You know you are from Philly when you say...

[Papa Deuce]

"I'm going to the MAC machine".


How about a saying local to you?

BTW, a "MAC machine" is an ATM. In Philly they were called MAC by PSFS... a long gone bank. Money Access Center

 

[Pooh67_68]

Well I'm not from Philly and we call it a MAC machine.

 

[BelleMcNally]

Not a saying, but how about when you have your mother send you Tastykakes through the mail because you can't get them in Chi-town? (I'm outing my fiance on this one...although I admit those butterscotch krimpets or whatever they are are darn good...)

 

[Marseeya]

We call them MAC machines in our neck of the woods too. Old habits die hard, don't they?

And here, it's not "soda," it's "pop."

 

[Disney Ella]

The first time I went to WDW, I asked a CM where a MAC machine was and she had no idea what I was talking about.

 

[Cantw8]

The first time I went to WDW, I asked a CM where a MAC machine was and she had no idea what I was talking about.

Especially when you ask them where you can tap MAC

 

[jx3smom]

South Jersey

Hoagies not subs
soda not pop
shoobies not tourists

You can tell if someone has lived here for a long time when they still refer to the Shore Mall as Searstown and The FAA Tech Center as Nafec.

 

[Papa Deuce]

Well I'm not from Philly and we call it a MAC machine.

You're close enough!

 

[JustineMarie]

I say wooder instead of water.

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Car = Cah
Park = Pahk
Harvard = HahvaHd
Yard = Yahd

So, I pahked the cah in Hahvahd yahd.

Can you tell I live in Massachusetts? I'm originally from New Mexico, but lived in a burb of Boston for 7 years and now I live on Cape Cod.

ETA: I DO NOT speak this way what so ever. If I did my dad would dis-own me.

 

[frndshpcptn]

From North Jersey and we always called them MAC machines (still do).

 

[Bob Slydell]

It's a PA-wide thing, not a Philly thing. I grew up in PA, but about as far away from Philly as you can get within PA.

 

[Papa Deuce]

Especially when you ask them where you can tap MAC

Still say that, too.

 

[mickeyfan2]

When we first got our ATM cards it was a MAC card (money access card) and was good at all backs that displayed the MAC logo. Later it became a cirrus (I think) card and they bought out MAC and so on. No I am not from Philly.

 

[CathrynRose]

"I'm going to the MAC machine".


How about a saying local to you?

BTW, a "MAC machine" is an ATM. In Philly they were called MAC by PSFS... a long gone bank. Money Access Center

And you know youre from Chicago when you call it a Cash Station....

 

[cardaway]

When you use the term Starbucks like Kleenex and you have a Tully's or Seattle's best cup in your hand.

When your driving plans have to include what floating bridge will be more clear, or even open.

 

[TKERBELL]

South Jersey Girl here transplanted to WV

Wooder = water
fawl = fall
awn = on
shoobies I here ya'
We do love our long a's even when they aren't part of the word don't we!!! and adding w's to words.....

I have a dear friend is from Baaston = Boston and everything is Wicked and a shopping cart is a carriage

For those of you who truly know what a steamer is, in WV it is a Hot Dog with sloppy joe mix on it - so imagine my surprise the first time I ordered steamers......

Also I have noticed some interesting pronunciations here in WV

warsh = wash (also used when saying washington they say warshington)
pin = pen
fitty = fifty ( I actually know someone who wrote a check for fitty dollars at a bank, my dear friend from Boston, her husband)
abear = up there

Oh I know there are dozens more but I have had my laugh for the day -Thank you!!

 

[lissawynn]

I'm from NE PA and we call them MAC machines, too.

 

[Tiggeroo]

"I'm going to the MAC machine".


How about a saying local to you?

BTW, a "MAC machine" is an ATM. In Philly they were called MAC by PSFS... a long gone bank. Money Access Center

That's funny. I never knew it was local. I still tap mac. I didn't even know there weren't mac machines anymore. I also drink Wooder. My mother used to send my ds tastycakes to Chicago. Now she can get them.

 

[Papa Deuce]

I'm from NE PA and we call them MAC machines, too.

And when was the last time the actually was a MAC machine?