When I was at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, they called the sprinkels
put on top of ice cream cones "jimmies" Also, in NYC we always get
"on" line, never in line
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In Illinois, when we are ill, we do call < in > sick. Here's
another one, in Northern Illinois, you might go for a walk in the
evening. In southern Illinois, you go for a walk of an evening.
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Hi---a while ago, I responded briefly, asking if anyone knew what a
bubbler was---yes, it IS a drinking fountain. But I have always
thought "bubbler" was more fun. Jane P.S. I have been saving
postings. I'm going on vacation to Scotland and this has given me
one more thing to look for/listen to while there.
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In Brooklyn, NY, where I grew up, if you were going to stay in bed
longer than usual, it was referred to as "sleeping late," but when
I moved to upstate New York, it was called "sleeping in." (I wonder
what "sleeping 'out' might mean, then???) Also, In Brooklyn, if
your body accidentally made contact with another person or object,
it was called "bunking into" it. Up here in Ithaca, NY, it's
"bumping into," because "bunking" means you are sleeping with
someone! Another unusual phrase I've heard in Ithaca is the phrase
"taking" a magazine, meaning subscribing to it (as in "I take
Newsweek and National Geographic."). I'm enjoying the growing
collection......I'm sure I will think of more to add.
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My sister-in-law says "I'm going to do the "WERSH" (wash as in
laundry). My husband likes "picallily" on his hotdog rather than
pickle relish. If you're a Dubuquer, you play Euchre (card game).
Susie
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I've got some more interesting words for you from the interns at
Bozell, Salvati, Montgomery Sakoda in Costa Mesa California Mark
from Wisconsin-Bubbler is a water fountain, sucker instead of
lolliop, a cheese sandwich is a skimper Andrea from Delaware-To
"bag up" means to laugh, jimmies on ice cream cones, not sprinkles;
I've also heard people call a drawer a 'draw', subs are also called
hoagies When I was London, the bathroom was called simply toilet. A
bathroom meant you needed a bath or shower. Brad from Seattle-
tennis shoes instead of sneakers; dungarees instead of jeans Tony
from Chicago-washroom instead of bathroom Kristen from Connecticut-
highway instead of freeway; in Detroit it is called expressway
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Did anyone else notice that Colin referred to his 15 years old
*pupils*? It seems to me that this is an "older" term in the U.S.
and that we more often now refer to them as *students*. I often
refer to my *kids* and most usually address my class collectively
as *people*. On a one to one basis, if I do not use her/his name, I
will sometimes say "young man" or "young lady". I almost never use
"boys and girls", although I often hear my colleagues do so. I
teach 2nd grade and I am a California "native" but my colleagues
are from various parts of the U.S. I am curious as to whether any
area of the U.S. uses *pupil* -- perhaps on the East Coast/New
England? "Are we having fun yet?
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Hi! I've been talking to everyone who will listen about this "local
words" thing. It's fun and interesting as well as challenging. In
the past 50 years, I've lived in New York City (NY), Philadelphia
(PA), Burlington (IA), St. Louis County (MO), and Hampton (VA). I
know there are differences in languages in all of these areas, but
I can only come up with these few:
hoagies - Philadelphia... subs - New York
sacks - Burlington... bags - New York & Philly
cellars - Burlington... rathskellers - St. Louis
basements - New York.
A friend from South Carolina told me these:
tote (meaning to carry)
chunk (meaning to throw)
fetch (meaning to get)
poke (a bag in the mountains of S.C.).
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