This thread is just what I needed! Something fun and enjoyable to reflect upon! A sort of walk down Memory Lane topic.
I haven't been able to find out what happened to my original entry, but nevertheless, here it is again for the second time.
Couch - never sofa or Davenport
Fridge - not refrigerator
Pop for soda
Skiff or dusting of snow
Chocolate bar - never candy bar
Washing or laundry, and when I hang it on the line, clothesline, never "washline" (like my mom calls it)
Supper - last meal of the day
Washing machine - seldom say "washer"
Coffee - not java, mud, or a cuppa-a
Spanking, spankin', or a paddling - not "lickin" like my mom used to say, and boy did we used to get some bad ones
Breckie - rather then breakfast
Cigarettes - not smokes
When I put out a cigarette, I butt it, not stub it
I take a drag from my cigarette
Panties or underpants - very seldom "underwear"
Rubber sheets (baby's crib) - not "waterproof" or "plastic sheets" as my SIL calls them
It was always cloth diapers in our home, and over top of the diapers went "rubber pants", not plastic pants
Diaper pins or safety pins - I say either/or, even though each are different
Diaper pail - not diaper bucket
Tea-Towel - not dish-towel
Dish-cloth - not dish-rag
Wipers - are household dusting/cleaning cloths
When it's raining hard out, I usually say pouring
TV - for television
Pasta - for all types other than spaghetti, which I'm always specific about
In the Springtime, we "turn" the garden - not till it
When my back aches after gardening, I often say, oh, my poor back is killing me
Starving - for when I'm hungry, though my mom used to tell us kids, none of you are starving. LOL!
Supermarket or shopping - not grocery shopping. Sometimes I'll say, I'm going to get groceries
Pants or slacks - never jeans (even though I don't wear jeans)
Soother - never pacifier. My kids always had soothers
Ginchor gaunch - for underpants when my sons were little
My mom says diapers, when she's referring to cloth diapers, and Pampers, for disposables (doesn't matter what brand)
Phone for telephone
When I need to go the bathroom, I say "bathroom", not washroom
My husband takes a dip or swim, not a bath. LOL!
When my kids were babies and needed changing, I'd often say, let's change your pants, not diapers
Training pants - for those thick padded toilet training panties we used to use when training our kids to go potty. My mom calls them soakers