Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Mar 11, 2011 1:06am
Up here in Grand Forks
Nor'Dakoda
You betcha and Okey Dokey
A snack is a bunny lunch
Nor'Dakoda
You betcha and Okey Dokey
A snack is a bunny lunch
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Mar 11, 2011 9:09am
But why and how did that saying come about?THE4RINGZ;707088 wrote:Redd up means to clean and straighten quickly.
Mine still does.THE4RINGZ;707089 wrote:My grandmother used to call her couch/ sofa a "Davenport".
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Mar 11, 2011 9:25am
Curly J;707003 wrote:Here's a few towns in Indiana where I used to work. It was always funny to listent o the Dispatchers mispronounce them.
Versailles, Ver-sai...no it's Ver-sales
Milan, Ma-lawn...no it's My-Lan
Vevay, Ve-vay...no it's Vee-vee
There is a Versailles in Ohio as well.....traditional football power.
Also is a Houston.....prounounced HOUSE-ton
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Mar 11, 2011 11:20am
thavoice;707265 wrote:Also is a Houston.....prounounced HOUSE-ton
Gateway to Russia (ru she).
Mohican00
Posts: 3,394
Mar 11, 2011 11:22am
Nevada Ohio is "Nuh-VAY-duh"
Bellefontaine is just absolutely butchered. "Bell-fountain"??
Bellefontaine is just absolutely butchered. "Bell-fountain"??
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Mar 11, 2011 12:24pm
Fab4Runner;707247 wrote:But why and how did that saying come about?
Mine still does.
I don't know the origin of the term "redd up" I just know when I was a kid our neighbor's used the term frequently.
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
Mar 11, 2011 1:32pm
Redd up - The terms redd and redd up came to the American Midlands from the many Scottish immigrants who settled there. Meaning "to clear an area or to make it tidy," redd is still used in Scotland and Northern Ireland; in the United States it is especially common in Pennsylvania as the phrasal verb redd up. The term, which goes back to Old Norse rydhja, can be traced from the 15th century to the present, particularly in dialects of Scotland and the North of England.Fab4Runner;707247 wrote:But why and how did that saying come about?
Mine still does.
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bigkahuna
Posts: 4,454
Mar 11, 2011 3:26pm
Mohican00;707438 wrote:Nevada Ohio is "Nuh-VAY-duh"
Bellefontaine is just absolutely butchered. "Bell-fountain"??
I love seeing people not from around the area say Bella-fawn-tayne.
I'm shocked at how many people don't know how to pronounce Celina and Lima as well.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Mar 11, 2011 3:39pm
bigkahuna;708046 wrote:I love seeing people not from around the area say Bella-fawn-tayne.
I'm shocked at how many people don't know how to pronounce Celina and Lima as well.
Well...there is LEEMa Peru....but yea.....just looking at it I would think its easy to prounce..........Celina......Dont know how people call it Seleena.
grodt
Posts: 1,588
Mar 11, 2011 4:10pm
I always pronounced Cuyahoga Falls Cuy-a-hog(like hoagie)-a but a friend of mine from near there pronounced it Cuy-a-hawg-a. I never did find out which is the "correct" way to say it.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Mar 12, 2011 11:44am
New York city - instead of for here. it is 'for stay'.
Anywhere in the northeast where they call pizzas 'pies'. Pizza is pizza. chocolate and cherry are pies.
In southeast Ohio you have 'store bought' food, assumedly as opposed to homemade.
Anywhere in the northeast where they call pizzas 'pies'. Pizza is pizza. chocolate and cherry are pies.
In southeast Ohio you have 'store bought' food, assumedly as opposed to homemade.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Mar 12, 2011 12:24pm
From New York up through New England if any word including names end in the letter "a" it's pronounced with an "er" sound. It's the strangest thing.
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adog
Posts: 567
Mar 12, 2011 12:48pm
WHat do you mean?...Whatcha gettin at?I Wear Pants;706231 wrote:We in Ohio tend to put unnecessary prepositions at the end of sentences.
believer
Posts: 8,153
Mar 13, 2011 8:44am
Douche is douche does eh Threadie?Thread Bomber;706781 wrote:I'm surprised you have heard anything other than "fuck you Rogers"
Bio-Hazzzzard
Posts: 1,027
Mar 14, 2011 9:55pm
The Amish destroy the letter J with a Ch.
I chust don't understand why Chacob and Chohn talk like this.
I chust don't understand why Chacob and Chohn talk like this.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Mar 14, 2011 10:43pm
Zey only talk like that on Zursdays.Bio-Hazzzzard;712458 wrote:The Amish destroy the letter J with a Ch.
I chust don't understand why Chacob and Chohn talk like this.
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Rocketsfan
Posts: 139
Mar 15, 2011 7:46am
Here's one that drives me nuts. When someone needs to know something they say..." I have a curiosity question ". What the hell is a " curiosity " question ??
Two people where I work have said that to me. Strange.
Two people where I work have said that to me. Strange.
OneBuckeye
Posts: 5,888
Mar 15, 2011 7:58am
grodt;708117 wrote:I always pronounced Cuyahoga Falls Cuy-a-hog(like hoagie)-a but a friend of mine from near there pronounced it Cuy-a-hawg-a. I never did find out which is the "correct" way to say it.
You way is correct. That is like people calling Chicago Chicawga which I have heard many times.