Things People Say That Seem Weird

[stashbin]

This is inspired by another thread...but we all know that in different parts of the country (and world) dialects and the usage of different words are sometimes strange to each other.

What are some words that you use that may seem strange to others...or what are some words you have heard that may seem strange to you. Please, let's have fun with this...no making fun!!

We say coke for ALL soft drinks.
We say Mam and Sir as a term of respect.
We say "Bless her heart" when someone does something stupid.
We say Ya'll for more than one person.

Just a few...

 

[mom2cookies]

we say Hoagie for a sandwich made on a long roll with cold cuts, lettuce, tomatos, onion, etc.
when we vacation at the beach we say we are going " down the shore"

a steak sandwich to us is.. shredded / chipped thinly sliced meat that is cooked with onions, green peppers and cheese and put on a long roll. Not a piece of steak between two slices of bread.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

This is inspired by another thread...but we all know that in different parts of the country (and world) dialects and the usage of different words are sometimes strange to each other.

What are some words that you use that may seem strange to others...or what are some words you have heard that may seem strange to you. Please, let's have fun with this...no making fun!!

We say coke for ALL soft drinks.
We say Mam and Sir as a term of respect.
We say "Bless her heart" when someone does something stupid.
We say Ya'll for more than one person.

Just a few...

Just a few:
Flapjacks instead of pancakes
We use the word bubbler instead of water fountain here in WI.
Holiday instead of vacation just doesn't sound right.
........ but I didn't get the title to the thread "DH made redundant" at all!

 

[Pakey]

We have soda here, not coke or pop.

We "get off" the car instead of "get out".

 

[stashbin]

We have soda here, not coke or pop.

We "get off" the car instead of "get out".

That's so cute!!

 

[stashbin]

Just a few:
Flapjacks instead of pancakes
We use the word bubbler instead of water fountain here in WI.
Holiday instead of vacation just doesn't sound right.
........ but I didn't get the title to the thread "DH made redundant" at all!

I didn't get that either. I've only used that word when related to writing or speaking. It must be a regional thing. Some of our teens here say "that's gay!" when they really mean "that's stupid"...but the term gay means happy so they are all off on that one!!

Things teens say should be a completely different thread!!

 

[goofyernmost]

We have soda here, not coke or pop.

Go to some parts of Boston and it can be known as "tonic".

 

[golfgal]

Here it is a "hotdish" not a casserole
We have "pop" not soda
We have tennis shoes for all kinds of "sneakers" or "trainers"

In Wisconsin water fountains are bubblers.

I have never heard the term "made redundant" before that post either. I had no idea what she was talking about.

My cousins from NJ would say it was a "quarter of" 10:00 (meaning 9:45). We would say "a quarter to" 10:00 or just 9:45).

 

[Kies99]

We have websites devoted to the way we talk:

http://www.pittsburghese.com/

Probably our best known "word" would be Yinz (meaning "you" or "all of you").

Ex...Yinz gonna watch the game?

 

[golfgal]

We have websites devoted to the way we talk:

http://www.pittsburghese.com/

Probably our best known "word" would be Yinz (meaning "you" or "all of you").

Ex...Yinz gonna watch the game?

That is a new one for me. Is it pronounced like it is spelled?

 

[stashbin]

Here it is a "hotdish" not a casserole
We have "pop" not soda
We have tennis shoes for all kinds of "sneakers" or "trainers"

In Wisconsin water fountains are bubblers.

I have never heard the term "made redundant" before that post either. I had no idea what she was talking about.

My cousins from NJ would say it was a "quarter of" 10:00 (meaning 9:45). We would say "a quarter to" 10:00 or just 9:45).

Us too!

 

[MM27]

I didn't get that either. I've only used that word when related to writing or speaking. It must be a regional thing. Some of our teens here say "that's gay!" when they really mean "that's stupid"...but the term gay means happy so they are all off on that one!!

Things teens say should be a completely different thread!!

not to change the subject, but has anyone seen the commercial with Wanda Sykes about the teen boys that say "that's so gay" when they mean "that's stupid"? It's really funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS0GVOQPs0

 

[Northstar]

We say "washroom" for public toilet, as in: Where's the washroom? I'm going to the washroom. That other fine euphemism, the "rest room," is unknown here and will get you strange looks.

I understood the "made redundant" thread title from years of reading British novels and mysteries. I think it's the usual term for "laid off" in England, but don't know where else it's used.

 

[walden]

........ but I didn't get the title to the thread "DH made redundant" at all!

I got that immediately, and also knew immediately that the poster was from the UK! I guess after 30+ years this side of the pond I'm fairly bilingual Brit-English and US-English:

Made redundant = got laid off
Pay rise = pay raise
Got the sack = Got fired
Driving Licence = Drivers licence

I still have a stong British accent, to the American ear, but sound "American" to my family in the UK. People sometimes look at me strangely or "correct" my pronunciation both sides of the Atlantic.

My US-born and bred husband also gets funny looks when he uses some expressions he has picked up from me. "Not my cup of tea," and "Well, don't get your knickers in a twist because that is just a storm in a teacup" being a couple.

 

[ENSOCK]

At the back of the car it is called a trunk.
All sodas are coke.
We also say dat for that, dem for them, and over dere for over there.

 

[pennymom]

Like another Philly poster:
Soda, not pop
Cheesesteak - thinly sliced/chipped beef with melted cheese on a long roll, sometimes with fried onions
Hoagie, not a submarine sandwich
Going "Down the shore" when going vacation at the beach...first you drive down the shore, then you unpack and go to the beach once you are at the shore
"Iggles" is the way many people in Philly say the name of their football team, the Eagles
"Crick" for creek, as in the body of water

 

[maslex]

Here it is a "hotdish" not a casserole
We have "pop" not soda
We have tennis shoes for all kinds of "sneakers" or "trainers"

In Wisconsin water fountains are bubblers.

I have never heard the term "made redundant" before that post either. I had no idea what she was talking about.

My cousins from NJ would say it was a "quarter of" 10:00 (meaning 9:45). We would say "a quarter to" 10:00 or just 9:45).

We also say, quarter OF 10:00.

We have soda not pop and we will call it by brand name when ordering (I'll have a Sprite or Pepsi or Coke or whatever)

We have call them grinders (also known as hereos, subs, torpedos, etc)

We call is pizza not a pie (pies are cherry, apple, blueberry, etc)

We have sneakers not tennis shoes

I always like hearing what everyone else calls things. Guess it truly is a regional thing!!!

 

[momof1princess]

i'm in NE alabama, and as the op said, here, EVERY type of soft drink is coke (as in coca-cola). example: "do you want a coke?" "sure, i'll have a dr. pepper."

my favorite though, is from my grandmother. about 10 years ago, she was telling me about a cousin who was due to give birth soon, and she said "she gets down in a couple of weeks." and i burst out laughing and said "WHAT?!?" she looked at me, totally puzzled and repeated it. now, i'm 40 years old, and in my frame of reference, "get down" means to boogie, or dance. my grandmother is almost 82, and in her mind, "get down" is another way to refer to giving birth. she said she'd been saying that for as long as she could remember, but i had never heard it before.

 

[Jennasis]

One that I hear frequently around here is "buggy" (they mean a shopping cart).

Hair bow (a rubber band for a girl's hair)

Tennis Shoes (sneakers...and nobody plays tennis in them!)

 

[Shyvioletisme]

It seems people up north (north east) say they are standing on (a) line instead of saying in line. Like "While we were waiting on line for the ride..." This has had confused me since I first saw it on here. I had never heard that before. It is always standing IN a line, as you aren't ON a line(unless there is an actual line on the ground), but you are IN (as in part of) the line.

I know people always say that in Texas we call all sodas Coke, but I have to say, I am born and raised in Central Texas and had never heard that until I joined the Dis. All I've ever heard is just soda...or Dr Pepper used as a general term.