The house keeper being a baker from NJ , introduced me to the" Jimmies" thing .
Tea pot or kettle :Shrug:
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The house keeper being a baker from NJ , introduced me to the" Jimmies" thing .
Tea pot or kettle :Shrug:
Minnesota:
Dinner = Lunch
I grew up in PA. Lived in TX and NM for many years prior to moving to MN in 1996. I learned right away that there are many different words in MN for things that the rest of the country calls something else. Carbonated soft drinks are Pop. Casseroles are Hot dish. Camper shell for your pickup is a topper. You bet and you betcha mean sure or yes. I now find myself using most of these terms. I still call lunch lunch.
My grandfather would always say:Sometimes life is like licking honey off a thorn .At least that's what I thought he said..I could never understand what he meant by that when I asked him. What with his damage tongue?
[quote=56elwood;415079]i hate that one too!
Boston: Rest of world:
[b]rotary roundabout[/b]
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[b]rotary - roundabout - traffic circle
citizens from louisiana pronounced lewz-ee-anna
everyone else leweeze-ee-anna[/b]
New Jersey.... The Jug Handle....And i can't Splane it to anyone, Its a Jersey thing.:gah:
But i'll try, To make a left turn at Some intersection's, Right turn' Right turn..
If you want to make a ''U'' Turn ;Right turn' Right turn' Left turn.....Clear as mud....:confused:
When I was in college in the 70's there was a guy that lived on floor below us in the dorm. He only stayed a semester and I didn't know him very well, but he was from out east somewhere. He sounded a bit like he was from New Jersey, but not quite compared the the 2 others I knew from there. More than his accent, it was the way he put his sentences together was interesting. The one I remember most was. "I went to the closet, and there they were. My boots. Both of them. Gone!"
I've always wondered where he was from that folks spoke like that.
[QUOTE=Ozarkryder;415157]When I was in college in the 70's there was a guy that lived on floor below us in the dorm. He only stayed a semester and I didn't know him very well, but he was from out east somewhere. He sounded a bit like he was from New Jersey, but not quite compared the the 2 others I knew from there. More than his accent, it was the way he put his sentences together was interesting. The one I remember most was. "I went to the closet, and there they were. My boots. Both of them. Gone!"
I've always wondered where he was from that folks spoke like that.
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Sounds like he was from Jersey... :D
But sometimes its not what you hear, But its what you think you heard ' That you didn't hear' That you thought you heard....:xzqxz:
This is another one of those North Dakota things verses out East or California:
Stock market: out East or California the Dow Jones or New York Stock Exchange, North Dakota it's the cattle and hog prices.
When I moved from Chicago to N. Central Arkansas, (Yes, I'm a Damn Yankee too.) I was confused by "don't care to". Here it means "I don't mind helping" as in I don't care to pick you up from work.