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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 9:49:23 GMT -5
I've at least heard of most of these, but never dooryard.....
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 12, 2013 9:50:29 GMT -5
Porch vs. stoop. Stoop is the corrupted English version of the Dutch stoep, and is used mostly in the NYC area. there's quite a bit of stuff in NY that's originally Dutch, right? I saw something on ESPN that the Mets colors are directly related to something Dutch too. Yes.....Brooklyn is a Dutch word (originally spelled Breukelen, named for a city in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. There is still a New Utrecht subway station in Brooklyn.) The earliest European settlers came to the area from the Netherlands, called it Nieuw Amsterdam, in the early 1600's. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 9:50:39 GMT -5
I've at least heard of most of these, but never dooryard..... I have. But only thanks to Stephen King  |
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Post by Malarky on Jul 12, 2013 9:50:53 GMT -5
I do always refer to those days as having grown up in "East Deliverance..."  |
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 12, 2013 10:02:05 GMT -5
tennis shoes/gym shoes/sneakers shopping cart/buggy West Coast snob alert lol! We call our "sneakers" Chucks (whether they are or not). |
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 12, 2013 10:03:58 GMT -5
"Carry" instead of "drive". Around here, people say they're going to "carry Aunt Bessie to the doctor's office". Umm, Aunt Bessie weight 300 lbs. Who, exactly is going to carry her?  ETA: LOL! I hadn't noticed Georgia Gal had already posted about this! I'm glad I'm not the only one who did a double-take when I first heard it! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 10:12:27 GMT -5
Canadians play euchre. Right across the country from what I can tell.
Nova Scotians use buddy instead of this guy I don't know, as in "buddy was walking down the street".
Eastern Canada says pop, western canada says soda.
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Post by imawino on Jul 12, 2013 10:19:24 GMT -5
"Carry" instead of "drive". Around here, people say they're going to "carry Aunt Bessie to the doctor's office". Umm, Aunt Bessie weight 300 lbs. Who, exactly is going to carry her? ETA: LOL! I hadn't noticed Georgia Gal had already posted about this! I'm glad I'm not the only one who did a double-take when I first heard it! Southerners also "mash" the gas pedal down in the car when they "carry" Aunt bessie to the doctor. When we go to the gorcery store, our groceries get put in sacks, not bags....after we push them around in the buggy.  |
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Post by imawino on Jul 12, 2013 10:20:09 GMT -5
Right (me) vs. Wrong (the rest of you, except maybe NNP & Susana)  <<clears throat loudly>> |
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Post by Tiny on Jul 12, 2013 10:20:58 GMT -5
Around here the difference is that you scoop Ice cream out of a container. Frozen Custard (or Soft Serve Ice cream) comes out of a spigot from a machine. There use to be about dozen different mom and pop 'frozen custard' stands in the 'burbs where I live. As a teen - that was something to do - go for 'ice cream' and visit the various 'establishments' and get frozen custard cones, or a malt, or Italian ice, or whatever that particular stand/restaurant (can you call a place to get food but without tables/chairs a restaurant?) was 'famous' for. Now there's only one left  it's sad. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 10:36:23 GMT -5
Right (me) vs. Wrong (the rest of you, except maybe NNP & Susana) <<clears throat loudly>> Oops!  Sorry! How did I ever forget you  Or MM??  |
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Post by swamp on Jul 12, 2013 10:39:05 GMT -5
Porch vs. stoop. Stoop is the corrupted English version of the Dutch stoep, and is used mostly in the NYC area. Anyone else have a "dooryard'? When I was a teenager in southern NH, other than right in town, few people had actual driveways and lawns. It was more like bare dirt where you parked the car, and the rest was rocks and trees except the clearing for the house. "I left my car in your dooryard." "The dog is running around the dooryard." DH"s family talks about dooryards all the time. He grew up 10 miles from me, and I never heard the term until I met him. |
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Post by sheilaincali on Jul 12, 2013 10:46:57 GMT -5
You guys are missing the biggest one: The epic
Duck Duck Goose vs Duck Duck Grey Duck debate.
That's the biggest one I hear around here. Minnesotan's are firmly in the Duck Duck Grey Duck category (or at least everyone I know is) and my southern raised DH is firmly in the Duck Duck Goose category.
Plus here we call it the Civil War and he always refers to it as "the War of Northern Aggression"
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Post by swamp on Jul 12, 2013 10:49:20 GMT -5
Duck Duck Goose.
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 12, 2013 10:57:21 GMT -5
You guys are missing the biggest one: The epic Duck Duck Goose vs Duck Duck Grey Duck debate. That's the biggest one I hear around here. Minnesotan's are firmly in the Duck Duck Grey Duck category (or at least everyone I know is) and my southern raised DH is firmly in the Duck Duck Goose category. Plus here we call it the Civil War and he always refers to it as "the War of Northern Aggression" I hate to break it to him but the South lost.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 11:00:24 GMT -5
We "aggressed" their butts back down past the Mason-Dixon line!  |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:00:33 GMT -5
You guys are missing the biggest one: The epic Duck Duck Goose vs Duck Duck Grey Duck debate. That's the biggest one I hear around here. Minnesotan's are firmly in the Duck Duck Grey Duck category (or at least everyone I know is) and my southern raised DH is firmly in the Duck Duck Goose category. Plus here we call it the Civil War and he always refers to it as "the War of Northern Aggression" I hate to break it to him but the South lost. Pfft! we're just plotting our next move  Hey, everyone always says we move slow! |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:00:56 GMT -5
You guys are missing the biggest one: The epic Duck Duck Goose vs Duck Duck Grey Duck debate. That's the biggest one I hear around here. Minnesotan's are firmly in the Duck Duck Grey Duck category (or at least everyone I know is) and my southern raised DH is firmly in the Duck Duck Goose category. Plus here we call it the Civil War and he always refers to it as "the War of Northern Aggression" Your DH is right. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 11:01:13 GMT -5
She's got us there! << meanders away before CL slugs her -- no rush, right? ) |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:07:13 GMT -5
She's got us there! << meanders away before CL slugs her -- no rush, right? ) <<considers all her options of things to throw, looks in the supply room, checks kitchen....decides to look at home for something suitable>> |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 11:08:44 GMT -5
*sashaying*
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:09:31 GMT -5
<<reconsiders stuff in kitchen, finds nicely weighted coffee cup.......aims.........aims..........>>
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 12, 2013 11:10:20 GMT -5
I used buggy and one of my coworkers was like what did you just call that? Damn Yankees!  |
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 12, 2013 11:12:26 GMT -5
I used buggy and one of my coworkers was like what did you just call that? Damn Yankees! when you say buggy what do you mean? I have only heard it used to mean what I call a stroller. |
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:13:04 GMT -5
I used buggy and one of my coworkers was like what did you just call that? Damn Yankees! when you say buggy what do you mean? I have only heard it used to mean what I call a stroller. Grocery cart |
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 12, 2013 11:13:41 GMT -5
Thanks CL!!
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 12, 2013 11:14:34 GMT -5
You knew I'd know, didn't you? |
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Post by 973beachbum on Jul 12, 2013 11:15:28 GMT -5
Never in a million years would I have guessed grocery cart.  |
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Post by swamp on Jul 12, 2013 11:16:43 GMT -5
yes, because a buggy is what the Amish ride in behind their horses.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 12, 2013 11:17:11 GMT -5
You knew I'd know, didn't you? Yep! There has to be someone around here who knows the proper term ;D |
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