[bookshare-discuss] Re: confusions about the visual
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:22:59 EDT
I once knew a man who took a trip to England and absolutely horrified the
people there when he referred to his children as the little buggers. To know
why, consider that bugger is what they call someone who engages in the
practice of buggery.
"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in
various ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx
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I grew up calling an icebox a Fridgedair. I think I was in late childhood
before
I realized that a Fridgedair was a brand name for a "refridgerator".
The fizzy drink that comes in a bottle or a can is POP! Pop? only up here
in
North Dakota and its invirons and, of course, Canada. When my daughter
moved to
Illinois she took a good deal of ribbing until she learned that it is
"soda!"
In Canada a couch is a Chesterfield. a nitted cap, what I grew up calling a
stocking cap is a took. The double O is pronounce long as in moon. Tuke Is
how I
have to spell it to get Eliquence to pronounce it correctly.
I new a lady from the south who, when asking you to take someone somewhere
would
say "could you carry him over to Austin?" or some such.
Only here in the upper mid west do you end a sentence with "with.
"I'm going up town. do you want to come with?"
If you are at a party and want a sample of the local booz you can ask "Can
I
have a snort?"
You can refer to a small child, or even better a small adult as "a short
snort".
My first wife was endlessly irritated by my name for what you ware to bed.
"Per Jammers"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:06 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: confusions about the visual
> Bob, I'm in my thirties and still call it an ice box unless I make a
> deliberate effort not to. I think it's because I spent so much time with
my
> grandmother growing up. I rarely hear that phrase here in the south, but
it
> was very common where I lived in southern Illinois.
>
> Here in Georgia, they call shopping carts buggies. That still sounds odd
to
> me. In my mind, buggies are carriages, either baby or horse-drawn.
>
> The other odd thing I've noticed is what people call a couch, sofa, or
> davenport. Most of my friends in Illinois called it a couch. As far as I
can
> tell, the three words mean the same thing and are just used in different
> regions. My grandmother called it a davenport. When I arrived in Georgia
at
> age 14, no one knew what I was talking about if I used the word
Davenport.
> They seem to call it a sofa.
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob [mailto:rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:00 PM
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: confusions about the visual
>
> My kids still laugh at me because in a moment of forgetfulness I will
call
> the refrigerator an ice box.
>
> At least now when they call me gramps they'll be right.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:48 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: confusions about the visual
>
>
>> They are bubblers in Wisconsin, too. You are referring to water
>> coolers, water fountains, or things like that, right? Never heard
>> grilled cheese called anything but that, though, and I have lived
>> in/spent time in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, and
>> Mississippi.
>>
>> Now I can't tell you what carbonated beverages are called in each
place,
>> but it is pop, soda, soda pop, or just Coke (here in the South),
even
>> when its not Coke. Go figure!
>>
>> Valerie
>>
>> Check out my kids at:
>>
>> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples <new>
>> http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/nicholemaples
>> http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/cindymaples
>> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jorgemaples
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
>>
>>> Smile, Bubblers is a word heard in Connecticut.
>>>
>>> And what I really find amusing is a "party store" in Michigan, and
some
>>> other states, it is a liquer store. In Connecticut they are called
the
>>> packy, in PA they are the "state" store or "wine and spirits".
>>>
>>>
>>> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
>>> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
>>> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Guide Dogs for the Blind
>>> Alumni Association
>>> www.guidedogs.com
>>>
>>> The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment
thought
>>> of their act as violence;
>>> rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated
righteousness.
>>> The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever
>>> committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s."
>>> <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:21 PM
>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: confusions about the visual
>>>
>>>
>>>> Shelley, you're making my mouth water! My maternal grandparents are
>>>> from Pennsylvania Dutch country, and my Mom taught me how to make
shoo
>>>> fly pie, and stuffed pigeon, and all kinds of dumplings and cookies -
>>>> yum!
>>>>
>>>> Here in Wisconsin I've run into some names for things I haven't heard
>>>> elsewhere. We don't have drinking fountains - we have bubblers. The
>>>> traffic lights are called "stop and go lights." And soft drinks are
>>>> called soda - where I grew up in Michigan soft drinks were called
pop.
>>>>
>>>> Judy s.
>>>>
>>>> Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
>>>>> And then there is what is refered as a melt. Is a melt just a
toasted
>
>>>>> cheese or grilled cheese both acceptable here in PA, but with other
>>>>> "stuff" added. Smile.
>>>>>
>>>>> And Then there is all that Pennsylvania Dutch food, yum, smile
stuffed
>
>>>>> pigeon for example, don't worry not "squab" but more of a stuffed
>>>>> cabbage.
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