Inspired by MsDisney23...what is a local word that you use...

[JoyG]

I grew up on Long Island and now live in Buffalo.

I grew up ON Long Island and I still get ON line not "in" line.

Heros on Long Island are "subs" in Buffalo (and Hoagies somewhere else in America).

I drank soda on Long Island but everyone in Buffalo drinks pop. I can't even say that word, it sounds funny...I still call it soda.

Lollipops on Long Island are "suckers" in Buffalo.

People in Buffalo wear "house shoes" instead of slippers and go to "the show" instead of going to the movies.

Joy

 

[barkley]

You are making me homesick.

My Best friend and I went to the Lamb cookoff last summer. Dang, that was some good eatin'.

wait a few years and come back for a visit-the huge new horse racing track should be built by then! but it's funny-with all the lamb around here the local stores only carry new zeland lamb

 

[bigmerle1966]

We say soda here in MD but where my family is in MO they call it pop.

Some people here say, about going to Ocean City, MD, their Goin' downy ocean hon.

They call people Hon

We have subs

Wuter instead of water
Turlet for toilet
Yous instead of you or yours

 

[irishbosoxfan]

I put this up a little while ago hope you enjoy!
Now lets see if I can get it to work! LOL!


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1038105

 

[MinnieM3]

DH is from Ohio and says "sweep the carpet" instead of vacuum. He even calls the vacuum the "sweeper." Weird!

Of course we say ya'll. My mom has a big accent and says (along with many other Charlestonians) Poke for pork, po-lease for police, and cup-er for Cooper.

We eat Hoppin'John (rice and beans)

We *grill* out if we're cooking anything on the grill. BBQ is only something you eat.

We "fix" all meals, not cook.

We only have one major Interstate, so you just say you're taking "the I" if you use it.

 

[bigmerle1966]

Most numbered roads here are just called by the number, nothing in front of it. Like 29, 100, 95. The two major roads around Baltimore and DC are called beltways and the road out to Dulles airport is called the Dulles Toll Road.

 

[irishbosoxfan]

Here in Kansas two words that aggravate the crap out of me are: CRICK-meaning creek or some watery type area offin them there woods(not my pronunciation) and the second is "SUCKER" ooohhh I HATE this word I will not let my kids say it-If someone asks them if they'd like a sucker I look at them and ask if they'd like a lollipop-Can't stand that word!!!!!

For me here if I say BAKE SHOW people think I'm talking about some sort of pastry competition but in Mass it means to peel out,burn rubber.

 

[ktpool]

I am from the south:
Lunch - 12:00
Snack - whenever
Dinner - 6:00
Supper - late, light dinner after a night out

dh, midwest:
Dinner - 12:00
Lunch - coffee at 3:00 at the diner
Supper - 6:00

We drive our kids crazy when I ask what they want for dinner and my husband says "I don't know what I want tomorrow, let's think about supper first".

I refuse to change

 

[stm61]

I live in FL now but grew up near Philly -

how about "goin' down the shore" - instead of going to the beach... no one goes to the beach at the Jersey shore!!!

you go to the beach if you live near it. That's how we tell the locals from the shoobies!

 

[grlpwrd]

Slippers for flip flops

I gotta go 5, 4, 4 which means basically go potty - the numbers in Japanese translate to "go shi shi" which is how some local people in Hawaii say "go to the bathroom"

shut the light when flipping off a light switch

 

[mbw12]

I live in FL now but grew up near Philly -

how about "goin' down the shore" - instead of going to the beach... no one goes to the beach at the Jersey shore!!!

Oh you are SO right! We always go "down the shore"!!!!!!!

 

[ReggieB]

I'm from the UK originally, so no one seems to understand my slang at all!!

My favorite one at the moment is pants, as in that movie was really pants, which means it was really bad. It's a fairly recent slang. It's worth pointing out also that pants in UK are not trousers/jeans/leg things!!, they are underwear. My nephew thinks it's very amusing when I tell him I am wearing a pant suit..what she's just got on her underwear??? Which kind of makes the pants slang thing really very bizarre.

I've adjusted pretty well, not sure if I am quite sure of my new local slang. I do remember someone using the expression 'kiddy or kitty corner' meaning on the opposite side, not sure if that's local to here (MD) or from somewhere else entirely.

 

[monarchsfan16]

A friend of mine is from the other side of the state, and used the expression booning at dinner. Apparently that's what they call off roading.
And my old roommate who is from Maine, refers to that sneak attack where you pull down someone's pants as a "hoe down". She had never heard the expression "someone got pantsed" until she came to NH

 

[Planogirl]

I don't know if this is common elsewhere or not but in Texas many people say come hell or high water and mention that someone throws a hissy fit.

I always liked this phrase: The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving. It's so descriptive!

We also say Coke by the way.

 

[MAKmom]

Yo is hello
pocketbook is a purse
scrapple is breakfast food

 

[buddy&wooz]

Numbered roads here are "routes" pronounced "root". "take route 22 to mountain avenue to route 28."

 

[MrsKreamer]

From New Orleans here

We say Neutral(mostly pronounced "nuetra) ground for the median. We "Make groceries" instead of buying them. When asked what school you went to, 90% of the time they are asking about your HS. We eat CRAWFISH, not crawdads, or crayfish....and yeah you gotta suck the heads and pinch the tails. We "pass the vacum". We eat "po-boys" not subs, hoggies or heros.

I can't think of anymore right now, but there are plenty!

New Orleans...We're a drinking town, with a party problem.

 

[wdwgirl03]

That someone visiting or moving to your area would have no idea what you are talking about?

The big one up here is "bubbler". It is what you drink from (other places refer to it as a water fountain). It is called a bubbler, because water bubbles up from it.

So c'mon people, add yours to the list!

Yep, it is definitely a bubbler!!

 

[beckmrk04]

I've adjusted pretty well, not sure if I am quite sure of my new local slang. I do remember someone using the expression 'kiddy or kitty corner' meaning on the opposite side, not sure if that's local to here (MD) or from somewhere else entirely.

Here it's caddy corner!

 

[Saphire]

Of course we say ya'll.

Coming from the Northeast, this phrase sounds like someone wrapping their arms around you...I could stand a bit of that southern hospitality in these parts.