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Post by airman on May 6, 2008 17:51:18 GMT -6
I was wondering what words are used in different parts of the country to discribe the same thing.
for example, every time a watch a gunter brewer video I learn new words like juke jam. aka press coverage
I learned cross the bag means referres to the tech needed to turn a double play. in the midwest you might here turn two or turn it.
so I was wondering what terms have different words based on different areas. I always like the south. they have a different word for everything.
like ten. to me we say ten as in ten dollars. I was in tenn. and it sound like tin dollars. I was lost.
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Post by ramsoc on May 6, 2008 22:33:19 GMT -6
Aw hell, we could be here forever just with Western and Eastern PA, let alone the rest of the country.
soda = pop
Rubber bands = gum bands
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Post by Coach Huey on May 7, 2008 18:43:35 GMT -6
Y'Allbonics (Southern Slang)
ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen.
Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some ARE!"
BAMMER - (noun) - The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol is Berminhayam.
Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."
BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
BARE - (noun) - An alcoholic beverage made of barley, hops, and yeast.
Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare."
BOB WAR - (noun) - A sharp, twisted cable.
Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
CHEER - (adverb) In this place.
Usage: "Just set that bare rat cheer".
DID - (adjective) - Not alive.
Usage: "He's did, Jim."
FAR - (noun) - A conflagration.
Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."
FARN - (adjective) - Not domestic.
Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be from some farn country."
FAT - (noun), (verb) - A battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat.
Usage: "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh."
GUBMINT - (noun) - A bureaucratic institution.
Usage: "Them gubmint boys shore is ignert."
HAZE - A contraction.
Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert. He ain't thanked but a minnit'n 'is laf."
HEIDI - (noun) - Greeting.
HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting.
Usage: "Heidi, Hire yew?"
IGNERT - (adjective) - Not smart. See "Arkansas native."
Usage: "Them Bammer boys sure are ignert!"
JAWJUH - (noun) - The state north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck and took it to Lanner."
JEW HERE - (noun) and (verb) Contraction.
Usage: "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?"
MUNTS - (noun) - A calendar division.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts."
RANCH - (noun)- Tool used for tight'nin' bolts.
Usage: "I thank I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
RATS - (noun) - Entitled power or privilege.
Usage: "We Southerners are willin' to fat for are rats."
RETARD - (verb) - To stop working.
Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."
SEED -(verb) - Past tense of "to see".
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City".
TAR - (noun) - A rubber wheel.
Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
THANK - (verb) - Cognitive process.
Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a bare."
TIRE - (noun) - A tall monument.
Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."
VIEW - Contraction (verb) and pronoun.
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City ... view?"
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Post by phantom on May 7, 2008 18:54:44 GMT -6
Aw hell, we could be here forever just with Western and Eastern PA, let alone the rest of the country. soda = pop Rubber bands = gum bands Y'uns. |
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Post by brophy on May 7, 2008 19:02:14 GMT -6
"Highly Organized" in the South = "we'll get around to it when we're good an' ready"
"Come over an' watch de game wit us" in the South = we have 100lbs of crawfish, 4 cases of beer, and we're starting at 4pm on Friday.....
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Post by leighty on May 7, 2008 19:06:29 GMT -6
I can tell some of you guys are very, very intelligent.
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Post by fatkicker on May 8, 2008 6:16:28 GMT -6
and with all of this "intellegence".....we southerns manage to play, coach, watch, etc the best football in the nation.....
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Post by tog on May 8, 2008 6:26:25 GMT -6
I was wondering what words are used in different parts of the country to discribe the same thing. for example, every time a watch a gunter brewer video I learn new words like juke jam. aka press coverage I learned cross the bag means referres to the tech needed to turn a double play. in the midwest you might here turn two or turn it. so I was wondering what terms have different words based on different areas. I always like the south. they have a different word for everything. like ten. to me we say ten as in ten dollars. I was in tenn. and it sound like tin dollars. I was lost. I hear a lot of northerners/midwesterners calling zone option=speed option to me speed option is pitching the ball off the end--qb attacks inside shoulder of the de and reads keep or pitch zone option is the psot reaches the end and the qb and back work the option on the force player then there is the "belly" double dive (almost unheard of in Texas) or "belly" g/down, belly option Nebraska type stuff |
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Post by tedseay on May 8, 2008 10:21:34 GMT -6
I was wondering what words are used in different parts of the country to discribe the same thing. Coach: This is definitely O/T, but it fits with the "geographic regions" subject, and -- it's funny. The SEC as the Middle East:
ALABAMA: Saudi Arabia. Once a proud kingdom, torn up by fighting and surrounded by Iran and Iraq (see below), with an * in Al-Qaeda hell bent on bringing them down.
LSU: Iran. Current superpower in the region but it will all come crashing down because they have a highly functioning retard as a leader.
TENNESSEE: Iraq. Got a bunch of history but the country as a whole is going in the tank and they will kill themselves off before it is all over.
FLORIDA: Syria. Evil punks who will stoop to whatever level they need to win. No real history to speak of but thinks they are the cradle of civilization.
GEORGIA: Kuwait. Tons of riches and unrealized potential, but still vulnerable to Iraq.
AUBURN:Al Qaeda. No country just a movement of disgruntled fanatics who live to blow up those who are more fortunate. No other goal in life than to bring down the House of Saudi Arabia.
Terrorizing the Arabians for 6 years is the crowning achievement in their history. Signing day was a major setback to the movement. They will be looking for a new leader soon.
ARKANSAS:Palestinian territories. No one really cares or worries about them unless they can be of some use (i.e. winning a battle once in a while against Iran that causes a bit of shake up in rankings)
MISSISSIPPI STATE: Qatar. Where the hell is Qatar?
OLE MISS: Afghanistan. Not much going for it, but hot women.
VANDERBILT: Israel. Just leave them alone for God’s sake. What did they ever do to you?
KENTUCKY: Morocco. Not really part of the Middle East. Has other things to do than fight (or play football)
SOUTH CAROLINA: Libya. Has a charismatic leader in a land of nothingness. Will rattle his sword but knows he does not have a whole hell of a lot to back it up with.
by Lucas Geren
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Post by wingtol on May 8, 2008 14:52:03 GMT -6
Aw hell, we could be here forever just with Western and Eastern PA, let alone the rest of the country. soda = pop Rubber bands = gum bands Y'uns. You can take the whole city of Pittsburgh and lump it into this topic as evidenced by "Pittsburghese" and sadly this is not a joke, I have been there more time than I can count an can attest that people really do talk like this: pittsburgh.about.com/library/weekly/aa071200a.htmen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_English |
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Post by brophy on May 8, 2008 15:23:34 GMT -6
and with all of this "intellegence".....we southerns manage to play, coach, watch, etc the best football in the nation..... No argument there. |
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Post by deaux68 on May 9, 2008 8:58:25 GMT -6
I have lived in New Orleans and the great state of Alabama.
We don't even speak English. I'm going to New York and Boston the first of June. I can't wait.
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Post by coachkill22 on May 9, 2008 9:45:07 GMT -6
I have lived in Alabama and now in Connecticut. Both places have their own way of talking. Alot of people in CT don't pronounce the R's in a word and sometimes use an R at the end of an A. Someting like Idear instead of Idea. Both places think the other doesn't know how to talk.
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Post by lsrood on May 9, 2008 10:11:40 GMT -6
Wingtol,
C'mon, I understood the entire conversation between the two without the translation. I went to college in southeastern Ohio, right on the Ohio River, now you want to talk about an area that is a speech island.
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Post by lsrood on May 9, 2008 11:28:01 GMT -6
dcohio,
I vividly remember my first day in college when a classmate introduced himself to me and said he was from Nerk, Ohh-hi. I politely asked him to repeat it, but it came out the same way. Finally I asked him to spell it and found out he was from Newark, Ohio. It was all down hill from there, especially when the college population had a high percentage of students from New York, New Jersey and New England. At times you almost needed a translator to figure out what people were saying.
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Post by airman on May 9, 2008 14:39:10 GMT -6
we have drive thrus but not at a beer barn. we have drive thru at the fast food places and at Walgreen's for drugs. So you would go to the drive thru at the dairy queen.
Wisconsin is a bit different then most states. you can actually pick up your wine, beer and booze while you grocery shop. WalMart even sells wine, beer and booze in my town.
you also can tend bar at 18 even though you are not allowed to drink tell you are 21 but you can drink while you are work as a bartender.
maybe it is because at any age you can go and drink with your parents at the bar in Wisconsin. I have seen many of middle schools with a tap beer sitting next to their parents in my life as a Wisconsinite.
Drinking by teenagers is for the most part universally accepted in Wisconsin. sure you give them the information and all. Wisconsin sits proudly upon the top states for DUI arrests. however it is known you have a 1 in 100 chance of actually getting a DUI in Wisconsin. a DUI is not a felony in Wisconsin tell you 4th or 5th offense I believe and you cannot lose your drivers lic. in Wisconsin because of a DUI. the state is very liberal about allowing you to drive to work and to shop for goods and services.
the top 5 states for DUIs are all in the Midwest , Wisconsin, Minnesota, N. Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
I have been to the south twice in my life. I do not consider vacationing in Miami beach being the south. I was to Nashville one time and Alabama another time.
They could tell I was not from around their neck of the woods. I found every youth in the south said yes sir or no sir. That was refreshing.
I talked to Gunter brewer on the phone one time. I literally had to stop and ask him questions about what he was saying. IT was a treat however. He has a thick accent. good coach however.
when I was in Tenn. I asked directions out of Nashville to Lebanon ten. well being from the Midwest I said it differently. I said it like Lebanon the country and the guy at the gas station told me I had to get on a plane cause that was other in the middle east and why would i want to go there cause they have terrorists. I laughed and said it was in Tenn, oh he said "leb-on"
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Post by phantom on May 9, 2008 15:04:06 GMT -6
we have drive thrus but not at a beer barn. we have drive thru at the fast food places and at Walgreen's for drugs. So you would go to the drive thru at the dairy queen. Wisconsin is a bit different then most states. you can actually pick up your wine, beer and booze while you grocery shop. WalMart even sells wine, beer and booze in my town. you also can tend bar at 18 even though you are not allowed to drink tell you are 21 but you can drink while you are work as a bartender. maybe it is because at any age you can go and drink with your parents at the bar in Wisconsin. I have seen many of middle schools with a tap beer sitting next to their parents in my life as a Wisconsinite. Drinking by teenagers is for the most part universally accepted in Wisconsin. sure you give them the information and all. Wisconsin sits proudly upon the top states for DUI arrests. however it is known you have a 1 in 100 chance of actually getting a DUI in Wisconsin. a DUI is not a felony in Wisconsin tell you 4th or 5th offense I believe and you cannot lose your drivers lic. in Wisconsin because of a DUI. the state is very liberal about allowing you to drive to work and to shop for goods and services. the top 5 states for DUIs are all in the Midwest , Wisconsin, Minnesota, N. Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. I have been to the south twice in my life. I do not consider vacationing in Miami beach being the south. I was to Nashville one time and Alabama another time. They could tell I was not from around their neck of the woods. I found every youth in the south said yes sir or no sir. That was refreshing. I talked to Gunter brewer on the phone one time. I literally had to stop and ask him questions about what he was saying. IT was a treat however. He has a thick accent. good coach however. when I was in Tenn. I asked directions out of Nashville to Lebanon ten. well being from the Midwest I said it differently. I said it like Lebanon the country and the guy at the gas station told me I had to get on a plane cause that was other in the middle east and why would i want to go there cause they have terrorists. I laughed and said it was in Tenn, oh he said "leb-on" LOL. Thirty years ago I moved from northeast PA to southeast VA. On the way down I stopped at a toll booth in Richmond. The attendant was a southern oldtimer. He said something in a friendly tone of voice and laughed. I laughed, too, but it was strictly out of politeness. To this day I have no clue what he said. Not a word. For all I know it was, "Damn Yankee, do us a favor and spend a lot of money here then get the hell back to Yankeeland". |
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Post by wingtol on May 9, 2008 15:47:24 GMT -6
Wingtol, C'mon, I understood the entire conversation between the two without the translation. I went to college in southeastern Ohio, right on the Ohio River, now you want to talk about an area that is a speech island. No fair your from there. Imagine walking into that one if you weren't from the 'burgh |
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Post by lionhart on May 10, 2008 17:14:50 GMT -6
guys, im from NJ (new joisy)......... nuff said.
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Post by Shotgun1 on May 10, 2008 20:30:06 GMT -6
I started calling my linemen my BFFs, BIG FAT FRIENDS! They are talking about getting it on the back of their Oline shirts this year.
On another Pittsburgh note, I dated a girl that used to say she had to red up the house which I found out meant clean. Now this was in college so I did not care how it looked. Her apartment, and bed, was much cleaner than mine.
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Post by champ93 on May 10, 2008 20:44:39 GMT -6
My wife and I were in Nashville this weekend. We went to a bar and had a local bartender carrying on a conversation with us. Well actually, he spoke and we just smiled and laughed at the appropriate times. Something about fishing with dog food and a shotgun?
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Post by los on May 10, 2008 22:29:39 GMT -6
Funny stuff coach huey.....heres a few south ga. expressions, that I always get a kick out of......."fixin"= going to or about to....., pronounced = fiht-in, as in....I'm fiht-in to do it right now coach......."that dawgul uuunt", or in English...."that dog will hunt", meaning......"somebody" made a good play!........bawl = what we played with.......sho-nuff = yes.......nawl = no......"Dare they go, throwin those yella rags again" = Officials are calling too many penalty's........and suprisingly enough, "R" is an optional letter in a word, at times here...... just like the way my buddy from Ahhhlington, Mass., use to pronounce his words.....go figure  |
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Post by CoachDaniel on May 10, 2008 22:46:01 GMT -6
Went to Glazier Clinics in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Lancaster, PA and I coach in Virginia... originally from Georgia. I understood everything at Charlotte, felt comfortable in Atlanta hearing the words my coaches used to say, and in Lancaster... eh... to far up. There's a huge difference.
"War Daddy" is the best thing I got from the southern coaches.
That dog'll hunt = great golf shot here, does not apply to football
And the old Virginia folks have a language all their own.
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Post by Coach Huey on May 11, 2008 17:36:46 GMT -6
...how many guys here have "Drive-Thru's" in their state. Clarification: A "drive thru" is a garage with doors on each end where a person can drive through and buy pop, candy or beer without having to get out of their car. got 'em all over the place in texas ... but, don't think they sell "pop" or candy... ;D  you know the saying ... "everything's bigger in texas"  |
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Post by amikell on May 11, 2008 17:59:20 GMT -6
no drive thru beer places in VA (where I live now), GA, (where I'm from), or TN (where I went to college) didn't know what the heck one was when I saw one in Ohio for the first time.
I come from a town called La Fayette, pronounced Luh-fett or Luh fay-ett, not how those is LA pronounced it. My students always get a kick out of how I pronounce oil. it's not oy-ull its ull. they love that one .
seeing los reply makes me think of the south GA "gnat line." The line of demarcation in GA where the gnats start. The further south, the worse they get. We didn't have them in N. GA.
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Post by amikell on May 11, 2008 18:03:56 GMT -6
here's one that's more football related.
GATA.
I'm pretty sure it started at Ga Southern. I had always heard it meant "get after their a$$'" Just read the Tim Stower's spread offense book, and he said it meant "get after them aggressively" He was at Ga Southern for years, so no reason not believe him. except for the fact that he doesn't want to alienate anyone and to sell books
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Post by los on May 11, 2008 22:23:12 GMT -6
Ha Ha, funny stuff Amik.....I'm kinda suprised some team isn't called the "Fighting Gnats", down here.....cause they truly are some "baad mutha's".....might call my next youth team that, lol!  |
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Post by lsrood on May 12, 2008 7:42:37 GMT -6
DC,
I apologize for the misspelling of Ohia, you are correct that is how it sounded. Go easy on Marietta though cause that's my alma mater. It was a great place to go to school though, cause you heard NY, NJ, New England accents and terms mixed in with Southeastern Ohio, WV, Western PA, VA and MD as well; a true melting pot of speech.
Wingtol,
To be honest I am a native of Michigan and didn't move here until the 8th grade. However, having lived here for 40 years now I guess I am like a native.
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Post by cmow5 on May 12, 2008 15:22:26 GMT -6
...how many guys here have "Drive-Thru's" in their state. Clarification: A "drive thru" is a garage with doors on each end where a person can drive through and buy pop, candy or beer without having to get out of their car. got 'em all over the place in texas ... but, don't think they sell "pop" or candy... ;D That has to be one of the greatest things I have ever seen. ;D |
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Post by tiger46 on May 12, 2008 18:11:16 GMT -6
"That dog'll hunt.", in West Texas, applies to about anything that works well or, to signify that you're agreeable to an idea.
"That dog won't hunt.", has the opposite meaning, of course.
Then there's "bassackards". "@$$ backwards", anywhere else. Another one is phonetically pronounced, "cheeng- ah - lay". Basically, a b@stardization of the 'F' word in Spanish. And, its use is just as versatile as the English 'F' word.
In the valley of South Texas, it's often used to refer to any object and, is pronounced "cheen- gah- letta".
When I joined the Army, I discovered that people from other states didn't necessarily say, "Yep" or "Nope". Had never eaten burritos, tamales or, other Mexican food. And, more than one Northerner pronounced jalapeno(pronounced 'hal-a-PEEN-yo') as , " ja- LAP- e- no" when they read it on a menu.
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