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ROBOSSRS · 07-28-2011, 09:47 PM

People in my area my say" The milk is all." Translation , the milk is all gone.
G rated sayings only please and Ivas I said English.

Ivas · 07-28-2011, 10:23 PM

Aha, my anticipated funny business sullies my efforts in advance, eh boyo? Yeah, you're prolly right. I'll try to behave myself.

"To buy a pig in a poke." means to purchase something without examining it first. The quirky part is the use of "poke" to mean a sack.

*DGthe3* · 07-29-2011, 01:33 AM

I'll share a bunch of Canadianisms tomorrow ...

ROBOSSRS · 07-29-2011, 05:22 AM

I found some speck.

There is fat on the meat.

Ivas · 07-29-2011, 04:39 PM

"Can ya' spare a square?" meaning "Do you have a cigarette I might borrow?"

CamaroFemme · 07-30-2011, 09:43 AM

Crazier'n a road lizard = you know those little lizards that skitter all over the road? Well, there are some in the South. Crazier than..that.

That dog won't hunt = That idea is dumb.

11BEE · 07-30-2011, 06:43 PM

Hey Ya'll. Here are some of our sayings in Texas:

A heavy rain is a "Gully Washer"

If something is really big, it's "Bigger'n Dallas"

When you don't like something you simply say - "I can't cotton to that."

This jerks in the rice rockets that are being aggressive are "Friendly as fire ants."

Many people here say "I wasn’t born in Texas….but I got here as soon as I could."

Ivas · 07-31-2011, 08:13 PM

In No. Calif. worthless notions were denigrated: "That's a two-bit idea."

The 'bit' refers to the once prevalent Mexican Silver Peso that was physically 'sliced' into eight segments, or bits, since the entire coin was much too valuable for most daily uses (in the later 1800's). Thusly, in American coinage, two bits were twenty-five cents.
Crossing the Bay Bridge cost 75 cents in the 1960's. As we approached the toll plaza, my dad would tell me, "Get out six bits, son." from the glove compartment.

Overflow · 07-31-2011, 10:19 PM

This thread has 'Ivas' written all over it.

ROBOSSRS · 08-01-2011, 06:19 AM

Outten the light. ( Turn off the light.)

peele1 · 08-01-2011, 07:20 AM

"Shiiine" = awww, man
"Smash that button" = press that button
"Hose pipe" = water hose
"Batchery"= battery
"Purt near, if not plumb" =almost
"Grinnin' like a jackass eatin' briars"=sh!t eating grin

Welcome to the south! We got gazillions of 'em.

Sir Nuke · 08-01-2011, 08:33 AM

fixin to = about to

Sir Nuke · 08-01-2011, 08:38 AM

carry as in "carry ya to the store" = TAKE you to the store.

peele1 · 08-01-2011, 09:06 AM

"case korter" = quarter(.25 cents)

PAUL SS · 08-01-2011, 10:06 AM

Jeet = did you eat.

Notchit = not yet.

TIE FIGHTR · 08-01-2011, 11:51 AM

Louisiana folks know that you don't ask someone to "Come here" you ask them to "Come see". I still catch hell for it now that I'm in Texas.

We don't put things "away" put put them "up". Same thing with your room...it's not go clean up your room, it's "go pick up your room".

When you go make groceries (shopping) do you push a basket, buggy, or a cart? "Go make groceries" still cracks me up.

I'm sure I'll add a mess more to this list!

peele1 · 08-01-2011, 12:04 PM

"Lawd, I hopema nevah. = Lord, I never would have guessed - any Lumbees on here(like myself) will recognize that one.

Tessa · 08-01-2011, 12:48 PM

Suddenly...New England is looking better and better....

as long as you have no idea what an "R" is...

irocnroll · 08-01-2011, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessa

Suddenly...New England is looking better and better....

as long as you have no idea what an "R" is...

Except when people like to add an R to words like idea to make it sound like "i dear".

el ess X · 08-01-2011, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

fixin to = about to

Around here it's pronounced "Fittin' ta."

Unthaw = Thaw <--(that still messes with my head when I hear it)

Car Pocket = Glovebox

Let me hold that = Give that to me

Pass the beans, please = Rather standard, but this includes green or black-eyed peas. Really.

Tea = Sweet Iced Tea. Down here there is really no other kind. Ask for "tea" when you go out for dinner, and by default you're likely to get sweet iced tea. It has been getting more where they have the unsweet and hot tea options, though. Messes me up when we go up north and even if you ASK for sweet tea, you get that "WTF look".

Steve Dallas · 08-01-2011, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I'll share a bunch of Canadianisms tomorrow ...

eh?

Tessa · 08-01-2011, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irocnroll

Except when people like to add an R to words like idea to make it sound like "i dear".

That's New York

Somebody's got to use them if New England can't right?

We drop 'em (and by 'we' I mean not including me

), NY picks 'em up.

el ess X · 08-01-2011, 02:39 PM

Tessa, they still using "Wicked" to mean "very cool" up there in the N.E. corner of the states? Used to tear me up to hear that when I was in "Noo HAMP-sha"

LolatheSlush · 08-01-2011, 03:02 PM

went to MI and asked where they kept the Orange soda.
Clerk says, we keep the orange POP over there *points*
me: uh.. pop? no i want an orange soda.. wtf is a pop??
Clerk: *frustrated and walks over to fridge thing grabs and orange soda* this is a pop, we don't carry soda, we carry pop.
Me: um.. the bottle says soda...

TIE FIGHTR · 08-01-2011, 03:13 PM

Yeah, orange pop was orange Kool-aid where I'm from. "pop" should mean no carbonation.

07-28-2011, 09:47 PM	#1
ROBOSSRS Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: York, PA Posts: 6,338	Unusual Regional use of the English Language People in my area my say" The milk is all." Translation , the milk is all gone. G rated sayings only please and Ivas I said English.

07-29-2011, 01:33 AM	#3
DGthe3 Moderator.ca Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Niagara, Canada Posts: 20,722	I'll share a bunch of Canadianisms tomorrow ... __________________ Note, if I've gotten any facts wrong in the above, just ignore any points I made with them __________________ Quote: In 2014 the camaro will have ... a twin turbo v6 ... around 350 to 360HP No. Let me repeat that. No. FbodFather __________________ Camaro5 Fest III Information Camaro5 Fest III pre-registration

07-30-2011, 09:43 AM	#6
CamaroFemme Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,898	Crazier'n a road lizard = you know those little lizards that skitter all over the road? Well, there are some in the South. Crazier than..that. That dog won't hunt = That idea is dumb. __________________ -- My boyfriend don't mind it.

07-30-2011, 06:43 PM	#7
11BEE 11 BEE Drives: 2011 LS2 RS & 2012 2SS RS 45th Vert Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kingwood, TX Posts: 1,164	Hey Ya'll. Here are some of our sayings in Texas: A heavy rain is a "Gully Washer" If something is really big, it's "Bigger'n Dallas" When you don't like something you simply say - "I can't cotton to that." This jerks in the rice rockets that are being aggressive are "Friendly as fire ants." Many people here say "I wasn’t born in Texas….but I got here as soon as I could." __________________ 11Bee and I♥My45th

07-31-2011, 10:19 PM	#9
Overflow Space Shuttle Aficionado Drives: 7,000,000 lbs. of thrust Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 25,478	This thread has 'Ivas' written all over it. __________________ Overflow's NASA Thread!

07-28-2011, 10:23 PM	#2
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,438	Aha, my anticipated funny business sullies my efforts in advance, eh boyo? Yeah, you're prolly right. I'll try to behave myself. "To buy a pig in a poke." means to purchase something without examining it first. The quirky part is the use of "poke" to mean a sack.

07-29-2011, 05:22 AM	#4
ROBOSSRS Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: York, PA Posts: 6,338	I found some speck. There is fat on the meat.

07-29-2011, 04:39 PM	#5
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,438	"Can ya' spare a square?" meaning "Do you have a cigarette I might borrow?"

07-31-2011, 08:13 PM	#8
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,438	In No. Calif. worthless notions were denigrated: "That's a two-bit idea." The 'bit' refers to the once prevalent Mexican Silver Peso that was physically 'sliced' into eight segments, or bits, since the entire coin was much too valuable for most daily uses (in the later 1800's). Thusly, in American coinage, two bits were twenty-five cents. Crossing the Bay Bridge cost 75 cents in the 1960's. As we approached the toll plaza, my dad would tell me, "Get out six bits, son." from the glove compartment.

08-01-2011, 06:19 AM	#10
ROBOSSRS Drives: 2011 Camaro SS/RS Inferno Orange Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: York, PA Posts: 6,338	Outten the light. ( Turn off the light.)

08-01-2011, 07:20 AM	#11
peele1 Drives: 2010 Victory Red 1LT/RS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aberdeen, NC Posts: 264	"Shiiine" = awww, man "Smash that button" = press that button "Hose pipe" = water hose "Batchery"= battery "Purt near, if not plumb" =almost "Grinnin' like a jackass eatin' briars"=sh!t eating grin Welcome to the south! We got gazillions of 'em. __________________ VIN #4403 Victory Red 1LT/RS

08-01-2011, 08:33 AM	#12
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '10' Camaro 2LT/RS,'08' Caddy STS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 13,772 View My Garage	fixin to = about to __________________

08-01-2011, 08:38 AM	#13
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '10' Camaro 2LT/RS,'08' Caddy STS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 13,772 View My Garage	carry as in "carry ya to the store" = TAKE you to the store. __________________

08-01-2011, 09:06 AM	#14
peele1 Drives: 2010 Victory Red 1LT/RS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aberdeen, NC Posts: 264	"case korter" = quarter(.25 cents) __________________ VIN #4403 Victory Red 1LT/RS

08-01-2011, 10:06 AM	#15
PAUL SS The Mark of Excellence Drives: 2010 ABM 1SS RS LS3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Smallest State in the Union Posts: 7,623 View My Garage	Jeet = did you eat. Notchit = not yet. __________________ The Few, The Proud, The Aqua Blue Metallics 709 of 3903 New England Camaro5 . My Camaro Journal Heritage Grill, Cold Air Inductions Intake, Elite Engineering Catch Can, BMR 1" Lowering Springs, Sway Bars and End Links, Clear Image Jet Hot Ceramic Coated headers and High Flow Cats, Hurst Billet 2 Shifter, LSR Billet Strut Washers, DynoMax Axle Back Exhaust, JANNETTY MAGIC!

08-01-2011, 11:51 AM	#16
TIE FIGHTR Cousin of Foo Drives: 2010 2LT RS BLACK/BEIGE Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 658 View My Garage	Louisiana folks know that you don't ask someone to "Come here" you ask them to "Come see". I still catch hell for it now that I'm in Texas. We don't put things "away" put put them "up". Same thing with your room...it's not go clean up your room, it's "go pick up your room". When you go make groceries (shopping) do you push a basket, buggy, or a cart? "Go make groceries" still cracks me up. I'm sure I'll add a mess more to this list! __________________ 'I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood' ~ Pearl Jam Wishlist

08-01-2011, 12:04 PM	#17
peele1 Drives: 2010 Victory Red 1LT/RS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aberdeen, NC Posts: 264	"Lawd, I hopema nevah. = Lord, I never would have guessed - any Lumbees on here(like myself) will recognize that one. __________________ VIN #4403 Victory Red 1LT/RS

08-01-2011, 12:48 PM	#18
Tessa Mischief Managed Drives: 2SS/RS RJT with silver rallys Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Southbound Posts: 8,831 View My Garage	Suddenly...New England is looking better and better.... as long as you have no idea what an "R" is... __________________

08-01-2011, 02:39 PM	#23
el ess X Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 2,156	Tessa, they still using "Wicked" to mean "very cool" up there in the N.E. corner of the states? Used to tear me up to hear that when I was in "Noo HAMP-sha" __________________ My 2010 Camaro is a P.O.C. MODS- PLEASE STOP EDITING MY SIGNATURE. IT'S MY CAR AND I'LL DESCRIBE IT AS I SEE FIT. THE DESCRIPTION IS WITHIN THE RULES. THANK YOU.

08-01-2011, 03:13 PM	#25
TIE FIGHTR Cousin of Foo Drives: 2010 2LT RS BLACK/BEIGE Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 658 View My Garage	Yeah, orange pop was orange Kool-aid where I'm from. "pop" should mean no carbonation. __________________ 'I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood' ~ Pearl Jam Wishlist