Rallygirl's Dumb Questions About Regional Differences Thread

[Wee67]

This whole sweat tea thing is blowing my mind a bit. Is it the same thing as iced tea?

For me-
tea = hot tea (the way, BTW, the drink cam about)
iced tea = hot tea that is made cold
sweet tea = a southern thing were a TON of sugar is added and served cold. Almost syrup-y.

OK, where do you stand-
bag vs sack
sneakers vs tennis shoes vs runners
hot cakes vs pancakes vs griddle cakes
rubber band vs gum band
soda vs pop vs calling everything "coke"
sub vs grinder vs hoagie
yard sale vs tag sale
Italian ice vs water ice (I don't think anyone outside of Philly says water ice)

[TomStrong]

And they dip everything on Gods green earth in ranch dressing!

[TomStrong]

In West Michigan, tea was hot tea until about four years ago when McDonald's started selling sweet tea here. I had never heard of cold, sweet tea until then.

Well then let me tell you about chocolate gravy. I grew up in north alabama and within the last ten years I moved to southern middle TN where chocolate gravy is served with biscuits for breakfast. It's a local favorite. They even served it at the school I work in on Friday mornings. The kids love it. It's like thick chocolatey soup, you can even buy a mix for it in the local grocery store. I'd never heard of this anywhere else till I moved to the rural place I live in now. It still blows my mind.

[Brazoo]

I hate "Twooney" with a passion, almost as much as when people say "I need some Timmies!".

"Timmies" is painful for me to hear for some reason too! Also, that coffee stinks - I have no idea why half the people I know seem to be addicted to it.

"Mickey D's" for McDonald's and "Crappy Tire" for Canadian Tire irritate the hell out of me also. And there was that brief period in the 90s were people called pizza "za" without irony. Ugh!!!

[thunderbolt]

Tea here means sweet tea, the idea of hot tea is only something done when folks are sick and add lemon and whisky. I told my students about hot tea and they were incensed and completely incredulous that anybody would drink tea without sugar and ice. It was really funny.

I prefer my ice tea straight, at most places in FLA the sweet tea is like sugar water. The Chinese places have the best unsweet ice tea.

[Brazoo]

This whole sweat tea thing is blowing my mind a bit. Is it the same thing as iced tea?

[piecemaker]

I never heard of Otter Pops either,i think thats just one of many brand names for freezer pops,freezees/squeezees,etc.A brand name around here is Fla*vor*ice.
Robertson screws = Square drive screws.
Powdered milk,i know you can buy around here still but i haven't had any of that stuff in years.
I never heard of a couch being called a chesterfield,Chesterfields were a brand of cigarettes,i dont think they are made anymore.Chester drawers is an old time name for a dresser.
How about sun tea?
Vertical stoplights around here.On trips to Wisconsin i would see horizontal stoplights.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Freezies, or Otter-Pops are usually called "push-pops" or by the old brand name "Flavor-Ice" here. Or sometimes, popsicles, even though that's a brand, and this isn't them.

Chris

[Rallygirl]

Tea here means sweet tea, the idea of hot tea is only something done when folks are sick and add lemon and whisky. I told my students about hot tea and they were incensed and completely incredulous that anybody would drink tea without sugar and ice. It was really funny.

In West Michigan, tea was hot tea until about four years ago when McDonald's started selling sweet tea here. I had never heard of cold, sweet tea until then.

[Rallygirl]

Otter Pops! Darn you all; it's -20 and now because of you, I am headed off to the freezer for a blue raspberry Otter Pop. Thanks a lot!

[TomStrong]

I never ever saw sweet tea until we went on vacation to FLA and encountered it along the way in Tennessee and Georgia.

Tea here means sweet tea, the idea of hot tea is only something done when folks are sick and add lemon and whisky. I told my students about hot tea and they were incensed and completely incredulous that anybody would drink tea without sugar and ice. It was really funny.

[Wee67]

Otter pops were huge when I was a kid in Philly. I think the characters helped

[Confessional]

Shouting out to a childhood in northeastern Ohio, I can attest that "freezies/squeezies" are not exclusive to greater northern frozen tundra. However, I've never heard the phrase "otter pops" in my life living and working in the east, midwest, and bay area. But now you have me craving a giant blue raspberry and grape snowcone!

Whiplash colloquialism flashbacks!

… aren't Chesterfields cigarettes?

[palitoy]

What the heck is a May Run? We call it May Two-Four or when I was younger fire works day

It's a Timmins thing, they ALL say it.

[Brazoo]

"Chesterfield" I've heard before for sure! That is a grandma thing for me too I think!

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Sounds like HardyGirl's Canadian friend is maybe in a different province? Or maybe different school boards do things differently? Most of that stuff sounds the same as what I got.

I did have to buy some of my own art supplies in high school, but I never bought a text book until I got to college.