How do youse talk?

[Eyphur]

greenbeing said:

Yes! My GM always used to call it the davenport. I was v. confused when I learned there was a street here called Davenport, as I was about six and couldn't understand why on earth anyone would name a street after a love seat. (The love seat was the davenport, the couch was the couch. Took me a while to figure out there weren't three sizes...)

I've never gotten past the use of "cool", never having used groovy or awesome or da bomb...

--GB

I read a book when I was in grade school I forget the title but i n it the main character and her father move to a new house and go shopping to look at Davenports. IT was many years before I knew what it was.

I still say cool quite frequently. Could this be from my 3 year long obsession with Happy Days durring jr. high and high school?

[bjobsessed]

I loved Happy Days too and never missed an episode. I say cool all the time so maybe that's it E. Never went as far as saying "Aaaaay!" or "amundo" though.

[hoosier]

kathy said:

rducasey said:

Also what do you call those big sandwiches on a roll, In RI they are grinders.

As a "transplanted" Rhode Islander, they will always be grinders to me, but in this area of Eastern PA, I have seen them both as hoagies and subs.

I met a gal in a college speech class who had just moved here from Conn. and she also called them grinders and said that she was going to a package store for beer. Needless to say, everyone went 'huh' Here they are just sandwiches and a liquor store. Also we call it pop, because of the way it sounds when the can/bottle is opened and she called it a soda. Makes life interesting doesn;t it!

[dogma]

hoosier said:

kathy said:

I met a gal in a college speech class who had just moved here from Conn. and she also called them grinders and said that she was going to a package store for beer. Needless to say, everyone went 'huh' Here they are just sandwiches and a liquor store. Also we call it pop, because of the way it sounds when the can/bottle is opened and she called it a soda. Makes life interesting doesn;t it!

yrs ago,, ( like 30 + ) in pennsylvania,, the liquor stores were called state stores,, and you had to have an lcb card ( liquor control board ),,,back then, ,our driver's licenses were cheap cardboard like our soc security cards,,and had no pix,, so it was a very big deal to turn 21,, and get your lcb card
to this day,, our state does not sell liquor anywhere but a state store or beer distributor, ,and there is only one place in erie that is open on sundays

[doobrah]

awlrite4now said:

doobrah said:

As a Virginian who learned English from the Scotch-Irish side of the family, I have a unique (at least to SE Virginia, Easterh Shore and NE North Carolina) way of saying the "ou" parts of words ... to whicn Mags & Mouse can attest.

It's not like saying "out" the Canadian way -- "oot", but more "eh-oot" and "uh-beh-oot" (about). The way a Scotsman would say it. I get the biggest kick out of Craig Ferguson, because he says his "ou" words like me & my mother's side of the family!!!

You must have grown up in the Danville, VA, area, then. Ricky Van Shelton, from Grundy, has that same accent. Love it. My ex who grew up in Salem, VA, doesn't have that particular twang. Very regional distinction!

Actually no, my ancestors debarked the boat and were so tired, they stayed "rat" there -- in Portsmouth, Va.

[carl1951]

quote: tell lucy i found her r's,, as in worsh

you mean in Pennsylvanier?

Later, Carl

[carl1951]

And this from Lucy. In Boston: Tonic is a Coca Cola
frappe is a malt
Dunker is a donut

(I think Boston is the home of Dunkin Donuts)

Later, Carl

[carl1951]

quote: As a "transplanted" Rhode Islander, they will always be grinders to me, but in this area of Eastern PA, I have seen them both as hoagies and subs.

or, also known as a , hero.

Later, Carl

[rducasey]

carl1951 said:

or, also known as a , hero.

Later, Carl

Yes, hero, that is what Karen calls it too. Up on the Roof, in the tar bucket. "a half eaten hero, a rag, and a I don't know what."

[bjobsessed]

I think it was ashatan who told me in a pm that she was going to go see what other Ron movies she could hire. We don't hire movies, we rent them.

[carl1951]

Do you have: Auto Tags or Auto Plates?
Car Tags or Car Plates?

Later, Carl

[carl1951]

rducasey said:

carl1951 said:

or, also known as a , hero.

Later, Carl

Yes, hero, that is what Karen calls it too. Up on the Roof, in the tar bucket. "a half eaten hero, a rag, and a I don't know what."

You caught it.

Later, Carl

[inuvik]

carl1951 said:

Do you have: Auto Tags or Auto Plates?
Car Tags or Car Plates?

Later, Carl

None of the above--we call them license plates in Canada.

[shmeep]

inuvik said:

carl1951 said:

Do you have: Auto Tags or Auto Plates?
Car Tags or Car Plates?

Later, Carl

None of the above--we call them license plates in Canada.

License plates in California and--I assume--Maryland as well. But I sometimes get the lingo a little wrong here. One shock, when I moved to Maryland, was that the DMV is now an MVA. Wha-- But it's just as crowded...

Question: grocery store or supermarket?

How do you pronounce the word "Palm"? Can you hear the "L"?

[inuvik]

admin said:

Question: grocery store or supermarket?

How do you pronounce the word "Palm"? Can you hear the "L"?

I hear both, but mostly grocery store.

As for Palm, for me it's "Pom"--no, can't hear the l.

This is turning into a neat thread!