you talk funny

[emmasmommy]

what're some words you use that aren't 'normal?' i guess a better question would be, what do you say that is location specific?

the first time i hear someone call a cart a buggy or a water fountain a bubbler, i was just flabberghasted. LOL

i've lived in IL forever so i KNOW i say weird things

[Traci Reed]

I do the California "dude" a lot.

[emmasmommy]

i have very harsh a's...certain words like, coffee, sound like 'cawfee'.....i say sausage funny too.

[Jenn Barrette]

I grew up in Windsor, Ontario which is a part of Canada that is a bit Americanized. So, it is funny because my very Canadian friends say I have a bit of an American accent, but my American friends say I sound very Canadian. I also have a habit of doing strange voices and have a very "Adam Sandler" like voices/humour so...ya I am a weirdo.

[DawnMarch]

One here in AZ is that we call dust storms "haboobs". I think people just like using the word.

[jacinda]

I'm thinkin' with my accent anything I say would sound strange to you guys. We call flip flops "jandals", swim suits "togs", and french fries "chips". I think it's a case of you don't know you say things different until someone brings your attention to it, too.

[taracotta7]

I love how every region has a way of saying soda/pop/coke.....I say coke. Seriously.....this convo can happen in Oklahoma:
"Can I get a you a coke?"
"Sure!"
"what kind do you want?"
"Sprite please"

Honest to God. Coke doesn't mean coke, it just means soda. lol

[Milmomma]

I say yall, but don't think I'm bad. I get a kick out of the Aussies.... wankers. :)

[Milmomma]

I love how every region has a way of saying soda/pop/coke.....I say coke. Seriously.....this convo can happen in Oklahoma:
"Can I get a you a coke?"
"Sure!"
"what kind do you want?"
"Sprite please"

Honest to God. Coke doesn't mean coke, it just means soda. lol

Grew up with it like this. :)

[emmasmommy]

i say pop. soda sounds too formal...and well, it's not ALL coke :p

[jacinda]

Anything carbonated is called a fizzy drink here. I don't think our kids even know what soda or pop is.

[k23m]

It's pop here too. Coke is Coke! :)

Something region specific here is bunnyhug. Its a hooded sweatshirt/hoody. Even in Ontario people look at me funny when I said that!

[Milmomma]

I've never heard of a bunnyhug. A hoodie is a sweatshirt with a hood, otherwise its just a sweatshirt.

Oh and in my house if you ask for tea its always super super sweet tea.

[Traci Reed]

Dude, I don't get the coke thing.

"What would you like to drink?"

"Sprite please"


^^^^ SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT

[SeattleSheri]

Dude, I don't get the coke thing.

"What would you like to drink?"

"Sprite please"


^^^^ SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT
Yes, I totally agree!

I can't think of anything unique I say, but I work with a lot of people throughout the country and it always cracks me up when they pronounce Oregon ... or-a-gon or Washington ... warshington.

[Milmomma]

"What would you like to drink?"

"H2o, no fruit."

I said this last time I was in a restaurant and the lady looked at me like I had 3 heads. When did people not learn that H2o was water and I don't like the lemon/lime in it.
But they understand the coke thing. :(

[sczos911]

Hey! We have bubblers up here. :) A fountain is a decorative thing in a park or fancy hotel. :)
It's soda.

I say "melk" not milk.

And one that gets my husband - "I have to unthaw the meat from the freezer". I've always said unthaw. Totally not right...

I am SURE I sound very much like the people in Fargo to a lot of you.

[Andrea Gourley]

Well I'm English :) ... You all say the wrong things anyway :p:p

[Lyd]

I'm sure I have things but I don't know what they are. My hubby says crayowns for crayons. It kinda bugs me and now my kids are starting to say it that way. Lol.

[marlathrall]

Anything carbonated is called a fizzy drink here. I don't think our kids even know what soda or pop is.

You have a SEXY accent. lol.

Over Thanksgiving, I told my husband we couldn't move overseas because the men's accents are too sexy. He thought I was crazy, but my mom agreed. lol.

[Libby Pritchett]

I'm sure I have things but I don't know what they are. My hubby says crayowns for crayons. It kinda bugs me and now my kids are starting to say it that way. Lol.

LOL My oldest daughter, age 14, to this day says "crowns" for crayons. I have NO idea where she gets it.

[Libby Pritchett]

"What would you like to drink?"

"H2o, no fruit."

I said this last time I was in a restaurant and the lady looked at me like I had 3 heads. When did people not learn that H2o was water and I don't like the lemon/lime in it.
But they understand the coke thing. :(

HA!!! I hate lemon in my water, too, but they always bring it anyway. Maybe I should start asking your way to see if it makes an impact. LOL

[Libby Pritchett]

Oh, and I say soda. I'm honestly not sure what other people here call it. My family always called it pop, but that word was always so weird to me. So, it's been soda as long as I can remember.

Jeff & I just had a big debate about this... is it paJAMas ("jam" as in toast & jam) or pa-JAH-mas (rhymes with drama)? He makes fun of me for saying pa-jah-mas and says I sound hoity toity. LOL

[glumirk]

I'm from AZ, and now live in NH. There are a lot of fun differences.

Water fountain/bubbler (bubbluh)
Shopping cart and stroller/carriage
dresser/chest of draws or bureau
draw with a pencil/drawer with a pencil
pink (i pronounced like you say the letter e)/pink (i pronounced like pig)

[glumirk]

oh, and my son totally calls them "crowns". My mom says "crans" and I think I say "crayons", but I got accused of saying "crowns" yesterday.

[Keely~B]

If it's carbonated it's Coke, you just specify the flavor ;)

I swear I don't have an accent, nor am I a cowgirl or southern peach, but I do say ya'll ( I say dude a lot too)

My mom has the weirdest pronunciations though. She says material ma-TUR-ial and cereal SURial o_O ?! I also ask if she wants to go to EYEtaly because she says EYEtalian food :P

[MamaBee]

Hey! We have bubblers up here. :) A fountain is a decorative thing in a park or fancy hotel. :)
It's soda.

I say "melk" not milk.

And one that gets my husband - "I have to unthaw the meat from the freezer". I've always said unthaw. Totally not right...

I am SURE I sound very much like the people in Fargo to a lot of you.


bwahahaha - I've been sitting here for a few minutes thinking, "what is wrong with unthaw? what else would you say?..." hahahah!! But them - I'm a Wisconsinite, too!

I say bubbler - totally got laughed at from a guy from Atlanta when I began working - and he made fun of me saying "Stop and Go" lights instead of stop lights.

I say soda pop... and then it's "PepsiorCoke" or my son will say "white" for spirit - that is just "his" 5 year old thing...

I say "yeah" a lot... the "yeah" is very nasal...

[nikkiARNGwife]

Way too many to list I'm sure...

yeah all carbonated drinks are Coke...you just have to specify what kind of coke you want..and no Pepsi doesn't count at all.

I'm very good at making most one syllable words sound like they have two..."hey-ey" "wh-at" "no-ah"

2 people in room is "y'all" 2 or more people is "all y'all"

In the South most adults I know still call their parents Mama and Daddy...my parents wouldn't know who I was talking about if I said Mom and Dad.

And I'm always "fixin to get up and go fix some supper"

If it's not in the room with me then it's "in yunder" no matter what other room "yunder" may be.

We use the word "reckon" a lot..."I reckon I better get up and go in yunder and fix some supper" :)

I could go on and on lol

[maryinaz]

When I moved to AZ and heard people say "do you want to go with?'" or "are you going with?" And I'm like "with WHOoooo???" Drove me bonkers. Of course, now I say it. :huh:

And yeah, growing up in Missouri all soda-pop was Coke and at college in Kansas, we went on Coke dates.

When I met my husband he said "clow-set" for "closet" because his mom did. I made enough fun of him that he stopped. He still says "tore" for "tour" which I think is silly too.

I never even heard a dust storm called a "haboob" until 2 summers ago when we had that huge one. And I've been here almost 30 years. I still call them dust storms.

[Libby Pritchett]

2 people in room is "y'all" 2 or more people is "all y'all"



HA! I had to give Jeff this EXACT lesson the first time he met my family. Every once in a while, I'll say, "What do you call 2 people? What if it's more than 2?" LOL

[MommaTrish]

I don't talk funny in the least bit
. :p

[MommaTrish]

I will own up to still saying momma and daddy.

[krystalhartley]

Native Texan here.

When I was in 4th grade my mother made fun of me...my high-pitched, heavy Texan drawl...even though she was born and raised in East Texas (hickville).

So, I changed.

I used to say Coke, Mama/Daddy, fixin' to, y'all and more. But I was sooooo upset at being made fun of, that I changed the tone of my voice and switched to soda, mom/dad, about to, and you guys. While I understand native Texan, I haven't spoken that way in well over 2 decades. When I went to BYU (Utah), my sister came to visit and everybody gushed over her sweet southern drawl and asked why I didn't have one. Go figure.

[lovely1m]

Hey! We have bubblers up here. :) A fountain is a decorative thing in a park or fancy hotel. :)
It's soda.

I say "melk" not milk.

And one that gets my husband - "I have to unthaw the meat from the freezer". I've always said unthaw. Totally not right...

I am SURE I sound very much like the people in Fargo to a lot of you.

I live in fargo. We don't sound like that either.

[mariewilcox]

Up here we use reckon a lot too.

A word that is specific to our state (at least in my experience) is wicked. Everything is wicked good, wicked bad, wicked awesome, wicked sad, he was wicked mad, etc.

[carriesmom]

LOL My oldest daughter, age 14, to this day says "crowns" for crayons. I have NO idea where she gets it.

Libby, I do the exact same thing. I have done it since I was little. To this day, I have to say crayons like Forrest Gump to get it right.

I say Coke for everything when asking someone if they want a drink but if in a restaurant you Coke is the brown colored soda.

I grew up in TX, live in AZ and spent 3 years in Boston, MA, I swear I have heard it all!

[navaja77]

When I moved to AZ and heard people say "do you want to go with?'" or "are you going with?" And I'm like "with WHOoooo???" Drove me bonkers. Of course, now I say it. :huh:

I grew up in AZ and never heard that! lol

[navaja77]

I grew up with lots of sayings that no one but the peeps on the navajo reservation get lol

We point with our lips. Seriously, I even catch myself doing that. We'll be talking and then pointing with our lips to show the other person someone or something over there. I try really hard not to let that slip since I don't live on the reservation now.

Oh, and my DH pointed out to me that my family and I (and basically all navajos) always say "I feel somehow" when we don't feel good lol

[eranslow]

So I'm at work and shouldn't be on - but when I lived in CA I noticed the term "hella" and "hecka" being used quite a bit. And when I first met my husband we would tease him about the way he said ten - the way he said it sounded like tin. :)

[YepBrook]

Pe-CAN... not pe-CAH-n
Shut the light
Soda (not coke, not pop... everything is soda)
Swim trunks or Bathing Suit (instead of swimsuit)

DH says "crown" instead of crayon and PIN instead of Pen. :p Those always make me scratch my head. ;)

[nesser1981]

I grew up in Windsor, Ontario which is a part of Canada that is a bit Americanized. So, it is funny because my very Canadian friends say I have a bit of an American accent, but my American friends say I sound very Canadian. I also have a habit of doing strange voices and have a very "Adam Sandler" like voices/humour so...ya I am a weirdo.

Next time you are in Windsor, let me know! We're only about an hour and a half from there.

[nesser1981]

Lots of things being southern, lol. Awallgo,instead of a while a go. Afterwhile, i say that a lot, like instead of after a little while. Y'all, yonder, youngins, britches, i use to say buggy, dh makes fun of me, i'm sure there are tons of other things.

Phrases too, for example, when the kids are being bad, i say they are showing there butts, i've had friends say they actually thought the kids were mooning people, lol.

[nesser1981]

Oh, and I say soda. I'm honestly not sure what other people here call it. My family always called it pop, but that word was always so weird to me. So, it's been soda as long as I can remember.

Jeff & I just had a big debate about this... is it paJAMas ("jam" as in toast & jam) or pa-JAH-mas (rhymes with drama)? He makes fun of me for saying pa-jah-mas and says I sound hoity toity. LOL

pa Jam as.

I say soda, but picked that up while in the service. Its pop in Michigan, but i refuse to call it pop. At home it was a Drank, not coke, soda, drink, pop. Lol.

[CA Dreamer]

I say 'totally' a lot. But I grew up talking 'valley girl'... hopefully, that is all that is left of THAT period!

My parents are from Hawaii and my mom says "closet" pronounced, "clowzet" and says "daughter" as "dorter".

Along these same lines, when I was traveling for work a long time ago(from CA to CT) for training and in the cafeteria, I ordered a sandwich. She asked me what kind of bread and I replied, "sourdough"... to which she informed me that they didn't have any... and then asked me what kind of cheese and I told her,"Monterey Jack". She laughed so hard at my order and asked me if I was from CA.... I was like.... um.. yes... does it show?!?!?!?! :D

[kscwgirl]

i have very harsh a's...certain words like, coffee, sound like 'cawfee'.....i say sausage funny too.

Hmm. I don't think you say coffee funny.

[kscwgirl]

I can't think of something I say funny but I'm sure I do. Jeff says warsh instead of wash which makes me insane.

[KristinCB]

I can't think of anything funny that I say.. honest LOL

[SeattleSheri]

I have never heard the term unthawed before!

[emmasmommy]

they're pj's or jammies :p

[BrattyMeg]

I have picked up a slight southern accent and when i get excited or talk fast I have a slight lisp soooo sometimes things sound quite hilarious

[emmasmommy]

I have picked up a slight southern accent and when i get excited or talk fast I have a slight lisp soooo sometimes things sound quite hilarious

i've heard you have more than a 'slight' southern accent :p

[MommaTrish]

oh, and my son totally calls them "crowns". My mom says "crans" and I think I say "crayons", but I got accused of saying "crowns" yesterday.

mwuhahaha!
I say "crowns" for crayons also. I think "cray-on" sounds so stupid.

[MommaTrish]

k... after actually reading through all these, I still say I don't talk funny, but then come on, I sound fine to me. lol
HOWEVER.
pen/pin are/our/hour any word sets like those - they sound the same. I drop most of my g's. my "th" says "duh." A lot of words are run-ons. Such as "whatcha" "fix'in" "lemme" "how'ya" and so on. Actually I mumble and my words all run together often. The more excited or nervous or angry or well anything I get the more it happens. People love to make fun of how I talk. :p Thus my continual denial of my funny talking.

[misfitinmn]

they're pj's or jammies :p

This is all I could think the whole time I was reading this thread...I'm glad you said it! We totally call them jammies. Solves the pronunciation problem altogether. :)

[carriesmom]

Yes they are jammies, or if I am really crazy-- jim jams.

[jacinda]

We pronounce it JAH-mies or p-JAH-mas.

[Traci Reed]

I say 'totally' a lot. But I grew up talking 'valley girl'... hopefully, that is all that is left of THAT period!

My parents are from Hawaii and my mom says "closet" pronounced, "clowzet" and says "daughter" as "dorter".

Along these same lines, when I was traveling for work a long time ago(from CA to CT) for training and in the cafeteria, I ordered a sandwich. She asked me what kind of bread and I replied, "sourdough"... to which she informed me that they didn't have any... and then asked me what kind of cheese and I told her,"Monterey Jack". She laughed so hard at my order and asked me if I was from CA.... I was like.... um.. yes... does it show?!?!?!?! :D

Must not have been a very good sandwich line up!

[Julie Billingsley]

My parents are both from Illinois, but I was raised in California, so I have some mid-west and some Cali jargon still in my everyday speech.

I have for the most part killed off my Valley Girl talk.... but I will once in a while still say "like I'm so sure" in disbelief of something and still say "like" more than I should. But "gag me with a spoon" is forever banished from my speech. :P

I do call soft drinks pop. My husband who is from North Dakota says soda.

My husband is from North Dakota/Minnesota area, so he has lots of charming sayings. I can only think of a couple right now though.
uff da!
Stick a fork in me
Oh for cute
everything is a "hot dish" not a casserole

[LJSDesigns]

I'm pretty weird in that I make up words to avoid cussing, so I will say things like "son of a duck and pig" or "what the hooey," or my favorite, "suck wad woobie head." What I find even more interesting is that after a while, the people around me use my weird phrases too. I guess insanity is contagious.

Oh and I say britches for pants and it makes my son so mad that I say it every chance I get. LOL

[pewtertm]

I love how every region has a way of saying soda/pop/coke.....I say coke. Seriously.....this convo can happen in Oklahoma:
"Can I get a you a coke?"
"Sure!"
"what kind do you want?"
"Sprite please"

Honest to God. Coke doesn't mean coke, it just means soda. lol


LOL that's pretty much Texas too, although we never included the Sprite/7-Ups with Coke. DH calls it pop and I find that annoying...soda I don't mind. :D

[BrattyMeg]

We do the what kind of coke do you want here too :)

and Laura..pfft

[lovely1m]

I do call soft drinks pop. My husband who is from North Dakota says soda.

My husband is from North Dakota/Minnesota area, so he has lots of charming sayings. I can only think of a couple right now though.
uff da!
Stick a fork in me
Oh for cute
everything is a "hot dish" not a casserole

That's funny that he says soda cause I get teased for saying. Everyone says pop. I don't say any of his phrases but I have heard them in small towns around here.

[littlekiwi]

I think it's a case of you don't know you say things different until someone brings your attention to it, too.

I agree - many years ago I was camping in Oregon I think it was and I said oh where is the rubbish bin and got a strange look, only then did I realize I need to say trash can.

[nikkiARNGwife]

We say "britches" for pants, and "buggies" for shopping carts. We have 3 meals a day - breakfast, dinner and supper. Lunch if it's just like a sandwich.

We "tote" things instead of carrying them.

We "mash" buttons instead of pushing them.

"sugar" can mean that sweet white stuff or it can be sweet kisses

When we get angry we get "riled up"

When we have some good gossip to share it's usually started with "I hear tell"

[lightwriter]

Working at Zion National Park and driving a shuttle bus, I listen to people all day long. One thing I find funny is how people say Zion. It is pronounced Zi-n - forget about the o. People from up north (Salt Lake/Wasatch Front) call it Zi-ns with an "s". Zions is a bank here in Utah not a National Park. People from every where else call it Zi-On really pronouncing the "on".

[pewtertm]

LOL I love the differences in British English and American English.

Rachel has watched Peppa Pig for so long that she asks for ice lollies...the first time she did that I was like 'whaaaat?' before it dawned on me that she wanted a popsicle.
And then there was the time I was on my HS graduation trip with a few girlfriends and this guy from Yorkshire kept flirting with me at the hotel pool. I enjoyed the attention but nearly choked when he asked if he could come knock me up later. Imagine his mortification when it was explained to him what that means here in the US. LOL

[Tree City]

I live in TX but I'm from Michigan. I say "pop" and they LAUGH at me here. :) But I laugh (in my head, not out loud, of course!) when someone says "Would you like a Coke?" No, it's pop: COKE is a type of pop. ;) So if I want a coke, do I say "Coke Coke"??? lol

My MIL says "somethint" (With a very noticeable "INT" sound instead of an "ING" sound). It drives. Me. NUTS! DH used to say it but I've gotten him to stop, thank goodness; I didn't want our kids to say it. IDK why she says it that way. She's from the east side of MI. I'm from the West side and we do NOT say it that way lol.

[jessica31876]

I grew up in central Florida....in a rural area so while *I* think I lack an accent when Ive talked to friends in the northeast like Jersey and Massachusetts they swear I do.

When someone asks how far away something is I answer in minutes not miles and something is always just down the road...even when it is miles a way.

I say yall and fixin' to and apparently cannot say oil or tire according to my husband who is from Jersey. But all of thta is normal around here and unless you talk to someone else who does not live in the same area you dont notice the slight differences in speech.

[Laura_A]

I love how every region has a way of saying soda/pop/coke.....I say coke. Seriously.....this convo can happen in Oklahoma:
"Can I get a you a coke?"
"Sure!"
"what kind do you want?"
"Sprite please"

Honest to God. Coke doesn't mean coke, it just means soda. lol

That's a southern thing too. I was so confused the 1st time I ordered a "soda" in Louisiana. lol

[nesser1981]

I'm bad to add 'a's to everything. Window is a winda, yellow is yella. My BF's name is Jolene, I call her Jolena. I've lost a lot of my accent, but to people in MI they hear it.

[digideb]

Can I just say I love my southern gals! :)
Everything is coke! Sprite, Mt. Dew, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, CocaCola (but, here, ya leave out the ca, so it's really CoCola)
I'm with Nikki on a lot of these.
I still call my parents Mama & Daddy!
I say "fixin'" a lot! Instead of about to.
Y'all & all y'all. & plural would be y'all's or all y'all's! Yes, 2 apostrophes! :)
We push buggies, not carts.
When we take someone somewhere, we carry them!
We cut out/on the lights.
Everyone is "honey", "sweetie", or "darlin"!
& I'm sure there are plenty more! :)

[emmasmommy]

i want a southern accent. bad. it just makes everything sound sweet and sugary...even when it's not ;)

[TheHybridMess]

I'm from South Africa, so there are number of differences

Here are a few
Shopping Cart - Trolley
Swimsuit - Costume or cossie
Soda - Fizzy Drink
Wallet - Purse
Purse - Handbag
Stroller - Pram

My aunt call any clothing item on top a sweater,
Tshirt= Shortsleeved sweater
Vest= Sleeveless Sweater
a sweater however is called a jersey

Here we say paJAHmas or Jaymees

Some uniquely South African ones: Lekker which means nice or good.
BBQ is a braai
Eish = A more polite way of saying OMG.

[nesser1981]

i want a southern accent. bad. it just makes everything sound sweet and sugary...even when it's not ;)

I had one of my Airmen tell me that one time when I was still in the service. I was yelling at them for something and he told me, I was really scared, because you looked really mad, but you didn't sound mad because of your accent! LOL!

[digideb]

Chantal reminded me of one. I don't say purse or handbag. It's a pocketbook!

[nikkiARNGwife]

Oh an another one...we say "nekkid" instead of "naked"...

And I use the word "butt" combined with other words as a term of endearment...my DD is "Sugar Butt"..my dog is "Booger Butt" etc :)

[NatalieKW]

LOL My oldest daughter, age 14, to this day says "crowns" for crayons. I have NO idea where she gets it.

Yep...I totally do this and I'm 28! :) I say quite a few words wrong though.

[Julie Billingsley]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?

[BrattyMeg]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?

yep lol

[KristinCB]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?

I'm going to link to this.. kim showed it to me the other month a lot of it sorta was over my head since i'm obviously very far from the south and knowing how southern women talk but i'm sure several will get a kick out of it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUFL2GT1-2g

(oh and some not so appropriate language so no watching around kiddos)

[nesser1981]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?

LOL! Yes, we say that. LOL!

[nesser1981]

I'm going to link to this.. kim showed it to me the other month a lot of it sorta was over my head since i'm obviously very far from the south and knowing how southern women talk but i'm sure several will get a kick out of it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUFL2GT1-2g

(oh and some not so appropriate language so no watching around kiddos)

LOL! I don't say dern.

[lovely1m]

LOL I love the differences in British English and American English.

Rachel has watched Peppa Pig for so long that she asks for ice lollies...the first time she did that I was like 'whaaaat?' before it dawned on me that she wanted a popsicle.
And then there was the time I was on my HS graduation trip with a few girlfriends and this guy from Yorkshire kept flirting with me at the hotel pool. I enjoyed the attention but nearly choked when he asked if he could come knock me up later. Imagine his mortification when it was explained to him what that means here in the US. LOL

My Nicholas watches lots of British cartoons too and will thus use lots if British words. I have to tell him all the time, that's not what we call it in America! Lol

[digideb]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?
Yes, ma'am! :)

And I use the word "butt" combined with other words as a term of endearment...my DD is "Sugar Butt"..my dog is "Booger Butt" etc :)
I absolutely do this!! And we call our dog "Booger Butt"!!! LOL

[Tronesia]

I haven't heard any of the Southern girls say this yet, probably because you all are way to nice to do this...but my ex-motherinlaw would say mean things and then tack on "bless her heart" at the end, as if to soften what she said. Like, "She is uglier than sin, bless her heart." :blink:

Am I right Southern girls? People say that in the South don't they?

Lol!! This is definitely true!

The first thing I can think of that I say is Walmart sounds like Wall-MOD when I say it. My dad always gets on me about that. I tend to say 'I reckon' a lot when someone asks my opinion and I can't think of an answer...lol!

Ohh that video, Kristin...lol!!!! I have to bookmark that! :D

[Tree City]

OK, I've got one but I'm going to apologize in advance if it offends you: here in TX, the kids say "I gotta go tee tee!" I had NO IDEA what DD meant the first time she said that. But I figured it out since she was jumping in place rotfl. Back in MI, I've only heard parents/kids say "I gotta go potty" or "go peepee." DD's first preschool teacher was from TX, so I assume that's where DD picked it up. I asked her "What is 'tee tee'?" and she just looked at me and said "It's a different kind of pee pee." LOL!
That was the first time I noticed DD was becoming a Texan. She tells me she's a Michigander, but I tell you what: she's picking up the lingo here. ;) The first time she says "I'm fixin' ta" I might just cry. LOL! And if we stay here much longer, DD is gonna laugh at me when I say "pop." She says "soda," which is weird for 2 reasons: 1. that's not what people say here OR what DH and I call it and 2. we don't keep POP in the house and she doesn't ever drink it. So where did she hear the word soda?!

Oh, another difference: some (not all) native Houstonians pronounce the word "bayou" as "bah-yohh." I say "bye-you." The first time I heard someone with a very strong Southern drawl say "bayou," I didn't know what they'd said lol! And I'm sure my nasally Michigander voice drove them nuts. But at least they didn't say "Oh, bless your Northern heart." LOL!

[carrie1977]

I'm sure I have things but I don't know what they are. My hubby says crayowns for crayons. It kinda bugs me and now my kids are starting to say it that way. Lol.

This made me giggle because my SIL says "crowns" for crayons. Even my little nephew makes fun of her and corrects the way she says it.

[nikkiARNGwife]

We don't even call them crayons...they're called "colors"..you color in your coloring book with colors lol

And we do call it "tee-tee" too :)

and another yes for the "bless her heart" thing....so true lol

[maryinaz]

I say "colors" for crayons too. Always have. :)

Does anyone have talk-to-text on your phones? It's funny what it picks up if I don't enunciate well. I've had a couple of one syllable words turn into two and I'm not even Southern. ;)

[jessica31876]

My in-laws call the sink a zink and crayons are crowns. They lived up north in Baltimore and Atlantic City. So I just assumed that is where it came from. My husband is funny cause he has the southern lingo but it often comes with a northern accent. Although his is really slight not nearly as bad as his parents or his oldest brother.