Unusual Regional use of the English Language

[PAUL SS]

Jeet = did you eat.

Notchit = not yet.

[TIE FIGHTR]

Louisiana folks know that you don't ask someone to "Come here" you ask them to "Come see". I still catch hell for it now that I'm in Texas.

We don't put things "away" put put them "up". Same thing with your room...it's not go clean up your room, it's "go pick up your room".

When you go make groceries (shopping) do you push a basket, buggy, or a cart? "Go make groceries" still cracks me up.

I'm sure I'll add a mess more to this list!

[peele1]

"Lawd, I hopema nevah. = Lord, I never would have guessed - any Lumbees on here(like myself) will recognize that one.

[Tessa]

Suddenly...New England is looking better and better.... as long as you have no idea what an "R" is...

[irocnroll]

Originally Posted by Tessa

Suddenly...New England is looking better and better.... as long as you have no idea what an "R" is...

Except when people like to add an R to words like idea to make it sound like "i dear".

[el ess A]

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

fixin to = about to

Around here it's pronounced "Fittin' ta."

Unthaw = Thaw <--(that still messes with my head when I hear it)

Car Pocket = Glovebox

Let me hold that = Give that to me

Pass the beans, please = Rather standard, but this includes green or black-eyed peas. Really.

Tea = Sweet Iced Tea. Down here there is really no other kind. Ask for "tea" when you go out for dinner, and by default you're likely to get sweet iced tea. It has been getting more where they have the unsweet and hot tea options, though. Messes me up when we go up north and even if you ASK for sweet tea, you get that "WTF look".

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I'll share a bunch of Canadianisms tomorrow ...

eh?

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by irocnroll

Except when people like to add an R to words like idea to make it sound like "i dear".

That's New York
Somebody's got to use them if New England can't right?
We drop 'em (and by 'we' I mean not including me ), NY picks 'em up.

[el ess A]

Tessa, they still using "Wicked" to mean "very cool" up there in the N.E. corner of the states? Used to tear me up to hear that when I was in "Noo HAMP-sha"

[LolatheSlush]

went to MI and asked where they kept the Orange soda.
Clerk says, we keep the orange POP over there *points*
me: uh.. pop? no i want an orange soda.. wtf is a pop??
Clerk: *frustrated and walks over to fridge thing grabs and orange soda* this is a pop, we don't carry soda, we carry pop.
Me: um.. the bottle says soda...

[TIE FIGHTR]

Yeah, orange pop was orange Kool-aid where I'm from. "pop" should mean no carbonation.

[irocnroll]

Originally Posted by Tessa

That's New York
Somebody's got to use them if New England can't right?
We drop 'em (and by 'we' I mean not including me ), NY picks 'em up.

Guess thats what I get for living in CT, we get the best or worst of both worlds.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by TIE FIGHTR

Yeah, orange pop was orange Kool-aid where I'm from. "pop" should mean no carbonation.

The carbonation is what gives those drinks their 'pop' though ... otherwise its just some sort of sugary flavoured water, like Kool-aid. I don't understand how 'soda' applies to carbonated drinks

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

The carbonation is what gives those drinks their 'pop' though ... otherwise its just some sort of sugary flavoured water, like Kool-aid. I don't understand how 'soda' applies to carbonated drinks

http://www.popvssoda.com/