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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On 2012-07-17 23:27, ed rhodes wrote: Why wouldn't people behind the counter understand what people in front of the counter were ordering? Seeing as they are in the same State and all? Cabinet = Milk shake? If this thread had a prize, that entry would win it.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
There are many Germanisms in the midwest, Stone. When folks can't hear you, they don't say "pardon me?" like a middle-class Englishman, or "What?" like a high-class Englishman, they say "Please?"
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 05:40, Woland wrote: Down south, this would be, "Say again?"
~michael baker
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
Has anyone mentioned "fixing to" yet?
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 08:03, Woland wrote: Yes: Quote: On 2012-07-17 18:55, ClintonMagus wrote: |
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 07:28, Michael Baker wrote: More likey, "HUH?!?!?!" (or "HUNH")
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 01:20, stoneunhinged wrote: That's interesting. I never considered that possibility (and that's the biggest "tiny" influence I've ever experienced...)
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RJE2 Veteran user 383 Posts |
Grinder and a cabinet?!? I wouldn't have a clue without the translation.
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 10:22, RJE2 wrote: I knew the "grinder", but the "cabinet" was a new one. Why "cabinet"?
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
A few that always caught my ear;
I don't know if it's a southern thing but I've mostly heard it from friends who grew up or live in the south is to "put something up" instead of put something "away". Around here I have heard people say "by" instead of "to" or "at" as in "I'm going by Joe's house" instead of "I'm going to Joe's house". Also, I've also been kidded by people when playing a game because instead of saying "it's your turn" I always say "it's your go". A couple of bartenders around the country have looked at me funny, or asked what I meant, when I would order a "tappper" of beer. I'd say "I'll have a tapper of Lite" and they say "What the hell is a "tapper""? Which is what we call a draft, or draught, beer around here. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
When American children are done with their toys, their mothers are likely to tell them to "put them away"; when British children are done with their toys, their mothers are likely to tell them to "tidy them up."
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
I work with a number of Japanese engineers, and a couple of Brits.
From one of the Brits I learned "stodge": roughly the equivalent of the American "comfort food." And, of course, to the Brits (and the Canadians), BMW markets a "zed-four", whereas to Americans it's a "zee-four". (My Canadian and European CFA students always refer to the "zed-spread", which Americans would call the "zee-spread.") |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
The weekend before last out TREC team was relaxing in a neighbor's pool after a morning of orienteering. Another neighbor couple came over with their young daughter who was taking swimming lessons. Eventually, she was brave enough to jump off the diving board unassisted. I told her that in Scotland her feat would be described as "pure dead brill."
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
When I worked at PIMCO, one of our account managers had returned from PIMCO's office in Australia with a story about the language differences.
Apparently he'd been at a cocktail party and sat down on a stone wall next to an attractive young lady; it being winter at the time, the wall was cold. He remarked to the young lady that her fanny must be cold. She slapped him and left. (He later learned that what he'd said in American had a slightly different meaning in Australian.) |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
Your sandwich might be a grinder, a hoagie, a submarine, or a hero. Any other names for it?
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 11:28, Woland wrote: Po Boy
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 11:28, Woland wrote: A Dagwood. |
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Also down South, instead of "Turn the light off", you'd likely hear "Cut the light off."
~michael baker
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
The Pennsylvania mountains have a lot of those here to: Coke is generic for pop. I'm hearing the "come with" thing a lot more these days; drives me nuts. We also have "redd up" for cleaning up or straightening up the house.
And when I lived in Gettysburg, they had "outen the lights", a PA Dutch phrase for turning off the lights. You'd hear, "I'm sorry, the pie is all," or in my circles the more common, "The keg is all," for when there wasn't any more pie or beer. There the word "ain'" is an abreviation for "ain't" or "ain't it" (as an abreviation for "yes"). Go figure on that one. But supposed one person would say, "It's hot out." The other would respond with "Ain'." To say it correctly, you would say the word "ain't" but cut off in the middle of the "t". I've been heard to use "Y'all" and "eh?" in the same sentence. When I get comments about it I just people I'm from Southern Canada. "Y'all come back now, eh?" "Ain'!" I had some more but they escape me at the moment. |
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts |
Some people here still call ATM's "TYME" machines. I still do once in a while cause the signs used to be everywhere.
"TYME ("Take Your Money Everywhere") is an ATM/interbank network in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was organized in 1975 and was the first shared EFT network in the country. Residents commonly referred to ATMs as a "Tyme machine," which has resulted in confusion when Wisconsinites visiting unfamiliar areas would ask the locals where they could find a "time machine"." |
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