"Food shopping" and other bizarre phrases

[Anonymous]

Lots of spillover between Jersey and Philly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know it's regional, but I hate "standing on line" instead of "in line"

Me too!

I also can't stand when people say they are doing "the splits" rather than saying they are doing "a split".

Doing "the splits" refers to the gymnastic move. Doing "a split" means you are separating from your SO.

Where are you from?

Northern Virginia

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here's another one:
A picture "made" instead of "taken"-
"Have you had your picture made yet?" or "I went to a great photographer to have my picture made"
It sounds so awkward!

I've never heard someone say that ever.

Yup, very annoying.
Friend of a relative is a freelance photpgraher, considers himself artsy and we connected, in demand. We arent so sure of either but he does take good pictures.
He ALWAYS says "made a picture" for "take a photo".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's another one:
A picture "made" instead of "taken"-
"Have you had your picture made yet?" or "I went to a great photographer to have my picture made"
It sounds so awkward!

I've never heard someone say that ever.

Yup, very annoying.
Friend of a relative is a freelance photpgraher, considers himself artsy and we connected, in demand. We arent so sure of either but he does take good pictures.
He ALWAYS says "made a picture" for "take a photo".

I prefer that to "snap a picture" or "taking snaps" that I'm hearing/seeing all the time now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's another one:
A picture "made" instead of "taken"-
"Have you had your picture made yet?" or "I went to a great photographer to have my picture made"
It sounds so awkward!

I've never heard someone say that ever.

Yup, very annoying.
Friend of a relative is a freelance photpgraher, considers himself artsy and we connected, in demand. We arent so sure of either but he does take good pictures.
He ALWAYS says "made a picture" for "take a photo".

I prefer that to "snap a picture" or "taking snaps" that I'm hearing/seeing all the time now.

Long time ago it was taking a snap shot

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do some people say "food shopping" instead of just grocery shopping? It sounds so simple-minded, like something a child would say. Major pet peeve. Any others?

They are from New England. They probably have supper and use bubblers too.

I am from New England...what do you mean by bubbler? I think what I call a bubbler is probably not what you're talking about.

A water fountain. A bubblah! (MA born and raised). How do you not know what a bubbler is if you're from New England?

We call it a drinking fountain or a water fountain (ME born and raised, lived in MA 5 years, never heard it called a bubblah).

[Anonymous]

I don't like the phrase, "why is that?"

Just say "why?" You don't need "is that"

[Anonymous]

If we only ever said things that needed to be said, there would be a lot more silence in the world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh how I hate when people say they are standing "on line". Makes no sense to me.
My in-laws say they "look" at TV rather than watching TV. Sounds weird to me every time.

Standing "on line" rather than "in line" would make sense to you if you ever lived outside the US. It's common usage in many countries.

I'm surprised such a small thing is something you hate. That's an overreaction.

I also hate people who take things so literally.

[Anonymous]

I say "The car needs washed." Which I know should have a verb somewhere in there, but yes, that's still the phrase that comes naturally to me. DH uses "up" instead of "away" in reference to cleaning. As in, "Larla, put up your toys when you are done playing." It's away. Larla, put your toys away.

[Anonymous]

This one bugs me: "on your period" instead of having your period. How can you be on it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say "The car needs washed." Which I know should have a verb somewhere in there, but yes, that's still the phrase that comes naturally to me. DH uses "up" instead of "away" in reference to cleaning. As in, "Larla, put up your toys when you are done playing." It's away. Larla, put your toys away.

All the others to me seem like regional dialect differences, and I'm sure this one probably is, too, but leaving out the "to be" before washed is like fingernails on a blackboard (chalkboard?) to me. How about trying "the car needs washing?"

The up versus away is still grammatically correct. The washed thing is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say "The car needs washed." Which I know should have a verb somewhere in there, but yes, that's still the phrase that comes naturally to me. DH uses "up" instead of "away" in reference to cleaning. As in, "Larla, put up your toys when you are done playing." It's away. Larla, put your toys away.

You are from western Pennsylvania or northern West Virginia or southeastern Ohio. Your husband is from the south/southeast.

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Anonymous wrote:I say "The car needs washed." Which I know should have a verb somewhere in there, but yes, that's still the phrase that comes naturally to me. DH uses "up" instead of "away" in reference to cleaning. As in, "Larla, put up your toys when you are done playing." It's away. Larla, put your toys away.

All the others to me seem like regional dialect differences, and I'm sure this one probably is, too, but leaving out the "to be" before washed is like fingernails on a blackboard (chalkboard?) to me. How about trying "the car needs washing?"

The up versus away is still grammatically correct. The washed thing is not.

It is entirely correct regional speech.

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[Anonymous]

The bad one for me is when someone has a lot of leftovers from a meal and they say:

"Well, I am going to be eating "on" this all week long".

Shouldn't it be "from"?