Local words or phrases that you hate

[KBoopaloo]

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

To be fair, I never actually address anyone directly as "Aunt So and So," I call them "Auntie So and So." I only say plain old "Aunt" when referring to them in conversation. And I it is more "Aahnt" or "Aahntie" than "Awnt" or "Awntie." At least in Boston. LOL

We need a recording feature on the Dis for this thread where we can all record ourselves pronouncing these words differently from each other!

 

[JVL1018]

I think the PP's point was no one in the NY area would ever say "in LI". And since Ray Romano is from here he should know that.

A friend of mine from Long Island posted a silly photo on facebook today and wrote:Just another Sunday in Long Island. Thought of this thread immediately. LOL

 

[PigletsPal2]

I can't think of any regional/local words or phrases from my area that I dislike, although there are lots of widespread words and phrases that I dislike that are not particular to one locale.

However, when it comes to regional words, I LOVE "y'all". It clarifies the plural "you" from the singular "you", and it is really just a contraction for "you all". It's a great word.

At my first job, I shared an office with an Irish girl. We'd been working together for about six months when she said she'd have to move to another office. Surprised, since we got along so well, I asked if I had offended her in some way. "Oh no," she replied. "It's just that my roommates threatened to throw me out if I said 'y'all' one more time!" Luckily, she was just teasing me!

Queen Colleen

 

[Squidgyness]

Round these parts there are a few.

'Proper' as in 'that walk was proper exhausting!'

'Geggs' for glasses/spectacles. Don't know what that one is about.

'Sound' as in 'I'm sound as a pound' or for bonus points 'proper sound mate' (I don't mind mate too much though.)

Also we call soda either by its brand name, pop, or just a soft drink, and buggy refers to a pram or pushchair usually.

 

[msjprincess]

A friend of mine from Long Island posted a silly photo on facebook today and wrote:Just another Sunday in Long Island. Thought of this thread immediately. LOL

Hopefully it was just a typo, since the i and o are next to each other.

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

To be fair, I never actually address anyone directly as "Aunt So and So," I call them "Auntie So and So." I only say plain old "Aunt" when referring to them in conversation. And I it is more "Aahnt" or "Aahntie" than "Awnt" or "Awntie." At least in Boston. LOL

We need a recording feature on the Dis for this thread where we can all record ourselves pronouncing these words differently from each other!

I'm not a fan of auntie whether pronounced "auntie" or "antie". BUT, I can certainly stand to hear either more than I can stand how my grandmother speaks. With age, she and my grandfather have decided to sound more and more like hayseeds. When asked why they stopped speaking properly (he was an officer in the military and she was an officer's wife, and there was a time when they played the part well and knew how to speak) they say that they don't like to "put on heirs". Who knew that speaking properly was putting on heirs? Anyway, she said aunt like "aint". So, if she asks me if I am going to see my Aunt Susan, it sounds a little something like this, "Do you think you are gonna go down yonder and see Aint Susan while in town?" Nails on a chalkboard.