What is a phrase you see on the Dis boards all the time that you NEVER hear people actually say in real life?

[White Cat]

Honestly, that’s used on most message boards. I don’t know if it has died out with Facebook groups since I don’t have Facebook.

Most? I’ve never seen it except here. Probably a female thing.

 

[BrianL]

"the DIS"

Well, that IS the name of this website.

 

[mjkacmom]

Thank you!

I thought it might be, but wasn't sure. I don't know if that's an American or a Dis Boards thing, I haven't come across it before. In the UK, it's sarnie.

I’ve seen it on Irish dance message boards, so international.

 

[mjkacmom]

Most? I’ve never seen it except here. Probably a female thing.

I think message boards lean towards females.

 

[disneyseniors]

Parts of the South call carbonated beverages soft drinks. They only say Coke, if they want an actual Coca-Cola.

In the areas I lived in for several years, all soft drinks were called Cokes, or just a Cold Drink. You could get any soft drink you wanted but that's what the wait staff called it. I just got used to cold drinks being called cokes.

 

[MsChristy12]

I say/use "resy" a lot.

 

[AussieFan8]

I agree it's regional, but my wife LOLed when I read this aloud to her. Her mom's family is from St. Louis going back 200 years and to them it's "sodie". My first trip back to St. Louis I thought it was just her family until we went to White Castle and the woman behind the counter asked if I wanted a "sodie"

My dad says "sodie"!!! I've never heard anyone else say it! No one else in my family picked it up. I have not heard "white soda" either. We are from St. Louis. I have gotten funny looks when I say soda as I moved to a place where people generally say pop.

DH/DD etc and ressie annoy me. I never heard them before I came here. But I am weirdly and probably overly annoyed by things like that, or words that all the sudden come into the lexicon and then go on too long, in my opinion - "ahh-mazing", "I did a thing", "I was today years old", "chef's kiss", etc. Same with corporate catchphrases: "pivot", "moonshot", "move the needle", "where the rubber meets the road". Yuck.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

In the areas I lived in for several years, all soft drinks were called Cokes, or just a Cold Drink. You could get any soft drink you wanted but that's what the wait staff called it. I just got used to cold drinks being called cokes.

If you don't mind me asking, which parts of the South did you live in? I've honestly never heard anyone born & raised in North Carolina calling all soft drinks Cokes. Obviously, I don't know everyone who was born & raised in NC, so it's possible.

 

[Jangles]

‘Could care less’ rather than ‘couldn’t care less’. Never used in the U.K., so I have only read it here.

 

[DisneyHardin]

If you don't mind me asking, which parts of the South did you live in? I've honestly never heard anyone born & raised in North Carolina calling all soft drinks Cokes. Obviously, I don't know everyone who was born & raised in NC, so it's possible.

I've never really heard all soft drinks referred to as Cokes either. I am in KY, which is the northern most part of the south, but have spent lots of time traveling in the south.

 

[GoingSince1990]

“Littles” to mean “children”. I’ve never heard that even once in real life.

 

[CdnCarrie]

‘Could care less’ rather than ‘couldn’t care less’. Never used in the U.K., so I have only read it here.

Not used here either except incorrectly.

 

[nw6675]

Most? I’ve never seen it except here. Probably a female thing.

I started to give you a hard time and then realized you may be right. There. I said it.

If you don't mind me asking, which parts of the South did you live in? I've honestly never heard anyone born & raised in North Carolina calling all soft drinks Cokes. Obviously, I don't know everyone who was born & raised in NC, so it's possible.

Born and raised NC here, too. It's always been soda for me. BTW, nice to see you! Don't see your posts as much!

 

[DisneyHardin]

“Littles” to mean “children”. I’ve never heard that even once in real life.

The only time I've heard it in real life is a friend that has a bunch of kids and she refers to the older ones as the "Big Kids" and younger ones as "the littles".

 

[mumto3girls]

The only time I've heard it in real life is a friend that has a bunch of kids and she refers to the older ones as the "Big Kids" and younger ones as "the littles".

My mom had 4 kids, but had two close together and then a 4 year gap and then two more close together. She called us “the big kids” and “the little ones”. Family still occasionally calls the youngest two, now in their 40’s and taller than the big kids, the little ones.

 

[mjkacmom]

‘Could care less’ rather than ‘couldn’t care less’. Never used in the U.K., so I have only read it here.

That’s just bad grammar and makes me cringe.

 

[mjkacmom]

The only time I've heard it in real life is a friend that has a bunch of kids and she refers to the older ones as the "Big Kids" and younger ones as "the littles".

I have 5, my 25 and 26 years olds were the bigs, my 20, 20, and 22 year old were the littles. I mostly used the terms in house with my family.

 

[disneyseniors]

If you don't mind me asking, which parts of the South did you live in? I've honestly never heard anyone born & raised in North Carolina calling all soft drinks Cokes. Obviously, I don't know everyone who was born & raised in NC, so it's possible.

Western Tennessee. It was weird to get used to though.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I started to give you a hard time and then realized you may be right. There. I said it.

Born and raised NC here, too. It's always been soda for me. BTW, nice to see you! Don't see your posts as much!

Thanks for the shoutout. That was very kind of you.

I've been having health problems, since November, so I haven't felt like posting often. When I have posted, I've often found myself in a never ending debate over something I don't even care about. I just don't have the energy for that nonsense right now.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Western Tennessee. It was weird to get used to though.

I have family in East Tennessee that also call them soft drinks, but this isn't the first time I've heard that people in Western Tennessee call them Cokes. As a Diet Pepsi girl, that would definitely be hard to get used to.