I don't think it's really that common. People know what it means, but hardly anyone says it
I don't think it's really that common. People know what it means, but hardly anyone says it
I was about to post this one, had no idea how regional it was until I was called out when saying itPeople from outside of Michigan are always confused when I say doorwall.
Means sliding glass door
They call potato wedges "jojos" here. You call them jojos in most places and people will look at you like you're an alien.
I'm from Boston, so this is super local. But the one that blew me away the most was for the type of road we locally call a rotary. Apparently most people call them roundabouts?
Always known the word "outwith".
It means outside of.
e.g.
Nobody really eats square sausage outwith Scotland
Delivering an upgrade to that server is outwith the scope of our project
It blew my mind to find folk at work from other countries outwith Scotland completely baffled by this word. Turns out it's Scottish. It doesn't come across to me as a particularly Scottish word.
This is it. I don't know what peoples' objection to it. It's hella useful
I only remember this from an elementary school context where we might change shoes for gym class. Outside of school, they were just called running shoes."Gym shoes" is the least common term I still use. Most I think refer to them as sneakers or tennis shoes. There's like two big cities that call them gym shoes I think, maybe three.
Here we put "the" in front of the name of a person... like "The Messi is going to score tonite" , "The Juan is coming to tomorrow's dinner" or "What did you say to the Maria?" (El Messi va a meter un gol esta noche, El Juan va a venir a la cena de mañana, Que le has dicho a la Maria?)
It's due to the catalan influence but not exclusive to catalan native speakers now. Seeing it written in english looks horrible but in spanish it doesn't sound bad if you're from here I promise lol
This is it. I don't know what peoples' objection to it. It's hella useful
A woman in New York thought I was crazy and asking her to put a dress on my slice.An all-dressed pizza. Green peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni. Turns out it's just a Quebec thing.
I see you fellow Californian.
It's not local, it's the correct word. People who use Sub are just wrong"Hoagie" to describe a sub sandwich/grinder/whatever your area calls a long sandwich. I grew up in the only state that actually uses this term, and one of like three cities in the state specifically, but had no idea it was so localized until I moved.
It's an age thing. We called everything a jawn in the early 90sI've heard Philly people say jawn maybe 4 times unironically. It's used far more as marketing slang than actual slang.
On topic and sticking with Philly area slang, "down the shore" for being at the beach. I'm not even sure the extent to which people call the beach "the shore" in general outside the Tri-State area.
As someone who says thrice a lot; a lot of people don't know thrice.I don't think it's really that common. People know what it means, but hardly anyone says it
"Gym shoes" is the least common term I still use. Most I think refer to them as sneakers or tennis shoes. There's like two big cities that call them gym shoes I think, maybe three.
An all-dressed pizza. Green peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni. Turns out it's just a Quebec thing.
Ontarians call it the same... at least in Ottawa.An all-dressed pizza. Green peppers, mushrooms and pepperoni. Turns out it's just a Quebec thing.
Only SoCal.
My coworker from England said to my other coworker here in the US that her house looked homely when she visited. Some confusion there on the use of the word among us but we thought she meant that her house look like shit, not a cozy place to live in which she meant.My cousin in England didn't know what a walk-in closet was. She thought it was a bathroom. My uncle was confused lol.
My coworker from England said to my other coworker here in the US that her house looked homely when she visited. Some confusion there on the use of the word among us but we thought she meant that her house look like shit, not a cozy place to live in which she meant.
That's a derogatory term in some parts for Pakistani folks.In Connecticut, liquor stores are called package stores. But we typically say 'packy' or 'packie' (not actually sure which would be the correct spelling).
Depends on where you are in the US. In the Midwest it's traditionally known as Pop, but on the west-coast it's known as Soda.I've got an opposite of this, I thought pop (as in the drink) was a local or maybe English thing at most, however I've heard Americans use it.
People from outside of Michigan are always confused when I say doorwall.
Means sliding glass door
This is what I came to post . I moved to CT when I was in like third grade and just thought it was slang used everywhere. Everyone i know calls it a packyIn Connecticut, liquor stores are called package stores. But we typically say 'packy' or 'packie' (not actually sure which would be the correct spelling).
I always see this one pop up, but never encountered it growing up in NE Ohio. There are quite a few "Midwesternisms" that seemed to have missed us. But "pop" and "tennis shoes" sure didn't.
To be fair, I don't know anything past tertiary, so I don't blame them hahaAs someone who says thrice a lot; a lot of people don't know thrice.
Or that there's words past secondary.
I grew up in California in the 90s and was blown away when I found out "hella" was a Cali thing