Local words or phrases that you hate

[JennaDeeDooDah]

When was in 2nd grade, I moved to Massachusetts and I had a teacher "correct" me when I pronounced Aunt as ant. She told me that "ants" were bugs on the ground and that an "aunt" was my relative.

That would have just made me angry. Simply because a person pronounces it differently doesn't mean that he or she is pronouncing it wrong. Even if you don't like how it sounds, that doesn't mean that someone is mispronouncing the word.



I, too, cringe when I hear someone say, "I seen" rather than "I saw" or "I have seen".

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

I just thought of a new one. It's not really said locally, though so I'm not sure if it counts. Anyway, I can't stand to hear someone use the word "bath" instead of "bathe". To me, bath is a noun and bathe is a verb. You don't bath your kids; you bathe them.

 

[7165red]

Have no idea where this came from but I detest the saying, "I love me some...whatever." Love me some? And yes, it's been used here quite a bit but it seems to be fading away.

Imus in the morning will use that along with it's "so good it's stupid".

 

[Lanshark]

Bless her heart.....typically means the person is too stupid to have made a different decision

Fixin to

That a way

SaLmon with the L emphasized instead of silent

 

[DisneyDreamer2504]

I might be alone in this, but as someone from the northern states, (and the US as a whole) I don't like being referred to as a Yankee. I understand the historical references and all, but I just don't like it.

 

[jrmasm]

I must confess that "ant" for "aunt" hurts my ears. LOL

I have ants and aunts. It can get confusing.

 

[JanaDee]

I must confess that "ant" for "aunt" hurts my ears. LOL

"Awnt" sounds so awkward. I'm glad we say "ant".

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

Bless her heart.....typically means the person is too stupid to have made a different decision

Fixin to

That a way

SaLmon with the L emphasized instead of silent

See, where I live, "bless his/her heart" doesn't mean that the person is stupid. It does mean that the person is in a bad situation, typically. For example, if you have a friend who had a cold that turned into pneumonia, got over that, but then developed tuberculosis or something, we might say, "Bless her heart; she just can't seem to get healthy." Now, there are times when it is said in a derogatory manner, but more times than not, I hear it as a term when a person feels genuinely sorry for another.

I might be alone in this, but as someone from the northern states, (and the US as a whole) I don't like being referred to as a Yankee. I understand the historical references and all, but I just don't like it.

I don't like being referred to as a Yankee or Yank by people overseas, either. I say people overseas because I've never heard anyone from the US call me a Yankee or Yank.

 

[Kimberlyann11]

I can't stand being called a michigander. That sounds like a dumb goose. The term I like is michiganian. I think technically "michigander" is correct - but I don't know who decided that so I don't care.

 

[figment52]

I live in Michigan near Lake Huron (Hur-on) and I absolutely hate it when it is pronounced Lake Urine.
The lake water is blue folks, not yellow!

 

[family3indisney]

growing up the front steps were always called "the stoop". I got married and the first time I talked about shoveling the snow off "the stoop" my husband had no idea what I was talking about. Don't know if its a North East word?

 

[usd2bmd]

There are a few people in Buffalo who say "yous" as in, "Are yous done with that food?" Makes me cringe. Even better, "Yous guys" or "yous guyses."

Also, "can I come with?"

"I don't know where she's at."

Cringe!!

Yes people around here say that..bothers me too. We also add a "the" before any route or interstate when talking about driving. " I was on the 290 this morning and got stuck in traffic because there was an accident on the 190.

Everyone else just says the route; I-95, I-4.

we say Pop in Ohio, but Im alright with it , in fact I get mad at the rest of the world not talking like I do

We say pop in Buffalo as well. I either ask for soda or I will ask for it by name.


This isn't something that is done where I live but when people ask where I'm from and I say New York (or even if I say Buffalo), They always ask if I get to the city often. I bothers me that people think everything in the state is just a suburb of New York City.

 

[khertz]

Just yesterday, I was having a conversation with a co-worker who kept using the phrase "get down" meaning she got out of her car. She went to visit her husband at work and didn't want to get down, but he kept asking her to get down and so she did get down and... She said it at least 4 times in telling the story and it is one thing I can't stand!

I went to college in north Louisiana where they have more of a southern drawl and I was sooo confused in class one day when a teacher kept saying "futher." It took me a bit to understand he was saying the word further.

I'm from New Orleans, so we have a lot of regional sayings, but none of them really bother me. It does annoy me endlessly when people mispronounce New Orleans and when TV shows try to do New Orleans accents and they sound ridiculous and nothing like what a real New Orleanian sounds like! We don't have counties, medians, pop/soda, or inspection stickers!

 

[emksmama]

I've lived in central Indiana since I was 7, but was born in Pittsburgh and still have family there. For years, my family out east swore we all had Midwest accents, but everyone here made fun of how I talked. To this day, 36 years after moving here, I'll still ask my husband to "reach me down" something if I'm preoccupied and not focused on what I'm saying.

"I seen"...I teach 4th grade, and my goal this year has been to eliminate it from their vocabularies!! They also use "ratchet" a lot, but here it's primarily among specific ethnic groups. Some of those same students also use "bogus" more lately too, which drives me crazy.

I've not heard "idear", but I used to work with a man who would talk about getting an "ideal" to do something. A friend of mine also posts on facebook occasionally that she needs an "ideal" for a birthday gift. Um, no, it's an IDEA!! She also uses "I seen". Gah.

As for "needs painting", "needs vacuumed", etc, I never realized that 'to be' was mandatory in there. I've said "I need to vacuum" but I've also told DH and my girls "hey, the back room needs vacuumed!".

 

[StephMK]

Sack. As in, "do you want your milk in a sack?" Yuck. I just hate that word. I do not want my milk in a *bag*. One time a checker used bag and she was not from NE either. I know there are a few others but that's always the one that sticks out to me.

 

[seenellie81]

There are a few people in Buffalo who say "yous" as in, "Are yous done with that food?" Makes me cringe. Even better, "Yous guys" or "yous guyses."

Also, "can I come with?"

"I don't know where she's at."

Cringe!!

From the Southtowns now grew up in the Northtowns... And can i just say it drives me crazy when people say "can i asks you a question?" it is ask no s!! Oh and the increased usage of the word epic... i cant stand when people use that word unless the are describing something from history that truly was epic... you did not just have epic pizza, that hockey game was not epic!! What is going to be epic is when i smack you the next time you say epic haha

 

[seenellie81]

I can't stand when people say, "I have an idee". Ugh! Just say you have an idea, not idee. I worked in the church library with an older lady, just as sweet as she could be, couldn't stand for her to say this word. Made my skin crawl.

Around the buffalo area i grew up hearing how people have a good idear. Its an idea i dont know how it ended up idear or idearer.

 

[seenellie81]

I can't stand being called a michigander. That sounds like a dumb goose. The term I like is michiganian. I think technically "michigander" is correct - but I don't know who decided that so I don't care.

Haha I have myself a Michigander! When i was in the service and stationed in Michigan i had my DS. I was happy that he was a Michigander and not a Fudgie like my DH and I. I hated when the locals called us fudgies!

 

[Kimberlyann11]

Haha I have myself a Michigander! When i was in the service and stationed in Michigan i had my DS. I was happy that he was a Michigander and not a Fudgie like my DH and I. I hated when the locals called us fudgies!

When I lived in Marquette I called you a troll because you lived under the bridge.

 

[seenellie81]

When I lived in Marquette I called you a troll because you lived under the bridge.

Nice... thanking god i didnt live in Marquette. LOL.