Is it a porch or a stoop?

What are your unusual or not-so-well-known local terms?
For instance -

In some parts of the country it's a porch, elsewhere it's a stoop.

A water fountain is called a Bubbler in Milwaukee.

Is it soda or pop?

Do you put it in a bag or a sack?

In NJ.......


- porch

- definitly not a bubbler

- soda

- doesn't matter (most of the time)





Now the real question is, how is 'water' pronounced?

I personally say it: 'wah' - 'ter', but others pronounce it 'would' - 'er'.


O'well. This is an interesting topic /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif

Definately a stoop ("stoep" in Dutch, nowadays mostly a pavement, not the "stairs" to appartment buildings I see in NY movies... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

How about Idea?
Ask someone from Maine 'I deer'

MN they borrow things to people. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Christo_pull_hair.gif

Heh...bubbler. Haven't heard that in years, except when I slip up and use the term. Then I get laughed at as I try to explain that it really is a valid term for those born and raised in Milwaukee!

My wife also says that my Milwaukee upbrining causes me to say "rum" instead of "rooooom" and "ruf" for "rooooof."

Now I live in Western NY where they drink pop and talk about the crik rising above flood stage. They also have this annoying way of saying "so doesn't he" to mean "he does as well." Picture it...
Me) Bob is stupid.
Them) So isn't Suzy.
Me) pot...kettle...what?

Still, this is better than Central PA where the crik freezes and gets "slippy" in the winter.

PhotonWrangler, this is an interesting topic for me; thanks for posting the question.

Generically speaking:
I don't understand why or how some people convert the letter "r" to "aw"; and "er" to"aw".

Example:
Instead of "Cuba", they say "Cubur".
Instead of "drawer", they say "drawau".

Another one hits closer to my home:
For "Missouri", some people say "Missour-ee", but others say "Missour-aw".

Some pronounce "wash" like "waush", others say "warsh":
I was raised in a family that pronounced it as "warsh", but as my education proceeded, I tried to convert to the proper pronunciation of all words. So, for me it is "waush". Basically, I have no accent. This was good for my earlier career in commercial radio broadcasting.

Chuck

I say Warsh, and I change the earl in my car every couple thousand miles. .

[ QUOTE ]
PhotonWrangler said:
What are your unusual or not-so-well-known local terms?
For instance -

In some parts of the country it's a porch, elsewhere it's a stoop.

A water fountain is called a Bubbler in Milwaukee.

Is it soda or pop?

Do you put it in a bag or a sack?

[/ QUOTE ]

Over in these neck of the woods it's -

Verandah

Water dispenser/cooler

Soft drink (gassy soft drink to be precise as there are non-gassy soft drinks as well)

Bag (usually plastic) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

In Georgiah, hehe... It seems that no matter what carbonated beverage you ask for, it usually called a "Coke". As in, "George, do want a Coke", and you hand him a Big K drink. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Totally genericized.
Just like Kleenex for any tissue paper, Scotch tape for any brand of adhesive tape, and Xerox for any photocopier.

For me, it's a porch, but I have heard stoop as well.

Also: water fountain, soda, and bag.

MaxaBaker: I've noticed that the closer I get to Philly, the more I hear "wood-er" instead of "what-er".

But to see the English language really get mangled, peruse this: http://www.coalregion.com/Speak/speakA.htm.

This accurately reflects how people talk where I grew up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Porch.
Fountain.
Pop.
Bag.

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

park in a driveway, drive in a parkway /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

what i think is the craziest, is all the apreviations and combining of words.

whatcha doin = what are you doing
ya'll = you all
youins = i dont know what the hell thats all about
dim dare = them there = those there
tiah = tire
mr - them are
mrtoo = those are too
you aunt too = you want to

no one pronouces the G at the end of ing words anymore.

Where I come from it's:

glove compartment
liquor store
phy-ed
pop
inSURance
Where are you?
You ate yet?

Where I live now it's:

glove box
package store
gym
soda
INsurance
Where y'at?
Y'et yet?

wtf... lol

liquir store = package store?

now thats just plain silly /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[ QUOTE ]
jtice said:

youins = i dont know what the hell thats all about


[/ QUOTE ]

Youins is a Tennessee thing. When I goto Tennessee with my Wife they all say that. I think it means you all.

Where I'm from "vehicle" is pronounced with very audible "h" like Vee-Hikel. I don't know how common that is, but that "h" was silent where I grew up.

OK,

Stoops are those stairs that have a small platform in front of the door, porches have extensions that allow you to put a chair or swing out there.

Plastic bag, paper sack.

Awl is what your car needs for lubrication, at least if you are from the south.

Vehicle always has an "h" unless you're from the south.

Water fountains.

Pop.

Youins has more to do with referring to a family or familiar group, when y'all can be everybody.

YMHADI! (YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION!)

Bill

I have a bag of pop on my porch next to the fountain. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Also in upstate NY you'll find old folks like me remember that a Spider can also be a large frying pan, usually about 3" deep and made of cast iron. Also, I remember that Spyders are convertable cars.

A Clothespress (or clothes press) can be an armoire (sp?), or a free-standing cupboard for hanging garments.

I, too (not "to" or "two," too -- here comes the train - HA!), want to beat people who say, "So aren't you/him/her/they."

This country should have no tax problems -- there must be a few million "g's" laying (and I'm not lying!) around, since no one uses them on the end of words anymore.

I'm speekeeng engrlish to be unnerstood, so youins gonna does it, arncha? Dat's more funner.

Knowi'msayin'?

American English is getting so bad that maybe it should be called the Mutha tongue. No matter where you go or to whom you speak (Ha!), the language is brutalized almost as bad as my speling, but I can forgive and forget bad spelling more easily.

(I'm a frustrated old fart with a linquistics minor)