Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings - Page 57

snoopy · 11-05-2005, 09:26 PM

Hi Gut and Unk! It's like calling a weekday "Friday week" or "Tuesday week". I know what they mean, but I have never said that! I say next Friday.

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GlitterxGold · 11-06-2005, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gabriel

AND the difference between us northerners and you southerners with the names is you use two names normally, and as noted my mother always would use PAUL GERARD! when she got mad, so what do you do down south? Entire name?

Yep. First, middle and last (and if you are a Jr. II, III, etc they use that too) You KNOW you are in trouble then.

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Originally Posted by gabriel

I wish I knew. I say tuna. My Mom & others I know say tunafish and I always ask them why? No one ever answers me.

Hmmm, I have found me and my family saying both. I think we say "tuna" most of the time though. Never thought about that before! Well, maybe because there is tuna salad, tuna cassarole, etc., various tuna recipes. Some people make make sandwiches out of that, and then perhaps they want to make sure you KNOW they are talking about regular, traditional tuna sandwiches, so they say the whole thing "tuna fish" to clarify. Hmm, I think I will ask my grandmother.

queenb · 11-06-2005, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by gabriel

AND the difference between us northerners and you southerners with the names is you use two names normally, and as noted my mother always would use PAUL GERARD! when she got mad, so what do you do down south? Entire name?

Oddly enough, I've lived in GA all my life, and never in a city with many "transplants' from other places, but I've never met anyone, nor known anyone even casually, with a 'double name", unless you count Joanne (2 of 'em) and Louann (1). Fellow Southerners... is it possible that this is more common on television and movies than real life, or are those names truly common in states besides Georgia?

Igotalife · 11-07-2005, 04:45 PM

My mom's name is Jo Ann (first and middle). I've known a lot of JoAnn's here in Texas growing up too.

Two celebrities come to mind with double names: Mary Kate and Sarah Jessica and of course how can I forget my ultimate idol? Mary Katherine?

It would annoy me if I were friends with them though because that's a mouthful everytime you have to address them.

Growing up, my mom commonly called us by our first and middle names if she wanted our attention....and boy, do we have Southern fried middle names.

I feel bad for one of my brothers..his middle name is Columbus. What was my mom thinking?

Lucy · 11-07-2005, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by queenb

Oddly enough, I've lived in GA all my life, and never in a city with many "transplants' from other places, but I've never met anyone, nor known anyone even casually, with a 'double name", unless you count Joanne (2 of 'em) and Louann (1). Fellow Southerners... is it possible that this is more common on television and movies than real life, or are those names truly common in states besides Georgia?

I think this is one that's more common on TV than it is in real life.

I don't know many people who go by two names, any more than northerners would.

GlitterxGold · 11-07-2005, 05:05 PM

I don't know that many people with double names. I have a great Aunt that everyone gossips about on my mom's side that was born "Jessie May" but had her name legally changed to "Jessica" as soon as she could because she wanted to be more sophisticated. I've been told that I act like her lol. We both like pretty shiny things and collect purses.

In the Hispanic cultures, double names are quite common, however they usually get run together (Maria Elena becomes Marielena) and it can end up sounding like one name.

coksy · 11-07-2005, 05:13 PM

In the French language we don't really have double names. A lot of us have more than one name on our birth dertificate, but we never use the other names and they are "just there".

However we use a lot of double names, which we sepereate with a -. Most of them for girls start with Marie for girls(Marie-Ève, Marie-Josée, etc.) and a lot of them start with Jean for boys (Jean-François, Jean-Philippe, Jean-Pierre, etc.).

canuckinchile · 11-07-2005, 05:15 PM

I have one (well, maybe 2): I am used to being asked if I would like something put in "a bag"...I was in North Carolina and they asked if I wanted a "sack"...but with 2 syllables. I was so embarrassed because I just couldn't get what the clerk meant...doh.

Oh, and my all time favourite is while living in Peru, my kids went to an international school, and the principal was American. God love her, she was a great teacher and administrator but she would send home lists of different items almost every week that I would need to purchase. And we're talking remote here...no Walmart, no malls, not even a grocery store. It could take a long time to find a "libreria"(sort of like a stationery store) that had the right stuff. So finally I wrote a polite note that listed everything I could think of and asked her if she could let me know if these were items the kids would need, so I could shop for all 3 kids at once. I included the word "duotang", and Canadians help me out here...it is a common word for a file folder cover (brand name, but I never thought of that). She called me up and to ask what the heck that was and we had a pretty good laugh about it since she could hardly wrap her lips around the word.

giz · 11-08-2005, 04:11 PM

Hmm, I think of a duotang as a report cover that has those bendy metal things inside which go through the paper punch holes. I was in the coffee shop yesterday and there was a lost dog there (good dog, well trained, with a dog-tag). The waitress came outside (where they have seating, and where dog was hoping for a snack), and said "Does this dog belong to any of you guyses?" I know Canadians say "guys" to mean people (when I lived in England they thought this was very odd, as it sounds exclusively male to them), but guyses is ultra-Canuck.

phat32 · 04-17-2006, 12:20 PM

This is a new one I've noticed recently:

"Going to the house" or "gone to the house" in place of "gone home for the day" (referring to finishing one's work day).

I live in the Deep South, so I try to keep it in perspective, but I still think it's extremely odd.

Usage: "You won't reach Mary at her desk. She's gone to the house."

I'm not sure if it's a my workplace thing, my city thing, or my region thing, but I bite back the reply on the tip of my tongue: "Where else would these people go after work?! And if she's gone to the house, is there a house somewhere where we're all supposed to congregate after work?"

11-05-2005, 09:26 PM	#561
snoopy FORT Fogey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 900	Hi Gut and Unk! It's like calling a weekday "Friday week" or "Tuesday week". I know what they mean, but I have never said that! I say next Friday. __________________ Go Tigers!

11-07-2005, 04:45 PM	#564
Igotalife MIA, RIP, or Busy... Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,909	My mom's name is Jo Ann (first and middle). I've known a lot of JoAnn's here in Texas growing up too. Two celebrities come to mind with double names: Mary Kate and Sarah Jessica and of course how can I forget my ultimate idol? Mary Katherine? It would annoy me if I were friends with them though because that's a mouthful everytime you have to address them. Growing up, my mom commonly called us by our first and middle names if she wanted our attention....and boy, do we have Southern fried middle names. I feel bad for one of my brothers..his middle name is Columbus. What was my mom thinking? __________________ A Bachelor fan til it dies a slow death and oddly enough, A Rock of Love fan...finest hair extensions from Europe and all. ;-)

11-07-2005, 05:13 PM	#567
coksy Ladybug on the run Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal Age: 28 Posts: 618	In the French language we don't really have double names. A lot of us have more than one name on our birth dertificate, but we never use the other names and they are "just there". However we use a lot of double names, which we sepereate with a -. Most of them for girls start with Marie for girls(Marie-Ève, Marie-Josée, etc.) and a lot of them start with Jean for boys (Jean-François, Jean-Philippe, Jean-Pierre, etc.). __________________ Wrigleys Doublemint Gum....double your pleasure, double your fun!

04-17-2006, 12:20 PM	#570
phat32 Countin' Words Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Drinking another gallon of coffee Posts: 2,285	This is a new one I've noticed recently: "Going to the house" or "gone to the house" in place of "gone home for the day" (referring to finishing one's work day). I live in the Deep South, so I try to keep it in perspective, but I still think it's extremely odd. Usage: "You won't reach Mary at her desk. She's gone to the house." I'm not sure if it's a my workplace thing, my city thing, or my region thing, but I bite back the reply on the tip of my tongue: "Where else would these people go after work?! And if she's gone to the house, is there a house somewhere where we're all supposed to congregate after work?" __________________ "'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

11-07-2005, 05:05 PM	#566
GlitterxGold FORT Fanatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Houston, TX, USA Age: 28 Posts: 741	I don't know that many people with double names. I have a great Aunt that everyone gossips about on my mom's side that was born "Jessie May" but had her name legally changed to "Jessica" as soon as she could because she wanted to be more sophisticated. I've been told that I act like her lol. We both like pretty shiny things and collect purses. In the Hispanic cultures, double names are quite common, however they usually get run together (Maria Elena becomes Marielena) and it can end up sounding like one name.

11-07-2005, 05:15 PM	#568
canuckinchile FORT Fogey Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: back in "The Big Smoke" Posts: 5,292	I have one (well, maybe 2): I am used to being asked if I would like something put in "a bag"...I was in North Carolina and they asked if I wanted a "sack"...but with 2 syllables. I was so embarrassed because I just couldn't get what the clerk meant...doh. Oh, and my all time favourite is while living in Peru, my kids went to an international school, and the principal was American. God love her, she was a great teacher and administrator but she would send home lists of different items almost every week that I would need to purchase. And we're talking remote here...no Walmart, no malls, not even a grocery store. It could take a long time to find a "libreria"(sort of like a stationery store) that had the right stuff. So finally I wrote a polite note that listed everything I could think of and asked her if she could let me know if these were items the kids would need, so I could shop for all 3 kids at once. I included the word "duotang", and Canadians help me out here...it is a common word for a file folder cover (brand name, but I never thought of that). She called me up and to ask what the heck that was and we had a pretty good laugh about it since she could hardly wrap her lips around the word.

11-08-2005, 04:11 PM	#569
giz FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,895	Hmm, I think of a duotang as a report cover that has those bendy metal things inside which go through the paper punch holes. I was in the coffee shop yesterday and there was a lost dog there (good dog, well trained, with a dog-tag). The waitress came outside (where they have seating, and where dog was hoping for a snack), and said "Does this dog belong to any of you guyses?" I know Canadians say "guys" to mean people (when I lived in England they thought this was very odd, as it sounds exclusively male to them), but guyses is ultra-Canuck.