What are some like, sayings or words people from only a certain part of the united states say? Or like, the way they say it. I need a lot of examples.
Thanks.
2007-09-12 07:51:30 · 6 answers · asked by me. 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Like, look it up.
Pittsburgh, PA. : Clean house = Red up the house.
2007-09-12 07:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in parts of New England call an rubber band a rubber. Most people call a certain children's game "Blind Man's Bluff," but there are people who call it "Blind Man's Buff" -- it has to do with a more direct link to the older english origins of the phrase.
In Ohio, we call a carbonated beverage a "pop." In the northeast, it's a "soda." In the South, it's a "coke," no matter what brand or flavor it is. If you want a Coke in the South, order a "cokola."
In Appalachia people add an R sound to the word "wash," and they lengthen the short "i" sound of many words, so that after dinner they "Warsh the deeshes." Maybe they had "feesh" for dinner, like crappie.
In Ohio and Pennsylvania, where there has been a lot of German influence, many people say "Make the door to," when they're asking you to close the door. Another artifact of that influence is a tendency to leave out the verb "to be" in some sentences, such as "The grass needs cut." In standard English, the verb 'to be' is required, but as I understand it, in standard German it is perfectly grammatical to omit that verb.
2007-09-12 15:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Matthew O 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some places call soft drinks "soda" (East coast and South) and others call it "pop" (Midwest). in the south, when they're going to take someone somewhere, they say they're going to "carry" the person there. (I'll carry her to the store.) the same sandwich could be called a hoagie or a grinder or a dagwood or a sub, depending on where you ask.
2007-09-12 15:03:26 · answer #3 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm from California.
When I went to North Dakoth (years 'n years ago), these are the things I'd never heard before:
"Come here one time"
"I have to wash my hairs"
2007-09-12 15:00:23 · answer #4 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up in the sky, there's some bright stars waiting to be spotted by you. hehe, I'm being silly here. I don't understand what u asked about, u r way to advanced for me.
2007-09-12 15:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Tea Lover 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kentucky: when you are getting ready to do something you are "fixin'" to do it.
2007-09-12 14:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋