Local words and phrases

[Bubber]

Well at my new job I work with a good o'l boy from Tennessee. He has this drawl to his speech and it got me to thinking (ya I know that could be dangerous). Where ever we live we all have local words or phrases that we use and repeat often.

 

Here is scandihovian country UFTDA is used alot by them there Norskies. It don't really mean anything it is used just to take up space when replying to someone that said somthing shocking. LIKE IN:

 

Did ya hear about Mrs Yohnson her daughter ran off with the baker's son......

REPLY: UFTDA, I didn't know that Sven

 

So do you have any of these local words to share?

How about: He ain't worth a lick! What the heck is a lick anyway?

 

So give your word and tell what the heck it means if anything.

 

Yes I am bored Martha. I am sitting here waiting for my daughter and family to drive in from Madison WI.

 

I know Boomer has a few from out in Connecticut way or from Louisiana bayou.

 

Well I am waiting!!!!!!!! :dancefool:

 

[dingy]

Ya know what I mean, like, I know what ya mean bro.

[eusa1]

when i was down in texas, i was asked by one of the locals..

 

{hey wudja carry me down to the sevn levin?}

 

and my reply was what the hellrya saying?

 

come to find out .. he wanted me to give him a ride to the seven eleven market

 

like what the heck?? i'm no pack mule!! i' not gonna carry ya no place.

 

hope this helps..mike

[Nighthawk II]

Geeatchet, Doyeonto.---Did you eat yet? Do you want to?

Yonder ---as in It's over "there".

Aint ---Aunt

Y'all ---You all

Lemeno ---Let me know

 

What else yeonta no?

[friesman]

So just what do you want from us Canadians, EH! ? lol

 

I think I am going out fishing tomorrow for some of those slough sharks (northern pikes).

 

Brian

[Owen]

I lived in Maine for a number of years. Two of the phrases from there were, 'Come knock me up sometime' (Come knock on my door for a visit). And 'wait a minute wipers' (automotive delayed wipers).

[scotty]

well here is one that is very local.

"The graders are winging up!"

 

Out in the country they use graders to plow the snow off the gravel roads. The graders have a 6 foot blade attached to the right side called a 'wing', used to push the snow back into the ditch. When you get a lot of snow the grader can't push the snow out any more so they raise the wing up and push it up and over the snow bank.

Basically it means the snow banks on the side of the road are in excess of 6 feet high.

 

Its been a few years since they have been winging up around here.

[eazyduzzit]

Here in the hills of East Tennessee some of the good ole boys say

 

"youins" as in "Do youins need anything?"

We supposedly say "y'all", but I've never heard a true East Tennesseean say y'all.

 

"Throw'd" As in "I throw'd a plastic worm all day around the points and didn't ketch a thang"

 

"Know'd" As in "I know'd that boy'd never amount to nuthin"

 

"Poke" meaning bag like "A pig in a poke"

 

"Ortn't to" meaning ought not, as in "She ortn't to let them kids play out in the street like that"

 

Most East Tennesseeans never pronounce the O in words ending in ow, so window is pronounced winda and pillow is pronounced pilla.

[oldgoat]

oh come on bubber you from minneota. answer

yabetcha

[Yammer Dan]

When I hear We'uns and you'ns I know I ain't South of the Mason Dixon anymore!!

[KeithR]

I'm a Newfoundlander and I don't think Don's server could handle all the slang/sayings from here !

 

Here are a few!

 

Keith

 

Arse foremost - (Backwards.)

 

I'll be over now, d'once - (I will be there soon.)

 

Now luh, da arse is gone right out of er - (The economy is facing hard times!)

 

Stay where your at and I'll come where your to - (Stay put until I get there!)

 

Ya gat da face only a mutter could luv - (You got the face only a mother could love, in other words, ugly!)

 

My 'ead feels right logy after the "time" last night - (Someone is suffering from a hangover, their head is heavy after the party last night!)

 

Where you 'longs to? - (Where are you from?)

[Irene]

Most of my kin live in southeastern Ky. Went to my grandmothers funeral a few years ago. My sister and I were talking to one of our cousins, we had not seen him or his brothers and sisters since they were youngsters. So naturally we filled each other in on our children and their ages. One of my cousins was telling the age of his sisters kids and he turned and called to her and said Elsie is Annie your least 'un? Meaning is Annie your youngest? I thought my sister was going to wet her pants because she was laughing so hard.

[bongobobny]

Buffalo is the home of the word "Jeet?" As a youngster, whenever I would visit a friend's house, their mother would always greet me with that word, as was the custom whenever guests would enter. It was a question and an invitation to dine with them. Translation, "Did you eat yet?"

 

When I lived in Philladelphia, and hung around the Pennsylvania Dutch area, I heard a lot of interestrin phrases. One of the most memorable was at bedtime, you would "Outen the light."

 

Buffalo has many ethnic areas, such as the Polish area, where phrases such as "Hey Stella, throw the baby down the stairs a bottle" and "Walk down the street side by each" and many more...

[BIG TOM]

Buffalo is the home of the word "Jeet?" As a youngster, whenever I would visit a friend's house, their mother would always greet me with that word, as was the custom whenever guests would enter. It was a question and an invitation to dine with them. Translation, "Did you eat yet?"

 

When I lived in Philladelphia, and hung around the Pennsylvania Dutch area, I heard a lot of interestrin phrases. One of the most memorable was at bedtime, you would "Outen the light."

 

Buffalo has many ethnic areas, such as the Polish area, where phrases such as "Hey Stella, throw the baby down the stairs a bottle" and "Walk down the street side by each" and many more...

 

 

Hey BOBBY, I dont remember you visiting my parents house...If I knew it was you I would have offered "yous guys" a "POP" (soda)....

Edited January 9, 2010 by BIG TOM

[Kregerdoodle]

"That Dog don`t hunt" = No good, not gonna work.

" Just around the corner" could mean any where between a mile to 10 miles from where your at.

 

 

many more but I`m still frozen and the brain isn`t working to good yet... need more coffee

 

 

[naturbar]

ahhh..ite.

 

as in " how ya doin?..... ahhh..ite

a north carolina word.

[BIG TOM]

Another "BUFFALO" term..GOING TO 998....translation ...going to to the market for groceries..........huda thunk???

[a1bummer]

I hear a bunch of those kind of words almost every time I call one of them customer or tech. support numbers. I'm not talking about someone with accent either!

 

I don't know if these kind of words make you list but here are a few commonly misused words that bug the hell out of my...

Pimpin', Since when did pimping become a cool thing?

Geek, A derogatory and offensive term. A geek was a sideshow "freak" who bit the heads off small live animals and ate his own feces.

Queer, Used these days to describe a homosexual, but really means odd.

Gay, Also used to describe a homosexual, but really means happy.

Fag, Again, also used to describe a homosexual, but has been used to in many different ways throughout history. Like a bundle of sticks and a cigarette.

 

Since when was it ok to call your girlfriend your ***** or Hoe?

 

There are also all the supposed curse words. You know, the ones that some people don't want to see written here. If people took the time to learn what those words originally meant, I don't think most would be so offended by them.

[eusa1]

a good friend from Tenessee was telling of a time when he was the driver of a tour bus of a country singer, and they were late for a "gig" a concert.. and he said that he was driving the bus with {her ears laid back} to get there on time..

 

did you ever watch a horse or dog or any animal run real fast?? they have their ears laid back...

that thars funny.. i dont care whoya are.

[Dave77459]

a good friend from Tenessee was telling of a time when he was the driver of a tour bus of a country singer, and they were late for a "gig" a concert.. and he said that he was driving the bus with {her ears laid back} to get there on time..

 

did you ever watch a horse or dog or any animal run real fast?? they have their ears laid back...

that thars funny.. i dont care whoya are.

I think I'm gonna borrow that one for a while! Great phrase!

 

Around here "coke" is a term for any pop/soda.

 

Me: "I'd like a coke please"

Waitress: "What kind?"

Me: "Doctor Pepper"

[RedRider]

When I moved to Wisconsin from the 'normal' land of Indiana, I laughed at their term for the water fountain / drinking fountain. It is called a 'bubbler'. As in "The Bubbler is down the hall next to the rest rooms".

 

Who'd u thunk.

 

RR

[Thom]

Where i was raised we all ask what kind of Coke do you have , when asking about soft drinks , sense than i have heard , sody pop , sody water , fountion water , cold sody .

[bongobobny]

We call it "Pop" around here...

[vic venture]

Sheeeet! Now that thar was a right fetchin' idee. Seein' thats ima not theekin' to brite right about now...I caint thank of any of them thar syains ta share with ya'll:farmer:

[MikesBike]

How about "o-vair" as in "over there" or "up-air" for "up there".