How do youse talk?

[Dreamfire]

bjobsessed said:

One of my favourite terms from South Africa:

I have to go to the 'loo' (not sure of the spelling) It means bathroom. If the stall is in use it is 'engaged' not 'occupied.'

(I spent the summer there in 88)

You can use that term and be understood in australia and the UK too.

[bjobsessed]

Natasha, in case you didn't know, I have CP and call myself a spaz all the time. When I was a kid and went to summer camp, we always referred to ourselves that way. Always in fun--never in a bad way.

I guess it depends where you are and/or how you use it.

[dogma]

ashatan said:

bjobsessed said:

One of my favourite terms from South Africa:

I have to go to the 'loo' (not sure of the spelling) It means bathroom. If the stall is in use it is 'engaged' not 'occupied.'

(I spent the summer there in 88)

You can use that term and be understood in australia and the UK too.

have you ever heard the song " skip to the loo my darlin' "?
"flies in the buttermilk, what do you do? skip to the loo my darlin ! "

[dogma]

being a native pittsburgher: my colloquialisms are somewhat unique

read up ( red up ) to make ready, neaten up "read up your room,, read off the table"
gum band : rubber band

hoagie : submarine sandwich

worsh rag : wash cloth

dahnair : down there

worsh the clothes : laundry

jeetjet? no jew? did you eat yet - no , did you?

bumpershoot : umbrella

still mill : steel mill

after seventeen yrs in erie,, some people still dont' understand me,, jeez

[bjobsessed]

dogma said:

being a native pittsburgher: my colloquialisms are somewhat unique

read up ( red up ) to make ready, neaten up "read up your room,, read off the table"
gum band : rubber band

hoagie : submarine sandwich

worsh rag : wash cloth

dahnair : down there

worsh the clothes : laundry

jeetjet? no jew? did you eat yet - no , did you?

bumpershoot : umbrella

still mill : steel mill

after seventeen yrs in erie,, some people still dont' understand me,, jeez

Should I bring an interpreter with me in August? ;D Sounds like it will be fun hanging out.

[carl1951]

sout for south
as in I graduated from Sout High

Later, Carl

[awlrite4now]

Being undeniably Southern in my speech patterns, I have taken a lot of grief from some people over the years. I spent the first 25 years in Texas, then moved around a bit, spent 14 years in Virginia, and moved to Iowa. I got a huge kick out of people in Iowa and Minnesota saying to me, "You aren't from around here, are you?"

Once I used a phrase that caused everyone to stop. I figured Iowa being hog country, they would know this one. See if anyone here has heard it:

"Root, hog, or die"

[anna]

awlrite4now said:

I got a huge kick out of people in Iowa and Minnesota saying to me, "You aren't from around here, are you?";

I get that, too, but it happens here as well. I once heard a waitress at a local meat-and-three say that to a group of British visitors. Of course, it was slightly different - "Y'all aren't from around here, are you?"

awlrite4now said:

Once I used a phrase that caused everyone to stop. I figured Iowa being hog country, they would know this one. See if anyone here has heard it:

"Root, hog, or die"

Yup.

[Eyphur]

dogma said:

being a native pittsburgher: my colloquialisms are somewhat unique

hoagie : submarine sandwich

worsh rag : wash cloth

dahnair : down there

worsh the clothes : laundry

jeetjet? no jew? did you eat yet - no , did you?

still mill : steel mill

I'm 50 miles west of Pittsburgh and I say these things too. Worsh drives my best friend crazy. She's an english major. I also say:

Yella Crick instead of Yellow Creek

Ohiah Rivuh instead of Ohio River (Tho when I say Ohio County I do pronounce Ohio correctly)

Holler is another term I use to mean yell for or call as in "Holler downstairs, and tell them dinner is ready."

carl1951 said:

sout for south
as in I graduated from Sout High

I do this as well but with all directions, Nort, Sout, Eas, and Wes instead of North, South, East, and West.

And Yea! I managed to quote 2 people.

[shmeep]

I never thought I had any accent at all, being from Los Angeles and the land of the "TV accent." It seems that most people on TV talk exactly as I do, no matter where they're from. Always cracks me up. I worked hard to outgrow my "Valley Talk." It was hard! I mean, that stupid Valley Girl song (a bit closer to reality than I care to admit) was everywhere when I was in sixth and seventh grades and that really was how we all talked (although I never really liked to say "gag me with a spoon").

When my oldest brother went to school in England for a year, his friend called our place once and, after speaking with me for a few minutes, said I had a much broader American accent than my brother did. I always assumed he said that because my brother had developed the habit of saying "Sorry?" or "Pardon?" instead of "Huh?" or "What?" I guess it made him seem a little less American.

When my next brother, Randy, studied in England, he had a ball with his own name over there. I'm sure you know that Randy=horny in England. Everyone was appalled that my parents had burdened my brother with such a name. Randy loved shaking hands and introducing himself with, "Hi, I'm Randy." Got a reaction every time.

[inuvik]

ashatan said:

bjobsessed said:

Being Canadian, anyone who is not from here often asks me to say "eh" for them. I don't know why, but everyone gets a big kick out of that. Of course, I usually say it. Love the smiles it brings even if I don't get it.

what's it sound like when you say it?

Just like the letter A. (A "hard" A, not an "aah" A. And it doesn't really mean anything. Sometimes it's used as a way of indicating you are asking a question, but not always. It is pretty much always used at the end of a sentence though.

I admit I tend to use it a fair bit, though I try not to!

[carl1951]

And then you get Lucy. She has that Eastern accent.

Omahar for Omaha
Nebrasker for Nebraska
and she loses her r's in the strangest places.

Later, Carl

[carl1951]

Quote: Yup.

nope.

Later, Carl

[carl1951]

Karma to you E for being able to multi-task.

Quoting two people at once.

Hoorah

[spoony]

I find it interesting that 'arvo' isn't a recognised word in most countries haha.

Also, we don't "root" for our favourite team (hahaha), we only barrack for them. Also, anybody with the name 'Randy' amuses haha.

www.australianexplorer.com/slang/phrases.htm
Its sad how many of these words I actually use