Southern lingo word lesson for the day

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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Dec 9, 2009 10:31 AM
This may help ease some confusion if you're ever talking with a southerner...

Mash = press
Smash = smash

I was training a guy from Tyger River SC on how to operate an HMI on a new line we're developing and I walk him through the steps and he seems to grasp it fairly well.. So he takes over and steps in and says "So I mash the control power button first... " and I tell him no you don't have to, the touch screen is pretty sensitive. He looks at me confused and presses the button and it turns the control equipment on, then says "then I mash the conveyor start button.." and I said "ya just press it gently" and he says "ya, I didn't say I was gonna smash the button, I said I was gonna mash it". I asked him what the difference was and he said mashing it was just touching it and smashing it meant flattening it .... Not the definition I've ever heard of mash.. but.. oh well.

Mash = press in the south.
Dec 9, 2009 10:31am
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snyds113

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Dec 9, 2009 10:36 AM
"Honey,can you please mash the coffee pot button when you go in the kitchen"There is no way I could say that.
Dec 9, 2009 10:36am
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krambman

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Dec 9, 2009 10:37 AM
So does that mean that in the south that mashed potatoes are what we called baked potatoes and smashed potatoes are what we call mashed potatoes?
Dec 9, 2009 10:37am
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Dec 9, 2009 10:41 AM
krambman wrote: So does that mean that in the south that mashed potatoes are what we called baked potatoes and smashed potatoes are what we call mashed potatoes?
Couldn't tell you on that. You mash buttons at least.
Dec 9, 2009 10:41am
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Apple

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Dec 9, 2009 10:41 AM
I'm confused.
Dec 9, 2009 10:41am
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coyotes22

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Dec 9, 2009 10:42 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That comes with old age!! :D
Dec 9, 2009 10:42am
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superman

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Dec 9, 2009 10:44 AM
krambman wrote: So does that mean that in the south that mashed potatoes are what we called baked potatoes and smashed potatoes are what we call mashed potatoes?
Nope. They still have regular mashed potatoes
Dec 9, 2009 10:44am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 9, 2009 11:21 AM
I'm gonna mash you down the stairs!
Dec 9, 2009 11:21am
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Darkon

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Dec 9, 2009 11:23 AM
Full Court Mash
Dec 9, 2009 11:23am
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snyds113

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Dec 9, 2009 11:26 AM
ernest_t_bass wrote: I'm gonna mash you down the stairs!
mash=press not push
Dec 9, 2009 11:26am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 9, 2009 11:30 AM
That's how I say it though... I'm going to press you down the stairs, DUH!

Right after I get done bench mashing.
Dec 9, 2009 11:30am
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snyds113

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Dec 9, 2009 11:35 AM
Ok I gotta go to the cleaners to get my suit mashed.
Dec 9, 2009 11:35am
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Darkon

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Dec 9, 2009 11:39 AM
Don't mash your luck!
Dec 9, 2009 11:39am
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Con_Alma

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Dec 9, 2009 11:42 AM
fixin' = going to
Dec 9, 2009 11:42am
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coyotes22

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Dec 9, 2009 11:44 AM
Im mashed for time!!!
Dec 9, 2009 11:44am
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snyds113

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Dec 9, 2009 11:45 AM
I'm fixin'to go get my suit mashed.That's better.
Dec 9, 2009 11:45am
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gorocks99

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Dec 9, 2009 11:46 AM
I just bought a french mash for coffee.
Dec 9, 2009 11:46am
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Darkon

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Dec 9, 2009 11:46 AM
I'm fixin to work out.
Do a little bench mash.
Dec 9, 2009 11:46am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 9, 2009 11:50 AM
ernest_t_bass wrote: That's how I say it though... I'm going to press you down the stairs, DUH!

Right after I get done bench mashing.
Darkon wrote: I'm fixin to work out.
Do a little bench mash.
Good one :dodgy:
Dec 9, 2009 11:50am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 9, 2009 11:51 AM
Times are tough, so I must mash on.
Dec 9, 2009 11:51am
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ernest_t_bass

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Dec 9, 2009 11:51 AM
Pistol Pete really looked up to his father, Mash Maravich
Dec 9, 2009 11:51am
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Darkon

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Dec 9, 2009 11:52 AM
I enjoy reading the Free Mash.
Dec 9, 2009 11:52am
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queencitybuckeye

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Dec 9, 2009 11:53 AM
"Push" is the same word, but my southern in-laws pronounce it "pooooooooooooosh"
Dec 9, 2009 11:53am
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snyds113

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Dec 9, 2009 11:56 AM
queencitybuckeye wrote: "Push" is the same word, but my southern in-laws pronounce it "pooooooooooooosh"
In these parts we call that Dillonvale talk.
Dec 9, 2009 11:56am
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Milbarge

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Dec 9, 2009 11:57 AM
Speaking of the South.....

What's the difference between a Yankee & a Damn Yankee?








The Damn Yankee doesn't leave.....

That's what my wife was told where she worked when we lived in North Charleston, SC back in 1992.
Dec 9, 2009 11:57am