Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings - Page 49

phat32 · 05-30-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gabriel

Or the "hip hop lingo" along with the gestures-- YIKES! "you know what I'm sayin?"

Yeah, I do, Gabriel, but that's almost taking it a step too far for me.

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dberk · 05-30-2005, 07:51 PM

When my mother and I play cards, she asks me if I messed them up (aka shuffled them).

Lucy · 05-30-2005, 08:18 PM

My mother, who does not own nor know how to operate a cell phone, refers to times when I lose the signal and thus her call as "going down in a hole."

I think it comes from one time when I was driving in a hilly area and lost her when the road dipped into a valley. But now she uses it for every dropped call -- if I lose her in Walmart, even, it's, "Did you go down in a hole?"

Jewelsy · 05-30-2005, 08:43 PM

That's cute, Lucy.

It's not really a *dialect* thing, but along the lines of "What Moms Say"...

I talk to my mom on the phone at least 4x each week. I've noticed that she tends to pick up little "catch phrases" I use, i.e. "Wow, that's cool" [[Sue me, I'm from California...]] or "I really wigged out today when..." or "just deal" ("grin and bear it"). Oh, and something I picked up from the internet -- "'nuff said".

So, when she calls and says "The neighbor just wigged out on me today, but hey -- that's cool. I basically told her to just deal... 'nuff said.", it always cracks me up.

Gutmutter · 05-30-2005, 08:48 PM

I can sympathize with your mom, Jewelsy. I pick up other people's phrases without noticing. Not necessarily a good trait for a woman who teaches middle school kids all day. Here's one I learned from my nieces last Thanksgiving... when someone has been zinged with a putdown, a third party says, "Snap!"

Matt64 · 05-30-2005, 10:30 PM

Snap is so last season.

JenniferInCO · 05-30-2005, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gutmutter

Here's one I learned from my nieces last Thanksgiving... when someone has been zinged with a putdown, a third party says, "Snap!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt64

Snap is so last season.

Snap!

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help myself...it was the perfect set up!

Matt64 · 05-30-2005, 11:14 PM

I try..

kungfuhippie · 05-31-2005, 03:13 AM

On the west coast of Canada, sometimes people say skookum when they mean big or strong, as in "You'll need a pretty skookum beam in that shed you're building" Its used more I guess by oldsters, but sometimes by younger folk whose families have been here a long time. It comes from Chinook Jargon which was a lingua franca used in the Pacific northwest by early traders and natives. There were so many aboriginal languages in the area that the the Chinook developed so that the different peoples could communicate with each other. Another word still in occasional use from Chinook is chuck, meaning water. Again mostly oldsters will use it, saying "I was out all day on the salt chuck", meaning on a boat, probably fishing, on the ocean. If you look at maps of the area, you'll see various places called Skookumchuck, meaning of course, strong water. Usually This refers to somewhere where there is rapids or very strong tides.

**Critical** · 05-31-2005, 05:56 AM

You know how sometimes, when you get up to go do something and you forget where you're going on the way there and then you just stand there trying to remember why you got up in the first place? In my family, we call that "waiting for the bus." (i.e. "What are you doing just standing there?" "Ohhhhh, just waiting for the bus.")

05-30-2005, 08:18 PM	#483
Lucy Wonky snarkmistress Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Playing kickball for the beer Age: 33 Posts: 8,862	My mother, who does not own nor know how to operate a cell phone, refers to times when I lose the signal and thus her call as "going down in a hole." I think it comes from one time when I was driving in a hilly area and lost her when the road dipped into a valley. But now she uses it for every dropped call -- if I lose her in Walmart, even, it's, "Did you go down in a hole?" __________________ It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever. -- David St. Hubbins

05-30-2005, 08:43 PM	#484
Jewelsy From the corner of my eye Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: in the middle of the Monsoons Posts: 11,819	That's cute, Lucy. It's not really a dialect thing, but along the lines of "What Moms Say"... I talk to my mom on the phone at least 4x each week. I've noticed that she tends to pick up little "catch phrases" I use, i.e. "Wow, that's cool" [[Sue me, I'm from California...]] or "I really wigged out today when..." or "just deal" ("grin and bear it"). Oh, and something I picked up from the internet -- "'nuff said". So, when she calls and says "The neighbor just wigged out on me today, but hey -- that's cool. I basically told her to just deal... 'nuff said.", it always cracks me up. __________________ "Among the blind, the squinter rules." ~ Gerard Didier Erasmus

05-30-2005, 08:48 PM	#485
Gutmutter awkward Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: winners' circle Posts: 6,167	I can sympathize with your mom, Jewelsy. I pick up other people's phrases without noticing. Not necessarily a good trait for a woman who teaches middle school kids all day. Here's one I learned from my nieces last Thanksgiving... when someone has been zinged with a putdown, a third party says, "Snap!" __________________ Count your blessings!

05-31-2005, 05:56 AM	#490
Critical Bitten Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Merlotte's Bar & Grill Age: 41 Posts: 5,622	You know how sometimes, when you get up to go do something and you forget where you're going on the way there and then you just stand there trying to remember why you got up in the first place? In my family, we call that "waiting for the bus." (i.e. "What are you doing just standing there?" "Ohhhhh, just waiting for the bus.") __________________ The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. - Mark Twain

05-30-2005, 07:51 PM	#482
dberk Ms Ambusher Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 51 Posts: 4,461	When my mother and I play cards, she asks me if I messed them up (aka shuffled them).

05-30-2005, 10:30 PM	#486
Matt64 Not caring is fun! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 28 Posts: 1,198	Snap is so last season.

05-30-2005, 11:14 PM	#488
Matt64 Not caring is fun! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto Age: 28 Posts: 1,198	I try..

05-31-2005, 03:13 AM	#489
kungfuhippie 1/3 Fonzarelli Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 451	On the west coast of Canada, sometimes people say skookum when they mean big or strong, as in "You'll need a pretty skookum beam in that shed you're building" Its used more I guess by oldsters, but sometimes by younger folk whose families have been here a long time. It comes from Chinook Jargon which was a lingua franca used in the Pacific northwest by early traders and natives. There were so many aboriginal languages in the area that the the Chinook developed so that the different peoples could communicate with each other. Another word still in occasional use from Chinook is chuck, meaning water. Again mostly oldsters will use it, saying "I was out all day on the salt chuck", meaning on a boat, probably fishing, on the ocean. If you look at maps of the area, you'll see various places called Skookumchuck, meaning of course, strong water. Usually This refers to somewhere where there is rapids or very strong tides.