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More WVlaserguy Jan 16 #1
Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 Jan 16 #2
Yun's Traildogbob Jan 16 #3
Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV Jan 16 #4
Minnesota? debm55 Jan 16 #5
Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV Jan 16 #6
Boston debm55 Jan 16 #9
Much closer. ;) GPV Jan 16 #27
Maine? boonecreek Jan 17 #51
"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV Jan 16 #8
Maine yorkster Jan 16 #15
"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV Jan 16 #10
I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 Jan 16 #13
Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV Jan 16 #26
I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster Jan 16 #18
Thank you yorkster. debm55 Jan 16 #23
Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX Jan 16 #25
Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek Jan 17 #52
hodad DBoon Jan 16 #7
Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 Jan 16 #11
I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #12
Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 Jan 16 #14
St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #16
Thank you . debm55 Jan 16 #17
I don't care to. AbnerBunny Jan 16 #19
Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 Jan 16 #22
Now see, I would have taken it to mean I don't want to. debm55 Jan 16 #40
Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day Jan 17 #49
Yes indeed! AbnerBunny Jan 17 #66
Pop (soda) catbyte Jan 16 #20
Thank you catbyte. debm55 Jan 16 #21
Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #42
Sorry. I am shocked I tell you, very shocked debm55 Jan 16 #44
Pop is said in SWPA & in the Midwest. Dulcinea Jan 18 #96
Yep! ProfessorGAC Jan 19 #110
If someone is from the Lower Peninsula VGNonly Jan 17 #67
LOL, I grew up in Charlevoix, the birthplace of Murdick's Fudge, so we townies all called catbyte Jan 17 #70
I was in Charlevoix mid Sept. VGNonly Jan 17 #71
It's changed so much since I was a kid. It's so touristy and busy all year now. When I was catbyte Jan 18 #84
We saw The Weathervane. VGNonly Jan 18 #85
How long do you live in Charlevoix? VGNonly Jan 19 #113
I actually lived in Ironton and my grest-grandad made Ripley's Believe It or Not for captaining the ferry. catbyte Jan 19 #120
An amazing story! VGNonly Jan 20 #123
In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX Jan 16 #24
It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper Jan 16 #35
That's different . thank you LeftinTex debm55 Jan 16 #41
Fixin' to. Lunabell Jan 16 #28
What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 Jan 16 #30
Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell Jan 16 #36
Thank ya Lunabell debm55 Jan 16 #39
We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #29
Oh you do? that's fun knowing. Here in SW PA if you ask for a soda. you will get a pop with a scoop of ice cream. debm55 Jan 16 #31
"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #33
Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 Jan 17 #56
Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #43
thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 Jan 16 #45
In Boston they call soda tonic Wicked Blue Jan 18 #89
Never Heard That ProfessorGAC Jan 18 #95
Christmas, BarbaRosa Jan 16 #32
Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 Jan 16 #34
Oly Pop coprolite Jan 16 #37
Thank you. coprolite debm55 Jan 16 #38
"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 Jan 16 #46
Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 Jan 16 #47
Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox Jan 17 #48
Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 Jan 17 #57
Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara Jan 17 #50
Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 Jan 17 #58
Finally came up with one. boonecreek Jan 17 #53
Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 Jan 17 #59
Chipped Ham PennRalphie Jan 17 #54
thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 Jan 17 #62
"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki Jan 17 #55
Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 Jan 17 #64
Grinder. Dulcinea Jan 18 #97
Thank you Dulcinea. We call them hoagies here in SWPA debm55 Jan 18 #98
Yep! Dulcinea Jan 18 #100
Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean Jan 17 #60
Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 Jan 17 #65
Da kine Bobstandard Jan 17 #61
Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 Jan 17 #63
Cattywampus VGNonly Jan 17 #68
Thank you very much VGNonly. debm55 Jan 17 #69
"abeets" what pizza is called in New Haven CTyankee Jan 17 #72
Thank you very much CTyankee. That is very interesting debm55 Jan 17 #73
Words, pronunciations, and whole phrases and sentences wnylib Jan 18 #74
Excellent post, wnylib. That your for posting all the information. It was so good to read it. debm55 Jan 18 #75
I still don't know where my grandfather's dialect came from. wnylib Jan 18 #76
Thank you very much for the follow up. debm55 Jan 18 #77
In the midwest where I grew up, people called potholes (in the road) "chuck holes." spooky3 Jan 18 #78
Thank you spooky3. That is a new one for me. debm55 Jan 18 #79
hi debm55! spooky3 Jan 18 #81
From Massachusetts: CentralMass Jan 18 #80
Thank you CentralMass. My husband is from Boston . Thank you for that great list. debm55 Jan 18 #82
You are welcome. CentralMass Jan 18 #83
Older people from Boston would call a frappe a 'cabinet' Wicked Blue Jan 18 #90
hahahahahahahah, Thank you Wicked Blue. that is funny. debm55 Jan 18 #91
From the Piney Woods of Arkansas Dorothy V Jan 18 #86
Thank you very much Dorothy V debm55 Jan 18 #92
I... don't think we have those in my area. sakabatou Jan 18 #87
Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Jan 18 #93
NJ Wicked Blue Jan 18 #88
Thank you very much Wicked Blue debm55 Jan 18 #94
There's a Taylor Ham/Pork Roll border Freddie Jan 18 #107
I grew up in North Jersey and had never heard of it Wicked Blue Jan 19 #114
"Bless your heart." Dulcinea Jan 18 #99
Thank you very much Dulcinea. debm55 Jan 18 #101
Kolacky LW1977 Jan 18 #102
Thank you LW1977 I liked the apricot or the nut filling., Can you tell us what Vomacka is? I 'm not familiar with that. debm55 Jan 18 #105
southern California lapfog_1 Jan 18 #103
Instead of "turn left" it is "hang a left" DBoon Jan 18 #106
lapfog_1......debm55 Upthevibe Jan 19 #115
Thank you Upthevibe. debm55 Jan 19 #116
The 5, the 405, the 210, the 605. Klarkashton Jan 18 #104
Thank you Klarkashton. debm55 Jan 18 #108
The # 1 identifier for my home state: yellowdogintexas Jan 18 #109
What a fantastic post! Thank you very much yellowdogintexas for such a informative post! debm55 Jan 19 #111
You are quite welcome nt yellowdogintexas Jan 19 #112
My hair needs washed, I will get a bath tile.After that I will make me a jumbo sammich and have a glass of pop. Then we debm55 Jan 19 #117
I thought it was Giant Iggle Wicked Blue Jan 19 #118
Sorry wrong spelling. you are right. Giant Iggle. Thank you Wicked Blue, Yes they still have the gas stations and eating debm55 Jan 19 #119
Hijuela! Elessar Zappa Jan 19 #121
Thank you very much Elessar Zappa. debm55 Jan 19 #122
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