The house keeper being a baker from NJ , introduced me to the" Jimmies" thing .
Tea pot or kettle :Shrug:
Tea pot or kettle :Shrug:
Regional sayings
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Minnesota:
Dinner = Lunch
I grew up in PA. Lived in TX and NM for many years prior to moving to MN in 1996. I learned right away that there are many different words in MN for things that the rest of the country calls something else. Carbonated soft drinks are Pop. Casseroles are Hot dish. Camper shell for your pickup is a topper. You bet and you betcha mean sure or yes. I now find myself using most of these terms. I still call lunch lunch.
Dinner = Lunch
I grew up in PA. Lived in TX and NM for many years prior to moving to MN in 1996. I learned right away that there are many different words in MN for things that the rest of the country calls something else. Carbonated soft drinks are Pop. Casseroles are Hot dish. Camper shell for your pickup is a topper. You bet and you betcha mean sure or yes. I now find myself using most of these terms. I still call lunch lunch.
There seems to be some misunderstanding as to the definition of gravel roads. In the Dakotas roads are a spectrum.
Prairie Road = a cow path, anywhere where someone has driven before but primarily within the past six months.
Dirt Road = a section line path without gravel that is bladed at least once a year just before the pheasant hunters arrive.
Gravel Road = a dirt road where some trucker mistakenly dumped a load of gravel back in the 1960s.
Improved Road = He also painted the bridge. The politicians are still charging an annual tax levy on that one.
Prairie Road = a cow path, anywhere where someone has driven before but primarily within the past six months.
Dirt Road = a section line path without gravel that is bladed at least once a year just before the pheasant hunters arrive.
Gravel Road = a dirt road where some trucker mistakenly dumped a load of gravel back in the 1960s.
Improved Road = He also painted the bridge. The politicians are still charging an annual tax levy on that one.
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My grandfather would always say:Sometimes life is like licking honey off a thorn .At least that's what I thought he said..I could never understand what he meant by that when I asked him. What with his damage tongue?
Lee H. Mann
Gone But Not Forgotten
rotary - roundabout - traffic circle
citizens from louisiana pronounced lewz-ee-anna
everyone else leweeze-ee-anna
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New Jersey.... The Jug Handle....And i can't Splane it to anyone, Its a Jersey thing.:gah:
But i'll try, To make a left turn at Some intersection's, Right turn' Right turn..
If you want to make a ''U'' Turn ;Right turn' Right turn' Left turn.....Clear as mud....
But i'll try, To make a left turn at Some intersection's, Right turn' Right turn..
If you want to make a ''U'' Turn ;Right turn' Right turn' Left turn.....Clear as mud....
When I was in college in the 70's there was a guy that lived on floor below us in the dorm. He only stayed a semester and I didn't know him very well, but he was from out east somewhere. He sounded a bit like he was from New Jersey, but not quite compared the the 2 others I knew from there. More than his accent, it was the way he put his sentences together was interesting. The one I remember most was. "I went to the closet, and there they were. My boots. Both of them. Gone!"
I've always wondered where he was from that folks spoke like that.
I've always wondered where he was from that folks spoke like that.
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Sounds like he was from Jersey...
But sometimes its not what you hear, But its what you think you heard ' That you didn't hear' That you thought you heard....:xzqxz:
vwbug72501
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When I moved from Chicago to N. Central Arkansas, (Yes, I'm a Damn Yankee too.) I was confused by "don't care to". Here it means "I don't mind helping" as in I don't care to pick you up from work.
Southern Thing......
Hold my Beer and Ya'll Watch This. :russian-roulette:
Hold my Beer and Ya'll Watch This. :russian-roulette:
Rubber band in Pittsburgh is called a gum band.
Here in northern Ohio the grass area between the street and the public sidewalk is called the "devil strip".
In California it's called the parking strip. In North Dakota it's called the boulevard.
In NY it's Weed overgrowth :drive:
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A Small Stream
A small creek or a small crick.
A small creek or a small crick.My father was from Vermont. To him a frying pan was a "spider".
Crayfish - Crawfish - Crawdads - Mudbugs or just Bugs :Shrug:
The first sign of spring around here, Mcdonalds wrappers on the mountain. Thats how we know city folks are out enjoyin the country.
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The Sea'meant divider on most highways on the east coast... The Jersey wall.....
Rest of the world calls the grass between a divided highway the median. In nwalins it is called the neutral ground
A humid environment = Close
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Soda...........In the other United States.......Pop...........
Well...growing up in Texas we always said....soda pop.... it brought about visions of an ice-cold Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, RC Cola, Grapette, Orange Crush.....
I think now-days they just say “drink”....no imagination whatsoever...
Gone2Three
I have a knife addiction..
..Big Red :wave4:
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