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09-29-2010, 06:28 PM

#211

HisPatchwork

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'Monday week' means a week from the next monday.

09-29-2010, 06:47 PM

#212

wichypoo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts

I noticed a lot of differences in expressions depending where I lived.
In New York it's soda, in Ohio it's pop
In Ohio they say ink pen- can't wrap my brain around that b/c I don't know any other kind of pen, except an animal pen!
When I lived in Georgia, little kids would say "Tote me Mama", whereas my kids would say "Mommy, pick me up"
I love regional sayings!!

I also have no idea what "gits" are hahaha
If anyone can tell me about ink pen let me know! :D

Maybe it is because they use to use fountain pens. We say couch is WV. Pop for soft drinks, however my hubby say soda-pop. We call the electricy the power. We say shut the light off or cut the light off instead of turning it off.
Most kids here call their mother "mama" until middle school.
I love orgins of things so I'll be watching this thread. My grandma used to say day old biscuits were" harder than a brick bat" Now what does that mean?
Karen

09-29-2010, 08:33 PM

#213

butterflywing

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Originally Posted by Rhonda

Do you know why it was called an ice box? My mom was an antique dealer so I have seen the real ice boxes.

without reading ahead, i know why it's called an ice-box. we had one until i was five. if you lived in the country or had no electricity or were poor, you had an icebox instead of a refrigerator. i remember the iceman coming and you told him how much ice you wanted (say, a nickel's worth, or a dime's) and he would chip off exactly the right size piece. it went into the ice-box off to one side and your food into the other. the melting water drained into a pan underneath. sometimes, in the summer, the man gave you a little chip of ice to suck on.
ask your mom if that makes me an antique. :mrgreen:

09-29-2010, 08:36 PM

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Ditter43

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Originally Posted by Tallulah

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Originally Posted by Suzan Larrimore

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Originally Posted by katiebear1

I was born and raised in CO. and now live in KY. My Mom was born in WVA and lived in PA in her early adulthood. She had this saying Instead of saying"we need to tidy or straighten up the house "she would say we need to red up the house. Anyone else heard that?

Wow! I had forgotten that one. We red up the house all the time. We also picked up the floor.

Interesting. Totally new one to me. :)

I was just thinking about that expression today!! :D

09-29-2010, 09:02 PM

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Rntraveler

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Now, when I worked in NM last year (Roswell) the apt't there had "swamp coolers" instead of A/C... believe me, they were no competition for the A/C back home here in Alabamee...

09-29-2010, 09:17 PM

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Sew_Deer

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Originally Posted by kwiltkrazy

In our family, and extended, it's called a poda sop, has been since my youngest started talking, and the other children in the family call it that too, and the adults follow suit. We never say sofa, always couch. My Grandma always said AL(as in Al Rouker), mands, for almonds, no one can figure out where she got this. Other weird things said are: torlet toilet), chimley(chimney) and warsh(wash).

Oh Yeah, Warsh......even my kids as me to say that one so they can laugh at me in front of their friends.

09-29-2010, 11:03 PM

#217

zz-pd

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we have a coach, a davenport, or a sofa, just depends, I no what a ice box is Carrie :D my dad was from Arkiansaw. grits, I cant remember them all, greens,okra Yuk.. God bless.

09-30-2010, 03:00 AM

#218

quilter on the eastern edge

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Originally Posted by buffy2

Here in Nl. I am sitting on my Chesterfield drinking a soft drink
[coke], the stopper[cap] was hard to get off. It is raining cats and dogs now, when it gets colder I will wear me Vamps[ wool socks] outdoors [ outside]. Today I warshed me clothes and warshed the floors. Tomorrow I am not going to turn a flipper[Not going to do any work]
Growing up the " back bridge "was called "platform","over there
was "over der", "do you have any", was "have des got arn",and "over in a while" was "over bin by"
In the summer we have lots of nippers and have you ever fell in the stinging neddles.
It has been a great laugh reading all the sayings,

Thanks Rhonda .
Ada

Ha ha, Ada! Of course, here in town the "bridge" is the veranda. And we go "down to Labrador" when it is actually north of us.

09-30-2010, 06:41 AM

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rufus2

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On Sundays we would go to the local soda fountain and buy a "coffee cabinet". Any one know what that is? I was married and moved to Colorado before I knew is was a shake.

09-30-2010, 08:09 AM

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Central Ohio Quilter

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What do you call a meal where everyone who comes brings a prepared portion of the meal?

In upstate NY they were called "dish-to-pass" dinners. In Ohio no one ever heard of that term. They are called pot luck dinners, or covered dish dinners.

What do you call them?

This topic is so much fun and extremely interesting to read!