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Fred Flintstone

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Mar 10, 2011 8:37 AM
I always find it interesting what people commonly say in other parts of the country.
List any that you know of.

A few examples - Making Groceries (New Orleans) - Going to the grocery store.
Jack and Dark (Wisconsin) - Jack and Coke or whatever dark soda they have available.
Mar 10, 2011 8:37am
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bigkahuna

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Mar 10, 2011 9:10 AM
Not a saying, but I had to learn how to drive again when I moved to Michigan- The Michigan Left thing kills me.

Doorwall-Sliding Glass Door

Secretary of State-Equivalent to our DMV... Only thing is not every town has one AND it takes 2 weeks for you to get your license, and it comes in the mail. When I first got mine, I stood there waiting for it, and the guy was says "Um, it will be mailed to you within 2 weeks. Until then, use your old one and this piece of paper stuck to it."

Party Store-Liquor Store. They don't sell ANY alcohol in gas stations because (quoting gas station attendant here) "We don't want to promote drinking and driving." My hometown had 3 carry outs where you could buy beer and not get out of your car LOL.

It's actually crazy how different Ohio and Michigan are. I expected a few differences, but it's literally a foreign world. They all have an accent to, like their from Cleveland/Canada. However, people have the audacity to tell me I have a southern accent.
Mar 10, 2011 9:10am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:15 AM
I don't think it is a regional thing, but my ex wife uses the word "dethaw". For example, "I took some chicken out of the freezer so it can dethaw for dinner." I always argued that dethawing would mean you had put the chicken in the freezer to freeze. At any rate, I never really thought much about it, until i was talking to one of my friend's wife who went to the same high school as my ex wife and she used the term dethaw. I wonder if the home ec teacher there used that word and they picked up on it? But I never cared to look into it any further.
Mar 10, 2011 9:15am
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LJ

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Mar 10, 2011 9:17 AM
Not a saying, but Ohioans adding an S to the end of a store name Wal Marts, Meijers, Krogers.

Warsh

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Mar 10, 2011 9:17am
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rocketalum

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Mar 10, 2011 9:23 AM
The entirety of my dads side of the family says "warsh" As in warsh the dishes, clothes etc. Or even in describing our nations capitol "warshington DC". I think it's a NW Ohio thing.
Mar 10, 2011 9:23am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:24 AM
My parents use the term "warsh" as well in all aspects like you described, and they are from North Central Ohia.
Mar 10, 2011 9:24am
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bigkahuna

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Mar 10, 2011 9:25 AM
We also have bad grammar here in Ohio "Where's my coat AT?
Mar 10, 2011 9:25am
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j_crazy

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Mar 10, 2011 9:27 AM
Mississippi: urenj = Orange

Louisiana:

Dey got. As in, "don't go down to dat couley, dey got snakes down dere."

Git down. As in, "git down outta dat car and come on in."

Wyoming:

oh yeah. it's hard to type this so that you can appreciated it, but it's not like the kool aid man's oh yeah, but more of a sighing "oh yeah" and they say it after every question and at the beginning of about 1/3 of their sentences.
Mar 10, 2011 9:27am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:28 AM
I didn't get no answer.
Mar 10, 2011 9:28am
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bigkahuna

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Mar 10, 2011 9:28 AM
I don't get the dethaw thing.

You come home and but a package of meet in the freezer. You decide you want to eat it, so you take it out and thaw it. Is that what is it dethaw vs. thaw.

I think this is a NW Ohio/Michigan thing and it kills me-Look it. Drives me insane, it's either look or look at it. I'm from Midwest Ohio and didn't hear it until I moved to BG for school and now MI.
Mar 10, 2011 9:28am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:29 AM
LJ;706059 wrote:Not a saying, but Ohioans adding an S to the end of a store name Wal Marts, Meijers, Krogers.

Warsh

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Pittsburgh people are notorious for adding S's at the end of store names! It drives me crazy, and when I call them on it, they don't even realize they are doing it.

"I'm going to Giant Eagles" kills me.
Mar 10, 2011 9:29am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:30 AM
Yes they use the term dethaw in place of defrost.
Mar 10, 2011 9:30am
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bigkahuna

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Mar 10, 2011 9:36 AM
Here's some that I grew up with in Midwest OH that not everyone knew about (not necessarily my wife and her family from MI)

Throw Away (Insert pop name)-20 oz plastic bottle of pop

Carry Out-My guess is a lot of people in Ohio know what this is, but I'm shocked at how many don't

(Just my hometown)-Pooch- A car that looks really nice, has a lot of bells and whistles and is tricked out but is a big old POS performance wise
I.e. Me: "Man you've got a sweet ass car!."
Owner: "Na, it's a pooch, I hate it."
Mar 10, 2011 9:36am
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georgemc80

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Mar 10, 2011 9:38 AM
Here in Texas I usually make fun of a few things...

First and foremost... fixin.

"I am fixin to head out to the WalMart."

and one of my favorite exchanges....

Me: Give me a Coke
Waitress: What kinda Coke?
Me: What kinds do you have?
Waitress: We got Dr. Pepper coke, Sprite coke......

But the educated people in Houston catch me on my Ohio grammar....ending my sentences with a preposition.
Mar 10, 2011 9:38am
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Con_Alma

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Mar 10, 2011 9:42 AM
bigkahuna;706070 wrote:I don't get the dethaw thing.

You come home and but a package of meet in the freezer. You decide you want to eat it, so you take it out and thaw it. ....
I don't get it either.

Thawing it would be going from frozen to room temp.

De-thawing it would be going opposite of thawing it...or freezing it.
Mar 10, 2011 9:42am
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LJ

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Mar 10, 2011 9:46 AM
I think they are just combining "defrost" and "thaw" to make "dethaw"
Mar 10, 2011 9:46am
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Con_Alma

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Mar 10, 2011 9:51 AM
Must be. It just comes across as silly sometimes when the slang almost means the exact opposite of what they are intending to say.
Mar 10, 2011 9:51am
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Con_Alma

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Mar 10, 2011 9:52 AM
ManO'War;706071 wrote:Pittsburgh people are notorious for adding S's at the end of store names! It drives me crazy, and when I call them on it, they don't even realize they are doing it.

"I'm going to Giant Eagles" kills me.

I hear this also. In Ohio folks like to add an S to school names such as St Edward(s). I have en heard people say St. John(s) arena!!!!
Mar 10, 2011 9:52am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:55 AM
Con_Alma;706092 wrote:I hear this also. In Ohio folks like to add an S to school names such as St Edward(s). I have en heard people say St. John(s) arena!!!!
I think adding the "s" is probably pretty common all over the US. I talk to dispatchers all over the country and a lot of them pronounce the "s" in Illinois and it drives me crazy every time.

Oh and I HATE when people say states...as in "My son made it to states".
Mar 10, 2011 9:55am
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Automatik

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Mar 10, 2011 9:57 AM
I'm guilty of saying Krogers. They are a big client of ours and I can't tell you how many times I've had to make sure I dropped the S.

My mom says "yinz" on a daily basis. I lost that when I moved away for school. Its funny when you explain it to someone that has never heard it before. "Yinz? wtf is that?!" lol
Mar 10, 2011 9:57am
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Mar 10, 2011 9:58 AM
georgemc80;706080 wrote:Here in Texas I usually make fun of a few things...


Me: Give me a Coke
Waitress: What kinda Coke?
Me: What kinds do you have?
Waitress: We got Dr. Pepper coke, Sprite coke......

I had a similar exchange in OKC.
Mar 10, 2011 9:58am
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LJ

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Mar 10, 2011 10:00 AM
My cousin's husband is from south jerz and calls spaghetti sauce and pizza sauce "gravy"
Mar 10, 2011 10:00am
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gorocks99

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Mar 10, 2011 10:02 AM
The one that gets me is when my girlfriends parents (from the U.P.) pronounce pasta "paa-sta" (not pah-sta)
Mar 10, 2011 10:02am
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Con_Alma

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Mar 10, 2011 10:04 AM
Fab4Runner;706096 wrote:I think adding the "s" is probably pretty common all over the US. I talk to dispatchers all over the country and a lot of them pronounce the "s" in Illinois and it drives me crazy every time....
At least there's actually an S in the spelling of Illinois. Those other examples people simply add one at their own discretion. Why??

Another example is Labatt(s).
Fab4Runner;706096 wrote:...Oh and I HATE when people say states...as in "My son made it to states".
Don't even get me started with this one. If you do I might have to "of" referred you to some other threads. ;)
Mar 10, 2011 10:04am
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LJ

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Mar 10, 2011 10:05 AM
you're all being hweird
Mar 10, 2011 10:05am