Stemming for Mammag 's post - What do you say that people may not

TANNER'S MOM wrote: Know the meaning. North or South or Canada???

I know one thing I say alot is Holler.. meaning Hollow. I talk to Abbie on my cell and I loose her.. I say sorry I was going thru the Holler. Which to us mean the downside of a mountian or hill. It is a drop off.. a holler.

When I holler which in this case mean yell at all my children to come inside.. I may yell.. Youns get in here it's cold out there..

If my children ask where Dad went I may say Over Yonder..and point. Meaning outside or wherever I am point.

When I say Coke, it does not mean Coke.. it could mean Dr Pepper or Sprite whatever kind I want. When I say POP it also means the same.

I say Britches for jeans. I say pants for dress pants.

Breakfast is Morning.. Dinner is Lunch and Supper is Evening.

A Creek is a stream of Water that follows from a river usually. A Crick is what you get in your neck.

Thats about all I can think of now..

Help me learn something today!

Boys r us replied: Breakfast is Morning.. Dinner is Lunch and Supper is Evening.

My dad calls lunch dinner too!! That used to really mess me up when I was younger!



Hmm...i don't think I say anything too weird. The only thing I recall having anyone question when I said something was the lisence plates on the car, we call them tags here. "My tags are expiring this month"

We say creek here too, in fact, I don't think that's incorrect, I think that is the proper word for it. If it were a crick, it would be spelled crick! LOL

Maddie&EthansMom replied: Naw, down har in TX..we's don't say nuttin' weird or differnt.



You sound just like Maddie...we go thru this daily. She calls Lunch "Dinner"...her teacher must have told her this.

Breakfast is morning, Lunch is noon, and Dinner is evening.

punkeemunkee'smom replied: We say "fixin' to" as in "I am prepareing to do " We say Sancho or Conchita meaning your (jokingly) boyfriend/girlfriend if you are married... Like Bill will say "What are you doin? Talking to Sancho?" if I don't answer him on the phone or something....to Mel sancho is a burrito- I ask what do you want for supper meaning dinner and dinner is lunch....We say tank meaning pond. We say holler at me or I'll holler at ya later meaning call me or I will call you. There are lots but I don't want to sound too country! Lol!

kimberley replied: the only "weird" thing i have come across is that most Americans don't know what i mean when i ask "what is your background?". they usually tell me what state they live in or parents lived in. here it is common and understood that the question is asking the person's heritage. and maybe it was just the people i met, but a lot of americans don't know where their families originated from. i found that odd.

ediep replied: I can't think of anything that I say thats wierd....I'll have to think about this

punkeemunkee'smom replied: Me again! Lol! We say month of Sundays-I haven't done that in a month of Sundays meaning a long while. Off your rocker-He is off his rocker-meaning . Cracker head means not so smart! Some of the old timers have some great ones....Oh theres one Old timers...you get that one. But it is really a term of endearment!

TANNER'S MOM replied: I say fixin too alot..

I gotta get outa here I am fixin to go to the store.

Bean and Taters...that is a Sunday Dinner around here. Dinner being what you eat when you get out of church at around noon.

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
This is true! A lot of Americans don't really pay much attention to their heritage. There are a lot of mixed breeds around here, though. It isn't like in your part where someone can say "I'm Italian" or "I'm French" For instance, I am Czech, American Indian, Irish, German and probably a handful of other things.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:

i got dizzy just readig all those.......... i get a kick out of wierd expressions!

I don't know if *I* have any... but my favorite 2 are my grandmother's:

when I used to wera red lipstick, my grandmother used to tell me that my lips looked like a chicken's butthole.

and she tells my mom when she smokes: you look like a pig with a straw up it's butt

what the connections are, I will never know.

My2Beauties replied: I say fixin to, y'all, naw (for no)

I use old sayings to like

"If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black"
"You catch more bees with honey than you do vinegar"

I'll have to think of some more!

TANNER'S MOM replied: Me too LeaAnn..I am sure I don't always sound so smart.. but everything I say is said with a little bit of that southern sugar to make it sweeter!...lol

luvbug00 replied: I say yonder!!

instead of saying the Lords name when i curse i say "cheese and bread" ( don't ask i have NO idea where I got it and I haven't used it on here because I know you all would be like "WHAT??"

when people ask my age and i get smart I say "i'm older then my teeth younger then my gums."

nothing else.

kit_kats_mom replied: "jumpin Jesus on a pogo stick"

"whatever blows your skirt up"

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: When someone is freaking out about something, "Put on your big girl panties and deal with it."

punkeemunkee'smom replied:
I say that too!!! We also say "Cowboy up" "Suck it up" and "Time to be a big boy" Man we do not sound very compassionate do we? We don't say it to eachother! Lol!

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
I like CowGIRL up. But to be honest, I am a fairly compassionate person and I rarely use "big girl panties" unless the freak out is over something totally minor. LOL

redchief replied: South Jersey-eze:

I drink "wooder" when I'm thirsty (water).
We eat breakfast in morning, lunch at noon and dinner in the evening.
A crick is a small stream or river (creek).
We americanize spanish words like Byuna (buena).
We eat hoagies and will settle for a sub, but it's not the same thing.
Our accent is kind of a rural Philly. There is a distinct difference between our accent and that of our northern New Jersey neighbors. We don't roll our R's like they do up north.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
Oh, Ed. What I wouldn't do for a cheese steak. Lived in Cherry Hill for 18 months and now I am ruined for life. Love that little reminder of Jersey life. Thanks.

holley79 replied: I was born and raised in the south. We say nothing weird here. My best friend here is Canadian so I have picked up the "eh". We both laugh about that. She has picked up some good ones from me though too.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: I just remembered: Shiggles.

When I do something stupid or say something stupid... if someone asks me why I did it, I say I did it for shiggles.

You know - Shi*s and giggles....

My ex said that he invented it in class one day (he was a no good loser, so probably true...he was failing all his classes - guess it was cuz he was too busy thinking up new words... ) a,d he used it - I thought it funny, been using it since!