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I enjoy the various colloquialisms of various geographical areas! Have seen it in many of the writing styles here on Spoofee. I thought of a few colloquialisms below. Share your choice below!

Do you turn on the "spiget" or, the "faucet?"

Do you enjoy "pancakes" or flapjacks?"

Do you drink "pop" or "soda?"

Do you "go grocery shopping" or "do the dealing?"

Do you "BBQ" or do you "cookout?" (TY Clubchick!)

Do you use a "skillet" or a "frying pan?" (And yes the chefs among us would say they are two different cooking pans and they are indeed but some folks lump them together!)

Do you drink "coffee", "joe", or "java?"

Do you go to the "salon" or "to the beauty shop?"

For your evening meal, do you cook "supper" or "dinner?"

At noon time, do you eat "lunch" or "dinner?"

Do you take a "vacation" or a "holiday?"

Do you go to the "movies" or to the "theater?"

What do you call that long oblong sandwich... a "hero", a "hoggie", a "sub" or a "poor boy?"

Do you wear "sneakers", "tennis shoes" or "athletic shoes?"

Which are you most familiar with...the "top banana", "head honcho", the "top dog" or the "big cheese" when referring to a boss?

"You say either and I say either
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either, neither, neither
Let’s call the whole thing off
You like potatoes and I like potatoes
You like tomatoes and I like tomatoes........"
 
I turn on the water.

I make hotcakes.

I drink tonic.

I go grocery shopping.

I grill.

I use a wok.

I drink coffee.

Being naturally handsome, I patronize neither the salon nor beauty shop.

supper and dinner are interchangeable for me.

I eat lunch mid-day.

I take a sick day. (no. actually i take a vacation)

If I want to see a movie, I go to the movies. If I want to see a play, I go to the theatre.

grinder

For running, I wear running shoes. For most other activities, I wear cross trainers.

All of your words for ones boss are either pejorative, or have a condescending connotation in my dialect. I'd either call her my boss, or in my particular job, my assistant principal.
 
I call it a faucet

I eat pancakes

I drink soda

I go grocery shopping

I have a cookout

I use a frying pan

I call it coffee but don't drink it

I go to the salon

I eat supper

I call it lunch

I go on vacations. 10 more days. Woo hoo! Vegas baby!

Movies all the way

A hoagie or sub

Sneakers of course

Head Honcho
 
I just turn the faucet on.

I don't eat pancakes.
I drink soda.

I grocery shop.

I grill.

I enjoy a frying pan.

I drink coffee.

I go to the salon.

In the evening I fix supper.

I eat my lunch at noon.

I love going on vacation.
I go to the movies.

I love subs.

I wear sneakers.

I refer to the person in charge my boss.
 
I turn on the "spiget"

I enjoy "pancakes"

I drink "pop"

I "go grocery shopping"

I "cookout"

I use a "skillet"

I drink "coffee"
I go to the "salon"

I cook both .. supper or dinner

At noon time, I eat "lunch"

I take a "vacation"

I go to the "movies"

I call that long oblong sandwich... a hoagie or a sub

I wear "tennis shoes"
 
I turn on the faucet.

I enjoy pancakes.

I drink pop.

I go to Jewel.

We BBQ if using the grill and cookout if we're having a bonfire.

I guess I would say frying pan although that's a toughie.

I drink tea.

I go to the spa.

We eat dinner.

At noon time, we eat lunch.

We "get away".

I go to see a movie at the theater.

A sandwich is a sandwich...

I wear tennies.

*I'm* the boss!

:note: I say "pajamas"; you say "pajamas"
Sugar, what's the problem?
For we know we need each other so
We'd better call the calling off off

Oh let's call it off, oh let's call it off
Oh let's call it off, baby let's call it off :note:

-Harry Connick, Jr. :love:
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tigger_too_wooh said:
... I go to Jewel.

We BBQ if using the grill and cookout if we're having a bonfire.

... A sandwich is a sandwich...

*I'm* the boss!
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you go, girl!
btw, it's Ira Gershwin. Harry just covered the song.
 
faucet

pancakes

I used to say pop, and now I say soda (people here in the south looked at me funny)

grocery shopping

cookout

skillet

coffee

salon

dinner

lunch

vacation

movies

sub

tennis shoes

head honcho/big cheese
 
If I said "Use your flicker" would you know what I was talking about?
 
I turn on the faucet.

I’ve never really been successful at making pancakes.

I don’t like pop but my husband does.

I go grocery shopping…but “do the dealing” sounds kinda catchy.

My husband grills.

I think of it as a skillet in the morning and a frying pan at dinner.

We drink Starbucks.

I go to “the place where I get my hair cut.”

I use supper and dinner both to refer to the evening meal.

At school my 20 minute duty-free lunch begins at 12:15 and ends at 12:35.

I go on vacation.

I go to the movies.

I call the long sandwiches hoagies or subs.

I wear tennis shoes.

I usually say head honcho.

And I hate tomatoes! Gross.

I have lived in Tennessee all my life but my dad is from West Virginia and my mom is from Indiana so people say they can’t tell where I’m from by how I talk—like I’ll say, “Do y’all want some pop?” and people don’t think that y’all and pop belong in the same sentence. Y’all and coke make sense (coke in reference to any carbonated beverage) or you guys and pop but not y’all and pop.
 
I thought of some too

rubber bands or elastics?

drinking fountain, water fountain or bubbler (bubbla)?

couch or sofa?

grocery cart, shopping cart or buggy?

the day before a funeral: calling hours, or viewing hours ?

baby carriage or stroller?

clear the table or rid the table?

food for a new family: housewarming or a pounding?

milkshake or cabinet?

bassinet or cradle?
 
drinking fountain, water fountain or bubbler (bubbla)?
how about water cooler?

couch or sofa?
how about divan?

the day before a funeral: calling hours, or viewing hours ?
i'd call the day before "last chance to say goodbye"

baby carriage or stroller?
perambulator

food for a new family: housewarming or a pounding?
what?

milkshake or cabinet?
huh?

wow. some of your words are completely foreign to me. I know what a housewarming is. and I know what a pounding is. but i don't know which one you're talking about. same with milkshake and cabinet.
 
I turn on the faucet.

I enjoy pancakes.

I drink soda.

I go grocery shopping.

We have a cookout.

I use a frying pan.

I drink coffee.

I go to the hair salon.

I make dinner in the evening.

I eat lunch at noon.

"vacation"

"movies"

"sub" *that sounds so gooood right now! :)

"tennis shoes"

"head honcho"
 
K-Ma's List

rubber bands

water fountain

couch

buggy

viewing hours

stroller

clear the table

housewarming

milkshake

cradle
 
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To clarify some on my entries to those who are confused:


where I am from, a housewarming is when you take food or gifts to a new family (or to their new home) here in the south it is called a pounding

A milkshake is milk and ice cream in a blender and you drink it - when I lived in RI they called them cabinets

A bassinet or a cradle is what a newborn sleeps in traditionally in the parents room before the baby sleeps in its bed or crib.


If you know one of the two or three items being compared, the word(s) that you dont know are the colloquialism - hence the title of the thread. Just because you have never heard them before doesnt necessarily make them foreign.
 
Oh KMa........these are good examples too! :) Here goes:


Kadin'sMama said:
rubber bands or elastics? Rubber Bands

drinking fountain, water fountain or bubbler (bubbla)? Water Fountain

couch or sofa? Sofa

grocery cart, shopping cart or buggy? "Push Cart" here on the Island!

the day before a funeral: calling hours, or viewing hours ? Viewing Hours

baby carriage or stroller? Stroller for a baby, but, a Buggy for Jeb


clear the table or rid the table? "Scrape the Table" again here on the Island

food for a new family: housewarming or a pounding? "Sunshine Visit!!!"

milkshake or cabinet? "Milkshake" or "A Malt"

bassinet or cradle?
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"Cradle"
 
If you know one of the two or three items being compared, the word(s) that you dont know are the colloquialism - hence the title of the thread. Just because you have never heard them before doesnt necessarily make them foreign.[/QUOTE]


Thank you KMa....I just thought it was so fascinating to hear/learn how folks utilize "American Patchwork" or, colloquialisms geographically. You added a few more that were interesting to the list! :wave: :hug:
 
Kadin'sMama said:
where I am from, a housewarming is when you take food or gifts to a new family (or to their new home) here in the south it is called a pounding
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if i moved into a new home and my neighbors came knocking on my door saying they were going to give me a pounding, i would NEVER leave the house :rofl:
 
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