Originally Posted by Rhonda
When I was in jr. high we made up a survey and sent it out to differant schools around the US. This survey had questions pertaining to what words you used for say a sofa. Do you call it a sofa or a couch?
Or do you say pop or soda? or something else entirely?
My MIL was raised in the hills of Missouri in the 30's. She calls a recipe a receipt. This is a generational thing rather than a regional thing. But it is interesting to me to hear what words people use for things or phrases that are regional.
My DH uses his mom's phrase "It's raining like the gits" But noone knows what a gits is. Just something she picked up as a child.
She also says "Poking on the pounds" which puts a picture in my head of someone using their fingers to literally poke the fat into the their side!! Like applying the fat straight to my thighs instead of eating it! LOL
I would love to hear any phrases or words like this.
What do you call your couch? And is there a differance to you as to what constitutes a couch or a sofa?
I call a road that has small rock on it a gravel road. My DH calls it a rock road.
Do you have the idea? I would love to hear other's experiences with words!
My mom from East Texas had these and I catch myself saying the same thing.
Wanting a rinse on her hair was wrench,
Cooking pots were stewers
soft drinks were sody water
I'm a fixin to do that
I swannee was her favorite
And I ain't never heard such
flat as a flitter
dinner was middle of the day
supper at night
she put up the clothes after folding them, my LA friend said kept the clothes
I's a wander instead of wonder
mop your tracks out behind you when you leave, if you were mad and wasn't coming back
gather the eggs ,LA friend picked the eggs
tomaters
taters
Whoopee when she would get hot or sweating
and she lived on a dirt road
and the mail man was a mail carrier
pickup for truck
sour milk for buttermilk
icebox for refrigerator
cook stove for stove
zinc for sink
lard for grease and I could just go on and on, but that's enough for now