"Food shopping" and other bizarre phrases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what sounds childish and uneducated to me?

People who get annoyed by regional differences in dialect.

People who are needlessly prim and proper and have no sense of humor annoy me. Hey, another pet peeve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what sounds childish and uneducated to me?

People who get annoyed by regional differences in dialect.

Most of those people are small minded people who travel. Anyone who is bothered by accents or dialects probably never leaves there little corner of the worlds, which is ok too.

Maybe you don't realize this, but most of us are well aware that these phrases are regional. That doesn't mean they don't grate or aren't annoying. Oh, also - I've traveled all over the world, as I'm sure most of the posters here have. But thanks for your silly attempt to pigeonhole those of us who are just enjoying some lighthearted venting.

Also: it's "their" and "world". Have a great day!

[Anonymous]

+1. I'll add "to prom" instead "to the prom." Another regional variation.

This one bothers me, too. My kids all say this, so I guess it's regional here, but not where I grew up. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Me, too! I still remember from "Pretty in Pink" when Molly Ringwald yells "What about PROM?" at Andrew McCarthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

+1. I'll add "to prom" instead "to the prom." Another regional variation.

This one bothers me, too. My kids all say this, so I guess it's regional here, but not where I grew up. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Me, too! I still remember from "Pretty in Pink" when Molly Ringwald yells "What about PROM?" at Andrew McCarthy.

I didn't have much in common with Molly Ringwald but we all said "going to Prom". New Englander.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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+1. I'll add "to prom" instead "to the prom." Another regional variation.

This one bothers me, too. My kids all say this, so I guess it's regional here, but not where I grew up. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Me, too! I still remember from "Pretty in Pink" when Molly Ringwald yells "What about PROM?" at Andrew McCarthy.

I didn't have much in common with Molly Ringwald but we all said "going to Prom". New Englander.

I'm the same age as Molly Ringwald -- does that count as having something in common with her? -- and we said "going to prom" in Iowa.

[Anonymous]

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+1. I'll add "to prom" instead "to the prom." Another regional variation.

This one bothers me, too. My kids all say this, so I guess it's regional here, but not where I grew up. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Me, too! I still remember from "Pretty in Pink" when Molly Ringwald yells "What about PROM?" at Andrew McCarthy.

I didn't have much in common with Molly Ringwald but we all said "going to Prom". New Englander.

Bostonian here. Always said "the prom".

[Anonymous]

Riding the cotton pony, sister.

[Anonymous]

I said that on accident.

[Anonymous]

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+1. I'll add "to prom" instead "to the prom." Another regional variation.

This one bothers me, too. My kids all say this, so I guess it's regional here, but not where I grew up. It just doesn't make sense to me.

Me, too! I still remember from "Pretty in Pink" when Molly Ringwald yells "What about PROM?" at Andrew McCarthy.

I didn't have much in common with Molly Ringwald but we all said "going to Prom". New Englander.

Same here. Native N. Virginian.

[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".

+1
In gymnastics (or cheerleading) you do a split. It might be a regular split or a russian split, but you just do one. One split. A split.

Thank you, PP. Thank you. Drives me crazy. How many legs do people have that do "the splits"?!

Well, there's a right split, a left split, and a middle split: the splits.

Middle split? You clearly know nothing about this.

Well, besides 10 years of gymnastics & cheerleading.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Middle+split

[Anonymous]

I (New Englander) took a job in the South once, and had a foreman from Louisiana. One day, as I was working on something he needed.

Foreman: Hey Larlo, how much does that lack?
Me: Huh?
Foreman (a little louder): How much does that lack?
Me: I'm sorry--I didn't get that?
Foreman: HOW. MUCH. DOES. THAT. LACK? DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?!?!
Me: No disrespect, Joe, but that's not English.
Foreman (quieter): Oh yeah, I forgot, you're not from around here. How long are you going to be with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I said that on accident.

Can't stand that one. Also, "ignorant" as a synonym for "rude." That is ignorant.

[Anonymous]

My mom is from Michigan, and says she's "going to the show," when she's going to see a movie. I don't know if that's a regional or generational thing.

[Anonymous]

I hate that southern phrase: don't be ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said that on accident.

Can't stand that one. Also, "ignorant" as a synonym for "rude." That is ignorant.

On accident/on purpose makes a lot more sense than by accident/on purpose. By accident/by purpose would make a lot more sense too, but I've never heard that. I wonder why.