters. A drug store is called Chemists. __________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" -- Steve Parker Help feed a dog or cat http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/c...s/CTDSites.woa

03-29-2003, 04:35 PM	#26
phat32 Countin' Words Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Drinking another gallon of coffee Posts: 2,285	Hazy, Here's two more from my vocabulary with my friends you may appreciate: Talk him down from the ledge: To dissuade a close friend from a suicidal course of action Ex. "He said he was trying to get back together with his hideous beast of an ex-girlfriend, but I talked him down from that ledge." The Cabana Boy: 1. A male friend who is forced to run errands and otherwise perform all the duties of a boyfriend, without enjoying the benefits thereof (ie sexual intercourse, companionship, having someone listen to his problems) 2. Not related to "the cabana boy" found in pornographic movies (That's one at you, Paulie!) Ex. "You're buying her lunch now? Guess you're her new cabana boy." __________________ "'Oh, I say, poor show…. These chaps are in fact allowed to use their hands, are they not? Because you certainly could not tell by watching them.'" - The Onion on the Buccaneers' 35-7 loss to the Patriots at London's Wembley Stadium

03-29-2003, 05:00 PM	#29
CaliGirl Beach Under The Stars... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Coast Posts: 1,633	Totally and majorly gnarly! Like wow, you guys! That is all totally cool. I can't think of a thing that we like say differently here in California, dude! Of course a lot of this has been incorporated into 'U.S. Speak' and is no longer regional. Something unique to us is that we drive on Freeways and we mispronounce Spanish names like Los Angeles, San Pedro, San Vicente etc. and turn them into something unrecognizable to most Spanish speaking people. A weird thing about Californians is that we have no regional accents. Here's a group hug for us all!

03-29-2003, 03:59 PM	#23
Mdrio9 hee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Age: 23 Posts: 2,401	The only thing I say that might be considered odd is "y'all." I use it all the time! It's easier to say than "you guys," imo. I don't have a southern accent though. Most people I know don't, in fact. There was a girl who moved here from Michigan back in 8th grade. We went on a trip to the moutains in North Carolina for a week as a class. I was in her group. Eventually, she started to open up. She used words like "pop" for soda and "wagon" for station wagon. She had another unique word, but it'd probably be best I didn't say it (being PG and all). She didn't even know what grits were. She never used "y'all." She said that her and her friends used it to make fun of southern people. We teased her about all that! We did introduce her to grits though. She eventually picked up some stuff.

03-29-2003, 04:37 PM	#27
kuifje75 FORT Fan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Age: 34 Posts: 151	My being from South Jersey, where we have tons and tons of tourists from out of state... (taken from the links) SHOOBIES = tourists from out of state BENNIES = tourists that come down to the shore from North Jersey GO TO THE SHORE = go to the beach ICING = frosting for cake HOAGIE = submarine sandwich BEEP THE HORN = sound the horn HOTCAKES = pancakes YO = hello YOUSES = y'all SUPERMARKET = grocery store WAWA = a local mini-convenience food and gas store chain MORRIS = how we pronounicate the local river, Maurice

03-29-2003, 04:40 PM	#28
firegirl FORT Fogey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Waiting to watch the red carpet Age: 43 Posts: 3,007	yep the Coke thing is a fact Fixin is in my vocabulary.. so is the term " do what?" when you want someone to repeat something or you weren't sure you heard them right, for example: The estimate to fix the car is 3000.00. Do what? pick up the house is a definate oh and the phrase 'visit' as in " you kids go play, Miss Rosy and I are going to visit for bit." Which points out another phrase, any adult who is familiar to children becomes MISS so and so using their first name,, so all the neighbors are Miss Rosy, Miss Geanie, Miss Kerri, then men become just their first name or in our case in the neighborhood Dr Jeff, and Miss Kerri.. its strange and there are no rules but everyone gets it and does it. Also sometimes your closest friends become Aunts and Uncles. Another here is the phrase " fall out" for faint but that is a little older. Then there is the breakfast, supper and dinner factor! Lunch is more fancy. Dadgummit is a great substitute for swear words. oh well thats all for now!

03-29-2003, 06:21 PM	#30
ollie You're not the boss of me Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 118	In Wisconsin we say bubbler instead of water fountain, on Friday nights we go to a "fish fry" and people from Illinois are flatlanders.