In South Philadelphia, they don't call that stuff you pour on your pasta "Tomato Sauce"; they call it "Red Gravy."
What other colloquialisms (odd language that's specific to a region) do you know about?
2007-09-14 04:41:53 · 3 answers · asked by Dominus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Wackado - New Jersey, crazy person. :)
2007-09-14 06:04:37 · answer #1 · answered by Unknown_Usr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One time I said I would go with a friend and asked him when he would like to go. He said, "After I empty the "wishing" machine."
I said, "What?"
He said, "After I empty the wishing machine." I looked quizzical. He said, "You know, the wishing machine, where I wish my clothes, downstairs."
It finally occured to me. "You mean washing machine."
"That's what I said, wishing machine."
He was from Johnstown, PA. They must really talk odd there!
2007-09-14 13:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by cavassi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another PA related one. when I was a child and would visit my grandparents, if I were to ask for something that they ran out of they would say that it's "all" not "all gone", but just "all"
2007-09-14 11:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Bill G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋