IHO savestheday, regional sayings

[jodinia]

What are some regional sayings that you say to this day, even if you have moved from the area?

bubbler = drinking fountain
water fountain = place you throw pennies in for a wish
grinders

[pandorica]

Bubbler
Frappe
Rotary
Wicked

Probably others I can't think of now.

ETA: sneakers. I have never in my life used the term tennis shoes. That seems so weird to me!

[BaliHai]

Hoagies.

That's the only one I can think of. "Radioball" was specific to the neighborhood I grew up in - it's hard ice cream and water ice. I know people call soft ice cream and water ice gelati, but I don't know if they have a name for the other version.

[jenny1223]

I say everything correctly. Everyone else has regional sayings.

[wambam]

Pop
y'all


21 years in Ohio, 5 in Kentucky. I'm language boring.

[BaliHai]

Ah yes, "down the shore" and "up the mountains". I forget those are regional.

[Deleted]

"The 5/The 405/The 101"

[thebreakfastclub]

I really do love the term jag off and its many variations.

Someone could be a jag off (or a jag for short), or you could ask someone to quit jagging off / around. It's also a good idea to stay away from the jagger bush.

[qcinoct]

jimmies. I love me some jimmies on my ice cream

[Deleted]

Yes, we call subs grinders. It's stupid.

[pooh8402]

I still live in the region where I grew up... but that video that was posted the other day "shit southern women say" is basically my response.

[pandorica]

Jul 28, 2014 14:57:11 GMT -5 qcinoct said:

jimmies. I love me some jimmies on my ice cream

Oh yes, and this!

[jennysmitten]

Pop
You Guys
I also sometimes say "needs ____. "

[elenetxu]

Jul 28, 2014 14:48:39 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Bubbler
Frappe
Rotary
Wicked

Probably others I can't think of now.

ETA: sneakers. I have never in my life used the term tennis shoes. That seems so weird to me!

It hurts me to teach "roundabout" in class.

I once used "wicked" in an ESL class that I was so comfortable with that I lapsed into native-speak. They were most confused. I explained it to them, hoping someone would adopt it!

I want to add the following to pandorica 's list:
Jimmies
Leaf peeper
Mud season

[Deleted]

Y'all
Fixin (I have to work really hard on this one)
Awallago (I have to work hard on this too)

[TrickyBob]

I use "needs ____" a lot. I try to be mindful on here but it was how I was brought up and it is how damn near everyone else around here talks. I can't help it!

[JLV]

Jimmies are a Philadelphia thing also.

[katfco]

Rotary
sneakers
jimmies
y'all (mostly grew up in New England, college in Arkansas)
I'm sure there are others, but they sound normal enough to me, so I don't notice that they're different. I just notice when other people say stuff "wrong."

[JLV]

Oh and "jawn" is a big Philly thing.

Basically "jawn" is used to describe anything and everything.

en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jawn

[Brie]

Apparently going "to the show" is a Chicago thing.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Jul 28, 2014 14:49:53 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

Hoagies.

That's the only one I can think of. "Radioball" was specific to the neighborhood I grew up in - it's hard ice cream and water ice. I know people call soft ice cream and water ice gelati, but I don't know if they have a name for the other version.

Please tell me you went to Marsico's. Did you?

[BaliHai]

Jul 28, 2014 15:15:21 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Jul 28, 2014 14:49:53 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

Hoagies.

That's the only one I can think of. "Radioball" was specific to the neighborhood I grew up in - it's hard ice cream and water ice. I know people call soft ice cream and water ice gelati, but I don't know if they have a name for the other version.

Please tell me you went to Marsico's. Did you?

No I didn't! Do people outside of PR call them radioballs?!

[cuddlyevil]

Jul 28, 2014 14:50:40 GMT -5 wambam said:

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y'all


21 years in Ohio, 5 in Kentucky. I'm language boring.

I will never say "warsh"!

But I do say "please?" sometimes when I should say "can you repeat that?".

[JLV]

Jul 28, 2014 15:15:21 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Jul 28, 2014 14:49:53 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

Hoagies.

That's the only one I can think of. "Radioball" was specific to the neighborhood I grew up in - it's hard ice cream and water ice. I know people call soft ice cream and water ice gelati, but I don't know if they have a name for the other version.

Please tell me you went to Marsico's. Did you?

Stop! My cousins lived down the street from Marsico's and we always walked there to get water ice or ice cream.

[wambam]

Jul 28, 2014 15:17:47 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

Jul 28, 2014 14:50:40 GMT -5 wambam said:

Pop
y'all


21 years in Ohio, 5 in Kentucky. I'm language boring.

I will never say "warsh"!

But I do say "please?" sometimes when I should say "can you repeat that?".

My grandma said warsh. And all of the days of the week were Mondee, Tuesdee...

[MixedBerryJam]

Jul 28, 2014 14:49:23 GMT -5 toledo said:

needs mowed
needs washed
needs cut

WHATEVAH WHATEVAH I DO WHAT I WANT

I'm not sure I understand this. Can you use one in a sentence, please? All I can come up with is, "The lawn needs mowing."

[wysiwyg]

Y'all
Cornhole - the yard game
Rook - any game of cards

[sapphireblue]

The biggest one I can think of (I'm from MA originally) is package store or packy for liquor store.

ETA: And jimmies for chocolate sprinkles...

[05heel]

Jagoff. I'll never let it go.

[sapphireblue]

Jul 28, 2014 14:48:39 GMT -5 pandorica said:

Bubbler
Frappe
Rotary
Wicked

Probably others I can't think of now.

ETA: sneakers. I have never in my life used the term tennis shoes. That seems so weird to me!

I'm thinking you must be from MA. Is rotary local? That's what I would call it too. I don't say bubbler though. And wicked, I definitely say that. Not as much as when I was younger though!