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Oh how I love the 'Burgh and the talk of the natives. Seriously great town. Fave regional words/phrases: "Yunz" (don't know if I'm spelling it right). Substitute for "you guys" or "y'all". As in, "Yunz going to watch the Steeler?) Pittsburghers definitely say "needs ___ed". I picked up that habit when I lived there " the car needs fixed." "N that" . . . as in "I'm going to get a burger and fries, n that." The accent is what is interesting in Pittsburgh. Downtown is "Don Ton". Steelers = "Stillers". Iron City Beer = "Irn City beer". |
Anonymous
Oh come on! I'm from DC and have heard of a frappe (pronounced frap)! You MUST have heard that before. Maybe it's a Boston thing. |
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The use of the term "pop" in the midwest for soda.
And "black pop" = cola "white pop" = lemon/lime, sprite, 7up Hoagie = sub in Philadelphia, NJ |
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PP - you have to be under 25 to have not heard bubblah or frappe in NE! No? Boy am I homesick right now..... |
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15:46, I believe that's "you 'uns".
And I'm from the midwest and have never heard of black pop and white pop. We just said pop, or coke. Yes, an acceptable answer to "want a coke?" is "that sounds great; got any mountain dew?" In rural Ohio, random Rs were rampant, such as "warsh". One lady told me, I guess I just can't get it clean without the R! |
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"Put up water" is definitely not a NJ thing!
I think frappe for milkshake may be more of a southern New England thing - my parents were born and raised in CT and I remember that was one of the words my mom used in NJ that no one understood. Grinder, too - she remembers asking for a ham and cheese grinder at a deli in NJ and they looked at her like she was nuts, thinking she was asking for the machine that grinds meat. Coke/what kind of Coke is a southern thing, I think. My husband is from TN via Canada and says "choose out" instead of "pick out." It grates on my ears but I don't know if it's a southern thing or a Canadian thing. His whole family also says "went to university" or did something "at university" instead of college, which I know is a Canadian/British-ism, but also makes me want to stick forks in my eyes. |
Anonymous
I'm the PP from NE. I've heard frappe only at Starbucks - never in reference to a milkshake while growing up in NE. It could certainly be a Boston thing but I lived in Boston in addition to other parts of NE and never heard it there either. |
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| "Choose out" must be Canadian... definitely not southern! |
Anonymous
I think this is common in rural anywhere. I've heard warsh in rural Maryland and Illinois, for example. I like the lady's explanation though. |
Anonymous
Nope, never heard frappe in reference to a milkshake while living in NE. I lived in Boston (and other parts of NE). |
Anonymous
| I'm the "Oh come on!" pp regarding the frappes. Come to think of it, it might be a generational thing too. I know of frappes because my parents moved up to Boston a few years ago and they would joke about how they could now get real frappes, and I hear their friends talk about various frappe places. But they may be refering more about getting frappes "back in the day" I suppose. |
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DC native:
We also said Coke for any type of soda. Everyone here said Warshington when growing up. Doesn't John McCain say it too? I thought I heard him once... |
Anonymous
If you are in Bristol Vt visit the Village Creeme Stand, it is awesome. I guess it is more soft serve than a milkshake, so my description is a bit off. There is also a good Creeme shop in Waitsfield Vt. From the "Urban Dictionary" "Frappe" "Commonly called a milkshake outside of eastern Massachusetts, it consists of milk, syrup and ice cream beaten together in a mixing machine. A milkshake in the same geographic area is milk and syrup without ice cream beaten or blended together to create a light, frothy drink." "Bubbler" "A term for drinking fountain. It was trademarked by the Kohler company, which originally developed it. It is commonly used to refer to a drinking fountain in Wisconsin and New England, especially in Rhode Island." "Creemee" "The name for soft serve ice cream in the 802 [area code]. In fact, the original creemees have a higher fat content than regular soft serve (cream ? creemees. get it?) making them unquestionably more delicious." |
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I'm from Boston and was amused recently at my high school reunion to hear "tonic" for "soda" (i.e. Coke, Sprite, etc.). I'd forgotten about that.
Never heard "bubbler" for "water fountain" where I grew up. |
Anonymous
Maybe you had to have grown up there (as opposed to lived there). We always said "frappe," never "milkshake". I grew up in Boston. |