S/O: Weird phrases/expressions your ILs use

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Mine say "easy over" rather than "over easy" for eggs (I find this annoying). Any whisky drink is referred to as a whiskycito (I find this this charming).

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Anonymous wrote:My DH's grandpa used to say:
Sh#t in one hand, wish n the other, see which one is heavier

And when things were going well: We're sh#ttin' in tall cotton.

This is amazing, but what does it mean??

Whatever you are planning is NEVER going to come true.

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Calls diapers "pants"

As in "come on let's change your pants" as the toddler runs to pick out new pants. Or "wow smells like you have dirty pants!"

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Anonymous wrote:My ILs use 'brother' and 'sister' instead of other appropriately gendered nouns. This is apparently a Detroit thing.

Wait, what? My dad's side of the family is from/still lives in Detroit and I have no idea what you're talking about. Can you give an example?

I wonder, too. Could it be related to unions or religion?

I have friends from Detroit who do the same thing. "Larlo, help brother find his teddy bear" and the like. It's to children about their siblings, not to any ol' person about someone else.

I grew up near East St. Louis. Black co-workers/fellow students would sometimes call me "sister." Not in a mean way. Maybe it's a black thing that spread in Detroit. My co-worker from Kentucky calls people "Sis."

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL calls all forms of soda "soft drink" and asks "would you like soft drink?" (no a)
My FIL adds a "The" to the name of every store.

Soda vs. soft drink vs. coke (for all kinds of sodas/soft drinks) is completely regional. It's a dialect difference.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL says "chi-POLE-TAY" for chipotle. Also "pico da-GALE-o" for pico. I cringe. She thinks she is so sophisticated but she sounds like an idiot when she can't pronounce these common words.

LOL My MIL says "chi-PO-TAY".

FIL says "Chi-POTTLE"

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I think this is my favorite thread.

My MIL say "sal-lit" for salad. She also says "haaaaapppppyyy-haaaaaapppyy" in a sing song voice to the babies in the family. Sometimes it's changed to "claaaaapppyyy-claaaaapppy" or "splaaaaaassshy-splaaaassshhy" depending on current activity. It's weird.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom says "Hurry Cane" for hurricane. Most people pronounce the middle of that word as "ick". Not with a long ee. Gets me every time....

Uncle always called oranges "Are anges"

DH and his entire family say "ARE-anges"...shudder. It starts with O, people, not A!

I just realized that I say are-anges! So, I googled it.

When I listen to these it sounds like are-ange to me:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/orange
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orange

"Are-ange" instead of "oar-ange" is an NY/NJ pronunciation.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

You and PP's MIL are correct. "Mac and cheese" is the nickname.

I think the distinction was that the MIL says mac(aroni) with cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:My MIL calls all forms of soda "soft drink" and asks "would you like soft drink?" (no a)
My FIL adds a "The" to the name of every store.

Soda vs. soft drink vs. coke (for all kinds of sodas/soft drinks) is completely regional. It's a dialect difference.

Lots of these are regional. I might offer guests water, sweet tea, or Coke. Coke meaning any kind of soft drink. (I would never have unsweet tea in the house.)

I say "Love you BIG!" to my adult kids and often text or write the same. It's like saying "I know y'all are having a big time on your vacation!

It drives my yankee friend crazy when I say "I think I'm taking a cold". Hahaha! It's just ingrained in my brain. I'm southern. That's far from the worst thing I say, I'm sure.

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Warsh the winda
Warshington
Eyetalian
Dooo wut?
Huh?
Ain't never
She don't / he don't
I seen instead of I saw
Holding onto the last syllable-- helloooo!
Calling sister sissy
High fallutin

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Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

You and PP's MIL are correct. "Mac and cheese" is the nickname.

I'm also team MIL on this one!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

You and PP's MIL are correct. "Mac and cheese" is the nickname.

I'm also team MIL on this one!!

Look it up, OP. It's "mac and cheese" for pretty much every brand that sells it. Your MIL probably thinks you're the one who sounds dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

You and PP's MIL are correct. "Mac and cheese" is the nickname.

I'm also team MIL on this one!!

Look it up, OP. It's "mac and cheese" for pretty much every brand that sells it. Your MIL probably thinks you're the one who sounds dumb.

NP. Mac is obviously short for macaroni. This is a ridiculous argument.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

You and PP's MIL are correct. "Mac and cheese" is the nickname.

I'm also team MIL on this one!!

Look it up, OP. It's "mac and cheese" for pretty much every brand that sells it. Your MIL probably thinks you're the one who sounds dumb.

No, it's not.