Rallygirl's Dumb Questions About Regional Differences Thread

[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.

[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

[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.

[Brazoo]

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

[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]

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!!!

[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.

[TomStrong]

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

[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)

[Wee67]

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

I think that is becoming a national thing. When I visit my wife's relatives in northern Idaho, they do the same thing. I'm waiting for them to start mainlining it!

[piecemaker]

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)

bag
tennis shoes
pancakes
rubber band
pop
sub
yard sale
what?

[ScottA]

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

Pretty much. Here's the deal on tea for me.

My northern father (and my relatives there) drink unsweet tea with ice. They don't really do hot tea where he is from in Michigan.
My southern mother (and said relatives) drink sweet tea with ice. They also like sun tea (which is putting tea bags in a pitcher and letting the sun make it. Usually only done in the summer).
My wife drinks hot tea in the winter. She has a glass now.
There are also varying degrees of "sweetness" people in the south like. Restaurants such as McDs, Burger King and Wendy's have different tasting tea based on how much sugar they use.
If my brother comes home my mom can have 4 different tea pitches in her fridg. One for her, one for my wife who doesn't like as much sugar, one for my brother who loves twice as much as everyone else and one for my dad who has unsweet.

What's ironic is I hate tea, period - sweet or unsweet, lol.

My favorite difference has always been pop vs. soda (or coke). I'll call it pop just to make my Dad feel like he's home. My son got a kick at seeing the isle sign at a store during Mego Meet calling it pop.

[vintage spideyfan]

Unfortunately, lots of people around here eat scrapple, its close cousin balkenbrij, and head cheese. My mom is a big fan of the stuff. Me? Blech!

Never heard of balkenbrij. I am familiar with scrapple, though only because I have seen it on TV. My father and grandfather both enjoyed head cheese. I will also admit that bagged milk is blowing my little mind...

[piecemaker]

Dinner vs Supper = Supper,its only dinner if its a seven course meal served with Grey Poupon,but of course.

[Monsterama2000]

The grassy area between the street and the sidewalk is called a devilstrip here in Akron, OH.