Regional Traditions

[MickeysMommy]

As a PP said, up here (90 miles away from Manhattan) it is still "the City"

We also say "Jeet yet?"

And I order my Diet Coke with Lemon. When I was visiting relatives in NC a few years back everyone was looking at me like I had 3 heads.

They also wanted me to say "Coffee", "Sauce" and "Baltimore" a lot. Apparently, the New Yawk accent was alive and kicking

 

[IheartMickey]

As a PP said, up here (90 miles away from Manhattan) it is still "the City"

We also say "Jeet yet?"

And I order my Diet Coke with Lemon. When I was visiting relatives in NC a few years back everyone was looking at me like I had 3 heads.

They also wanted me to say "Coffee", "Sauce" and "Baltimore" a lot. Apparently, the New Yawk accent was alive and kicking

My family here in Florida that are originally from NY have teenagers that are born and raised Floridian. They make me say awesome, Florida and coffee a lot. They also yelled at me when I was about to honk at someone. They said it's considered very rude here to honk.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

My family here in Florida that are originally from NY have teenagers that are born and raised Floridian. They make me say awesome, Florida and coffee a lot. They also yelled at me when I was about to honk at someone. They said it's considered very rude here to honk.

People in FL honk all of the time.

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

My family here in Florida that are originally from NY have teenagers that are born and raised Floridian. They make me say awesome, Florida and coffee a lot. They also yelled at me when I was about to honk at someone. They said it's considered very rude here to honk.

My husband asks my permission before he honks at someone, but I often have no problem with it. Honking is your civic duty. It is important to let the other driver know that he/she sucks at driving and is endangering someone (namely me). It is also important to let the other drivers on the road know that there is an idiot in their midst and to watch out for him.

 

[Turn the Page]

southeast WI here -sheboygan to be specific. here are some off the top of my head.

brats -pronounced "brots" -

we have an accent - even a county wide one we sound different from others in the state ( not sure why)

beer batter - on onion rings/fish/etc -no panko or bread crumbs yuck

we dont call the beach "the beach" we say " were going down to the lake"

All of these are the same in Michigan. Although we don't so much have county accents as much as the farther north you go the more you sound Canadian. The Mackinac Bridge is the dividing line between house and hoose for example. I myself am not a yooper, I am a troll. I live under the bridge. That one always cracks me up.

Another good thing we have here: pasties, first syllable is pronounced like past, just how it's spelled. They are meat, usually beef, vegetables, normally including rutabaga, garlic and spices, sometimes gravy but not always, wrapped in dough and baked. Not to be confusted with pasties, first syllable pronounced like paste. Those are two very different things.

 

[IheartMickey]

People in FL honk all of the time.

I have been honked at in certain parts but not here, these kids grew up in the country. They wear cowboy boots, listen to country, go fishing and belong to 4-H. I think they were probably just thinking about how it is in their town. That's where I live now.

 

[mamacatnv]

I don't know about all of Texas, but the Homecoming "corsage" here is something else. The "mums" that someone referred to earlier. HUGE, like the size of the girl's head, with stuffed animals, gewgaws, and all kinds of fat ribbon hanging from it. Not my style, but it's a big deal here.

http://jezebel.com/5965232/inside-t...ion-of-enormous-homecoming-corsages/gallery/1

Those mums are the most ridiculous things I have ever seen! The girls pin them to bra straps etc just to keep them from pulling their shirts off. I gotta say, the whole Mum thing was by far the strangest tradition I have seen so far. We have only been here in TX for 10 months, I am sure there are more but so far, the Mum takes the prize

 

[ilovemk76]

Yes! Thank you, I love you! It does drive me nuts when I hear people using the 'regular' pronunciation but now that I live in Florida I have to correct myself when they look at me strangely. I'm actually considering moving in a year or so closer to South Florida because there's more Italians and New Yorkers. Which means they have italian bakeries and delis. The things I can't get here in Central Florida is crazy, there's no italian butchers, no real italian bread (semolina) or pastries. And there's only one market about 25 miles away that sells the brand of canned crushed tomatoes we bought in NY.

I've also heard of South FL being called the 6th borough.

Oh and I'd much rather someone tell me to f--- off than the fake sweetness.

Didn't you just start your new job? Are you planning to quit and move?

I don't understand when a person moves from their ethnic area to another and then complains about what they can't get.

 

[Turn the Page]

As a PP said, up here (90 miles away from Manhattan) it is still "the City"

We also say "Jeet yet?"

And I order my Diet Coke with Lemon. When I was visiting relatives in NC a few years back everyone was looking at me like I had 3 heads.

They also wanted me to say "Coffee", "Sauce" and "Baltimore" a lot. Apparently, the New Yawk accent was alive and kicking

Some people in Kentucky used to make me say Chicago a lot. Apparently I put much more nasally emphasis on the a sound than they do lol. They found it very entertaining.

 

[TheIncredibles!]

NJ here. Won't dig too deeply on the manners here but we most certainly do have them. No one region has the lock on good manners nor does one region have the lock on rudeness. Throwing out stereotypes just makes one look ignorant. Doesn't matter if it's a regional stereotype or a cultural one.

We say please and thank you. We help others. We do chat in stores and make eye contact. If you are in your neighborhood you lift your hand to wave to ANYBODY you pass even if you have no clue who they are. We say Miss and Sir and only use Ma'am for the elderly but most will get a kick out of it if you call them Miss instead, especially if you are a man

Now - NJ - GREAT food! We are so culturally diverse that you can get the best of the best here. Great Italian, Indian, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Peruvian - you name it we have it and it's all fantastic! The only food that I can think of that is really just local has been mentioned- Taylor Ham(pork roll).

The left lane is not just for passing. It is also not for doing anything less than 75/80 mph. If you are doing under 75 in the left lane and not keeping up with the guy in front of you then you have a death wish.

Our property taxes suck.

 

[acourtwdw]

My Aunt was married to a man from Kansas City, MO
It was Thanksgiving and she was making one of his requests: Wide egg noodles with chicken broth. That was different.
Of course he thought her boiled onions were weird as were the rutabaga's & turnips my DH had to have

My family had noodles too usually served over mashed potatoes. It's a carb overload.

 

[kimblebee]

All of these are the same in Michigan. Although we don't so much have county accents as much as the farther north you go the more you sound Canadian. The Mackinac Bridge is the dividing line between house and hoose for example. I myself am not a yooper, I am a troll. I live under the bridge. That one always cracks me up.

Another good thing we have here: pasties, first syllable is pronounced like past, just how it's spelled. They are meat, usually beef, vegetables, normally including rutabaga, garlic and spices, sometimes gravy but not always, wrapped in dough and baked. Not to be confusted with pasties, first syllable pronounced like paste. Those are two very different things.

How, exactly, does one sound Canadian? Despite what people think, we do not say aboot or hoose ( never even heard that one before )or any of those silly words.

 

[kimblebee]

Those mums are the most ridiculous things I have ever seen! The girls pin them to bra straps etc just to keep them from pulling their shirts off. I gotta say, the whole Mum thing was by far the strangest tradition I have seen so far. We have only been here in TX for 10 months, I am sure there are more but so far, the Mum takes the prize

I hate, hate, HATE when people call something tacky just because its different to them. That being said those are the definition of tacky!

 

[Turn the Page]

My family had noodles too usually served over mashed potatoes. It's a carb overload.

I have never heard of that before but it sure sounds good. I may have to try that one of these days.

 

[IheartMickey]

Didn't you just start your new job? Are you planning to quit and move?

I don't understand when a person moves from their ethnic area to another and then complains about what they can't get.

I said in a year or so. It would probably be like a year and a half. And I didn't realize it was going to be SO different. Maybe I'm just homesick and will get over it. I've only been here 6 months. I've never lived in another state before this.

 

[KimR]

OK, so I didn't understand all the fuss about the homecoming mums. We had them when I was in high school, but they were simply corsages that the girls wore to the game. So, I googled - OMG!! That has to be one of the silliest things I've ever seen. WHY????

 

[North of Mouse]

Other than using *ma'am* and *sir* as respect, we also used it as a question if we didn't hear correctly, instead of what, it was Ma'am? or Sir?

Fried bologna sandwiches with yellow mustard.

Hot biscuits broken open and liberally sprinkled with sugar.

We're going there *dreckly* (directly) meaning in a little while.

Don't you go medlin. (getting into trouble)

Stay for a *bite* before you go. (have a meal with us)

He/she's a little *under the weather* (not feeling well).

Another thing I can remember the older country folks doing. When they would be gone visiting, or *gone to town* they would turn their rockers (chairs) backwards and lean them against the house (most all country homes had porches to catch the breeze on). This was to indicate to anyone coming that they weren't home, and no need to *get down* to check. Wow, sure couldn't do that these days Also no locks on country doors

Another thing, the people in the south (at least the deep south) love their *r's*, as in a lot of words/names that shouldn't, still have a *r* in it or at the end. This is mostly the older folks. Like winder (window) tomater (tomato) etc. My mom disliked her name because nearly everyone mispronounced it. Emmer for Emma. Our DD's name is Audrey, and lots of people called it, and still do, *R-dree*.

 

[Turn the Page]

How, exactly, does one sound Canadian? Despite what people think, we do not say aboot or hoose ( never even heard that one before )or any of those silly words.

I'm not real sure. I guess just a thicker northern accent? Kind of like the difference between the accent you hear in Atlanta, Ga versus the one you hear in the Smokey Mountains?

More emphasis on the vowel sounds and more nasally I guess. Though I have heard a few yoopers say something close to aboot and hoose though those phonetic spellings aren't completely accurate it's the closest I can come up with. I have also heard yoopers pronounce two more like twooo if that makes any sense.

 

[BearcatsFan]

My question earlier about coney sauce got lost in the battle between North and South, so I'll ask again.

When we eat coneys here in Cincy, it's with chili, mustard, onion, and cheese. Earlier in the thread, I saw someone mention "red sauce" and "grey sauce" on coneys, and I'm stumped. Can someone please explain? I'm very curious.

 

[mamacatnv]

OK, so I didn't understand all the fuss about the homecoming mums. We had them when I was in high school, but they were simply corsages that the girls wore to the game. So, I googled - OMG!! That has to be one of the silliest things I've ever seen. WHY????

Exactly! Like you, I thought of corsage, then we went to Homecoming to actually see one! Oh my, now you see my point... oh and can I add those monstrosity's cost a ton. I'm talking in the $100-200 and up range. They are custom made and displayed proudly on a young girls chest.
I for one did not "get" it at all