One that stumps people is a word to describe a drinking fountain.In massachusetts we call it a bubbler.We also call sub sandwiches...grinders.

Long Islanders call a sub a hero. I thought that in MA a sub was a cold hero and a grinder was a hot hero.

What is dish the line?

Downstate NY drinks soda, but when we lived in the Bronx we'd order a "2 cent plain" (seltzer), on LI they didn't know what that was, they also didn't drink seltzer.

When I lived in NC and they were leaving to go somewhere they would "get gone".

I have never been to a potluck.

That's when you cut/jump in line in front of others who are already there.



Another thing heard around various parts of the country: "creek" pronounced like "crick".

Bill :)

This could be a long, long, long thread.

Here in TV they call living on a retention pond "waterfront". On LI we call retention ponds SUMPS, nobody wants to live on the SUMP, so they put a big high fence and shrubs to hide it-LOL

Hi Gracie, I believe the word tchotchkes is of Yiddish origin and is usually meant to donate something of poor quality like a cheap souvenir. In Yiddish, it is also sometimes used to refer to a girl who acts cheap.

From Philly area and unfortunately, I do sometimes talk like dis (this): (from website called Philly Slang:

Aaeg - Egg
Addi-tood - Attitude
Aeneeding - Anything
A-ite - Alright
A-ready - Already
Arnch - Orange (Pattie) Also "Aren't you" as in Arnch you glad to see me?
Ac-a-me - Acme Market
Alrighty - Stop it already with alrighty! The word doesn’t exist.
Arn or Eye-urn or Eyern - Clothes Iron.
Aster-ick - Asterisk
Ath-a-lete - Athlete
Ats All, Dat’s All - That’s all
Bat-tree - Battery
Baff-room - Bathroom
Beggles - (Submitted by Sarah, 10/02))
Bee-yood-ee-ful - Beautiful
Big Ma-hoff - An ostentatious person; a big shot
Birff-day - Birthday
Bref-fist - Breakfast
Casina - Casino
Chimley - Chimney (Pattie) rare usage.
Caus - Because
Colbert - Sewer (Tom Burke, changed from Colbin, Aug 06 see feedback, Feedback Jun 07 says proper word is Culvert)
Coont - Couldn't
Cooughee - Coffee
Con-fra-bill - Comfortable
Con-ter-versy - Contraversy
Crown - Crayon
Cump-nee - Company
Dahnashure - At the beach as in Lannick Ciddy, OhCee, Whilewould and the
like. The alternative is upamount'ns to the poke-noes
Def-lee - Definitely
Dis, Dat, Dey, Dees, Doze, Dem, Dough - This, That, They, These,
Those, Them, Though
Dint - Didn't
Do-in - Doing, as in "Hal ya doin?"
Draff - Draft
Draw - Drawer
E - He
Earl - Oil
Figger - Figure
Fighdollas - Five Dollars (Patti)
Fluffia - Philadelphia
Fridge, Ice Box - Refrigerator
Fuss-trated - Frustrated
Ga head, GeHead, Gaw head - Go Ahead
Goff-forbid - God forbid
Gun-all - Canoli (the delectable Italian pastry)
Haff - Have
Hal? - How?
Hunnert - Hundred
Husbint - Husband (Pattie)
I-dear - Idea
Iggles - Eagles
Ice-ning - Icing
Ir-regardless - Regardless
Jeet? - Did you eat? No, Jew?- No, did you?
Kel-ler - Color
Lannick Ciddy or Lantic Ciddy - Atlantic City
Laasch, Las - Last
Leck-tric - Electric
Leven - Eleven
Lie-berry - Library
Lot-tree - Lottery
MAC - Local version of an ATM (automated teller machine)(Thanks Tommy)
Meer-oe - Mirror
My-en - Mine
MayazWell - May as well
Newsey - Nosey
Nuthin, Nuttin - Nothing
Offen - Often
Ollars - Dollars
Olney - A neighborhood in the Northeast, pronounced AH - LEN - EE or AH - LEH - NEE
Paa-ler - Parlor or living room
Pay-mint - Pavement
Pea-nits - Peanuts
Petique - Petite
Pix-ture, Pitcher - Picture
Pock-a-book - Purse
Plug - Fire Hydrant, specifically when used for first or third base in streetball or a boundryline. Limited neighborhood use, possibly south philly.
Prob-lee - Probably
Rawn - Ruin
Re-dic-liss - Ridiculous
Reg-a-ler - Regular
San-wich, Sang-wich - Sandwich
Sim-u-lar - Similar
Soar, Sol - Saw
Sow-Philly - South Philly, leave off the TH (Thanks Jessica)
Sparra-grass - Asparagus
Taawk - Talk
Tal - Towel
Took-en - Taken
Tree - Three
U-mid - Humid
U-min - Human
Ward-er or Whadder or Wooder - Water, H20 (Thanks Brooke for Wooder)
WaWa - A local conveniance store similar to but better than 7-11(Thanks Tommy)
Whaddya? - What do you?
Which-a-ma-callit - The name of a person, place or thing that Alzheimer’s has removed from your memory bank
Whoodaya? - Who do you?
Winda, Win-dill - Window
Wit - With
Wit-out - Without
Woont - Wouldn't
Yesta-day - Yesterday
Yea - Yes (Thanks Jessica)
Youse, Yziz - You (plural)
Zink - Sink (Patti)

Pocketbook (MD) and purse in the west, also wallet and billfold, toMAYto and toMAHto, eXcetera (CA) and etcetera, re-lah-ter for realtor, "he goes" (CA) rather than "he says", going "down the ocean" (Baltimore, MD) and "going to the beach" (CA), "red or green" meaning which color of chili do you want on your dinner in NM (green is more popular and usually hotter), freeways - usually identified as "the 5" or "the 405", never I-5 or I-405, and "surface streets" (CA) and expressways and roads or streets on the east coast

Haha! It's all in the spin, Patty!

So true! Growing up in upstate NY and New England, I was looking at properties in Florida, and I was excited to see so many "lake front" properties listed. But when I looked at the details and maps, I realized it was what we might call "swamp" or "lagoon" at best, with no extra charge for the alligators! Still, they have beautiful wildlife once you adjust your expectations.

Had not heard the term boy howdy since I left southern Illinois until a sweet lady from Ohio used the same term. Boy Howdy it was good to hear it again!

Texans are "fixin to go" rather than getting ready to go. All sodas or pop are referred to as Coke. Want a Coke? Yes. What kind? Dr Pepper.

In Brooklyn they check the erl in the car and flush the terlet.

In Massachusetts:
grinder = sub sandwich
bubbler = water fountain
elastic = rubber band
soda = pop
cellar = basement
wicked good = awesome!
And of course we do not pronounce our r's... lol