Anonymous wrote:If my toddler daughter is eating her food quickly it seems like she's enjoying it, my (immigrant) in laws say she's "really going down on that ice cream!" (or whatever food). I have I stifle my laughter every time.

My MIL used to address the baby as "lover."

Me: Do you want to hold him?
Her: Oh, yes . . . come here, lover.

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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!!

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.

It's Kraft dinner or KD in Canada and cheesey pasta in the U.K.

when people here say macaroni and cheese and it's kraft mac/cheese I'm frankly horrified. In the U.K./Canada "macaroni and cheese" means home made/real cheese etc.

Well, sorry. We invented "kraft dinner" so we can call it whatever we want.

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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.

That's a Southern thing.

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Anonymous wrote:When my grandmother was not dressed up she'd say "oh Linda came over and I was looking like a bag of hammers". I love it and use it to this day. Always calling myself a bag of hammers when I'm looking rough. Love you grandma!

I'm taking it ! I love it!

I've heard it/used it as "dumb as a bag of hammers". Much like "dumb as a box of rocks". I like it!

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Anonymous wrote:MIL refers to FIL as daddy.

Mine does this too!!! She'll be talking to my DH and say something like "well, Daddy and I went here" or "Let's ask Daddy". It is SO weird and awkward. Just say "your Dad" or "your father" or something. Her two kids are in their 40s and do NOT call him Daddy ever.

My MIL does this too. DH and SIL are in their late 30s and certainly don't call their father "daddy."

Whatever. She's a lovely person and we all have our quirks.

Anonymous wrote:If my toddler daughter is eating her food quickly it seems like she's enjoying it, my (immigrant) in laws say she's "really going down on that ice cream!" (or whatever food). I have I stifle my laughter every time.

Anonymous wrote:When my grandmother was not dressed up she'd say "oh Linda came over and I was looking like a bag of hammers". I love it and use it to this day. Always calling myself a bag of hammers when I'm looking rough. Love you grandma!

I'm taking it ! I love it!

If my toddler daughter is eating her food quickly it seems like she's enjoying it, my (immigrant) in laws say she's "really going down on that ice cream!" (or whatever food). I have I stifle my laughter every time.

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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.

Ok, now I don't understand what "I know y'all are having a big time on your vacation" means.

Anonymous wrote:MIL refers to FIL as daddy.

Mine does this too!!! She'll be talking to my DH and say something like "well, Daddy and I went here" or "Let's ask Daddy". It is SO weird and awkward. Just say "your Dad" or "your father" or something. Her two kids are in their 40s and do NOT call him Daddy ever.

My dad has dozens of these. He always asks at restaurants for "an ocean view" as some sort of weird joke. He will tell people he does the three "s"s in the morning. Sh*t Shave Shower. He mispronounces Spanish words horribly which wouldn't be a but deal except my mom's first language is Spanish. Also he corrects our Spanish all the time which is very grating.

OP - my granddad said "fine as frog's hair"! Must be a southern thing.

My MIL says "Johnny on the spot" all the time. You bring her coffee and she says you're "Johnny on the spot." You show up on time and you're "Johnny on the spot." It kills me.

FIL says "I'll tell you what" reminds me Hank from King of the Hill(?) FIL has a deep Southern accent

Anonymous wrote:PEOPLE. LEARN TO READ.

The argument isn't whether "macaroni and cheese" or "mac and cheese" is right--those are both right.

The issue is that mac WITH cheese and macaroni WITH cheese are both WRONG.

Well, when I was growing up, everyone said macaroni with cheese, the "and" came in much later

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