[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Mustagotlost

I thought the northeast called it soda?

Except for the greater Boston area. There, it's called tonic, because soda, to them, is soda water.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Interesting the way we all eat things.

Recently our 6 year old grandson who likes hot dogs with ketchup was very worried when they were going to Chicago. He was concerned what others would say when he put ketchup on.

Turns out when he put mustard on it he liked it that way better. lol

I think the conversion from ketchup to mustard is a rite of passage. At least in my experience it was!

Now it's time for the real test:

Pizza
A-peez-a
A-beetz
Pie
Tomato Pie

purchased at:
A pizzeria
A pizza joint
An italian restaurant
At [specific name of place]?

And how was it ordered?

For me:

"I'm going to Luigi's for a medium mozz with mushroom and sausage."

For my grandfather:

"Let's get abeetz at Sal's."

[Incoblack1]

Halal is Muslim - kosher is Jewish!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by jammendolia

We called it soda. A frappe was a milk shake with ice cream. A milk shake had no ice cream. We said "wicked" a lot.
Born in Dorchester, grew up in West Roxbury.

I miss it!

DAH-chestah! And West Rawks-bree

I lived in different areas of Boston - started out on Beacon Street (between Exeter and Fairfield). Lived next door to Norman Lear and across the street from Joan Kennedy. Freshman year in the dorm there.

Next year was up near Fenway Park, also on Beacon Street, at the old Fensgate Hotel. Converted into a dorm.

Third year was at the foot of Beacon Hill, on Charles street. That was where I heard all the hard-core Brahmin accents. Think Thurston Howell III and his wife Lovey. That's a Beacon Hill accent. VERY distinct. You basically use a typical Boston accent, but keep your upper and lower jaws clenched at the back teeth while speaking.

Last year was Allston-Brighton, where most of the people living there were college students. Back to mostly normal mishmosh of accents.

Then after that I stuck around the area for a few years, lived in Brighton proper - at Oak Square. There - the most prevalent accent was an Irish accent. Really big contingency of Irish immigrants at the time. But their kids had Boston accents. It was pretty awesome.

[dtennent]

Great Thread!! Born in NJ moved to Ashland, Ohio when I was nine. When we first moved to Ohio, I was first confused as to what pop was. Mom never bought any pop or soda saying water was good enough and better for you anyway. We ate hot dogs though some folks called them weiners. Of course a Dachshund was known as a wiener dog. Dinner was served at 6:15 PM and proper English (no slang) was always spoken at the dinner table. My grandmother (not grandma!) was horrified that we were allowed to wear T shirts to the dinner table. and she wouldn't think of going to a dance in blue jeans. Those were work clothes. The 13 inch black and white TV was never in the living room but in the playroom. That is until I went to college and a 25 inch color TV showed up in the living room.

Thanks for the trips down memory lane.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Schaumburger

Having spent my first 18 years in Iowa, of course it is pop. What do you call your last big meal of the day...dinner or supper? Growing up in Iowa, we called it supper, but in the Chicago area, it is usually called dinner.

My dad pronounces Iowa as Ioway. I think he is the only one I know who does this.

Aunt is pronounced "ant."

Sofa, couch or davenport?

I forgot about davenport. That was a term I heard frequently growing up in Pittsburgh, but our family usually said couch. Sometimes sofa.


As to the previous spaghetti sauce/gravy question, that poster is opening up a big can of worms! They should do a search for sauce or gravy. Phew!

[kendi]

I call it pop. My husband and I are from opposite sides of the same city. He never heard of the word “stoop” (he thought I was calling the front porch stupid). Nor did he ever hear the phrase “teeming rain.”

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by kendi

I call it pop. My husband and I are from opposite sides of the same city. He never heard of the word “stoop” (he thought I was calling the front porch stupid). Nor did he ever hear the phrase “teeming rain.”

The top of the stairs INSIDE the house (to the bedroom floor) was called "the landing." The top of the stairs OUTSIDE the house (from the walkway to the front door) was called the stoop. We didn't have a porch. But we did have a patio out back.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by kendi

I call it pop. My husband and I are from opposite sides of the same city. He never heard of the word “stoop” (he thought I was calling the front porch stupid). Nor did he ever hear the phrase “teeming rain.”

Exactly! Stoop sitting was a favorite passtime, and teeming rain was a common term.


As was "landing." Then there was "yinz," which would earn us a time out if we ever used.


"Kennywood's open" meant your fly was unzipped.


"n'at" (also verboten slang in our family), is usually tacked onto the end of a sentence, sort of meant et cetera. There is a bumper sticker: N@

[Doro22]

Originally Posted by TooColdNJ

Now for grammar... “All’s I need is a...”
South Jersey, Philadelphia,...or just wrong?
“Yous,” as in ,” Yous all better listen up”

Do you listen or listen up?

A sandwich is a “samwhich”

Flapjacks or pancakes?
Do you eat your burger on a roll or a bun?

I am really liking these inputs of our different ways of communication. It’s an education. Very interesting how people from various parts of the country speak. I was born in Miami Beach...yep. My parents met in South Beach (B4 it was cool). They were from different corners of our country. Mom from Tacoma, WA. Dad from Brooklyn, NY. Grew up in North Miami area and later lived in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood areas. South Fl is such a conglomerate of speech patterns. Many Cuban friends. So myself & siblings have no discernible accents. My mom, & I think many of old time Miamians pronounced Miami...”My Am ah”. I used to call her out on that one. And in later years after visiting hubby’s relatives in Baltimore they said “youse”. Yuk. I once told them that it’s “you-all” - not “youse”. Ooh not a good thing to say in “Baldimer”. Lol!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The top of the stairs INSIDE the house (to the bedroom floor) was called "the landing." The top of the stairs OUTSIDE the house (from the walkway to the front door) was called the stoop. We didn't have a porch. But we did have a patio out back.

We used to throw a ball onto the steps of the stoop and play stoop baseball. Trick was how you hit the step would depend how far the ball came out. Wonder if anyone outside of brooklyn ever played the game.

[clwahlstrom]

Funny you should mention that we always called it “pop.” I am from the Detroit area. Or Michigan so to speak. Then moved to California and they never heard of pop. It was always soda. LOL.

[TomPerrett]

It’s ok to leave the past
I’m from Ohio I consider it the old country. I moved here to be around new things and we certainly are. Part of the fun.

[CaVillager]

IN Rochester, we don't call them hamburgers, they're just hamburgs.
And yea we called hot dogs just hots but if they were made from pork and were white, we called 'em white hots or porkers. And go figure out this one. The area down by Lake Ontario is spelled Charlotte, like the city in North Carolina, but the locals pronounce it Shalott.

[Dennys37Packard]

Sprinkles or jimmies (NJ)