Favorite Regional Words or Phrases

[Anonymous]

Cabinets are wicked good.

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Anonymous wrote:In South Philly, every Italian I know calls tomato sauce gravy....when it's NOT gravy.

And they call the team the iggles, which drives me bonkers.

My dad's family (Italian descent) are from New Haven Ct. and they also call tomato sauce grav. He told me that it was because the word gravy is similar to an Italian word that means sauce.

[Anonymous]

from western Nebraska: ____ will be in a world of hurt.

Don't borrow trouble.

Go see a man about a horse (euphemism for I have to pee).

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Anonymous wrote:I am the TN poster. Yes, when they ask east, west or middle it is the part of TN. If you answer west it most likely refers to Memphis. If you answer Middle, it refers to Nashville. East refers to Knoxville. All the other surrounding towns are really small.

Are you old enough to remember when the license plates still had numbers that told you what county/city the car came from? I think Memphis was 1, and Nashville was 2. For example, a license plate of 2-3B2JN meant the car was registered in Nashville.

I'm gonna get me a Moon Pie and a RC Cola now.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a Southern mother. A HUGE put down is "you must be so proud."

Would that be like: "Bless your heart, you must be so proud." I like how the southern put downs are so polite. I take it you can tell the difference between a compliment and an insult by the tone?

[Anonymous]

No, the plates had numbers? I had no idea! So, guess I am not old enough! I am 34. Hmmm...I will ask my mom.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the TN poster. Yes, when they ask east, west or middle it is the part of TN. If you answer west it most likely refers to Memphis. If you answer Middle, it refers to Nashville. East refers to Knoxville. All the other surrounding towns are really small.

Are you old enough to remember when the license plates still had numbers that told you what county/city the car came from? I think Memphis was 1, and Nashville was 2. For example, a license plate of 2-3B2JN meant the car was registered in Nashville.

I'm gonna get me a Moon Pie and a RC Cola now.

When I was growing up in NY, they sold something called a "Scooter Pie" that was the same thing as a "Moon Pie." The company that made the Scooter Pies has, sadly, gone out of business.

[Anonymous]

Speaking of TN, when I was there people put ranch dressing on their pizza, which is surprisingly good. Is that a southern thing?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a Southern mother. A HUGE put down is "you must be so proud."

Would that be like: "Bless your heart, you must be so proud." I like how the southern put downs are so polite. I take it you can tell the difference between a compliment and an insult by the tone?

I think it's a combination of tone and the context.

"Oh, so what you're telling me is that when you sneezed you peed a little and people could actually see your pants wet? You must be sooo proud.

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Anonymous wrote:

Was your friend 2? I don't even know what Uff da, ish, and ishy are supposed to mean.

Noooo, she is Minnesotan of Norwegian descent. Uff da is a not-entirely-positive expression of surprise (You paid how much for that car that broke down a week later? Uff da!); ish is yuck.

[Anonymous]

My relatives in West Virginia call the hood of a car the bonnet and the trunk the boot. Just the way they do in the UK!

And it was Big Love that introduced me me to "oh my heck". I've checked in with friends who lived in Utah, and apparently, that is an actual expression heard commonly there.

[Anonymous]

I am the TN poster. I personally do not like Ranch but I swear my sisters put it on EVERYTHING possible.

You must be so proud..I can hear it in my head. I know the tone I have always heard means a put down. lol

[Anonymous]

"Oh my heck" -I had really good friends from Utah. They would say , "Oh my hell."

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I knew a kid from upstate NY who used to say things like "So didn't I!" and "So couldn't I!"...does that ring a bell to anyone else?

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I'm not sure it's a Southern or Midwestern thing, but my friends think it's hilarious that I say "Good Lord!" when exasperated... somehow, it's become my trademark b/c no one's ever heard it!?

"Bless his/her/your heart" is almost ALWAYS said before something deprecating about the person. "Bless his heart, that Danny sure does have trouble finding girls to date, doesn't he?"

Calling someone a "piece of work" is not a compliment in the south, either. Nor is being called "somethin' else".

I'm guilty of running my words together and dropping my 'g's. As in, "You better gitcher stuff off the stairs and get goin' before you miss the bus". I have almost completely dropped "ya'll" unless I'm home visiting family in Texas, and then it's required vernacular.