odd names for stuff in different sections of the country.

[txteach]

As a kid in Connecticut, I called a sub sandwich a grinder. I didn't realize there were other names for it. I also called a soda a soda, not a pop. When I joined the military I found out how isolated I was being just in New England. I never said ya'll until recently. Anyone else have some odd names you called stuff that when you grew up you found out your little neck of the woods was the only place they called it that?

[Merlyn1976]

I don't know about odd names but does anyone else here know what a pepperoni roll is??

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Does it go with pepperoni soup?

[Mikey]

Hmmm,

Here in NW Jersey and NE PA in the sticks we sometimes call underwear "gotchie"

Pronounced exactly how it's spelled.

[Vortigern99]

In Texas we used to call ALL sodas "Coke" -- as in "What kind of Coke do you want -- Sprite, orange or root beer?" While sometimes you might hear the word "soda" said instead, the word "pop" would invite sneers of derision and calls for whatever Yankees might be present to return to their sector of the nation post-haste.

[toys2cool]

In Texas we used to call ALL sodas "Coke" -- as in "What kind of Coke do you want -- Sprite, orange or root beer?" While sometimes you might hear the word "soda" said instead, the word "pop" would invite sneers of derision and calls for whatever Yankees might be present to return to their sector of the nation post-haste.

same thing here in Miami,most latin people call any soda coke.Can I have an Orange coke(Sunkist)

[4NDR01D]

As far as I known everybody in Canada calls a case a beer a two-four. In May we have a long weekend that usually is on or around May 24th and that is called May-two-four weekend and everybody ges camping and drinks beer.

[palitoy]

As far as I known everybody in Canada calls a case a beer a two-four. In May we have a long weekend that usually is on or around May 24th and that is called May-two-four weekend and everybody ges camping and drinks beer.

I've learned through marriage that once you pass Huntsville, May two-four becomes "May Run", must be a french thing. They all go camping and drink beer though.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I've found that not too many people out of Maryland know what "Old Bay" is.
The OLD BAY Story

My wife has family in Michigan. A restaurant we went to had some sort of crab cake special and my brother in law asked if they had any. They had no idea what he was asking for. Goes good with beer or a "two-four."

[Adam West]

Crabs just don't taste right to me without Old Bay. I have found that most people outside the general Chesapeake area do not know how to pick a crab properly and don't understand the concept of a Crab Feast. A lot of people find picking crabs gross but for those of us who grew up eating them this way, it doesn't bother us at all.

One strange word I hear frequently is a plural of the word "you". I hear people say "yous" instead of the two of you. Sometimes, I hear "you-ins" or "y'ins". Most everyone I know that talks this way is from Western Pennsylvania....up and around the Pittsburgh area.

The only other thing I can think of off of the top of my head is not necessarily words for certain things but pronuniciations. For example, a lot of people who have what is called a "Baltimore accent", yes there is one, prounounce Baltimore as Baldimore or Bal'more.

Closer to Washington D.C., I hear people add an "r" in there somewhere pronouncing it Warshington.

[mitchedwards]

In the south all soft drinks are called a Coke.

[ScottA]

One of the more interesting things I've learned is "iced tea". In the South when you ask for tea in a restaurant it comes sweet. If you ask for it up North it comes unsweet. And if you ask for it out west they have no idea what the hell you are talking about or you'll get a cup of "hot tea".

There are 4 pitchers of tea at my parents house at all times. One for Mom (sweet), my Dad (unsweet), my wife (not as sweet) and my brother (twice as sweet). I just laugh. I personally can't stand the stuff.

[palitoy]

Not all Canadians have it but many speak in "question talk" which I think comes from being raised bilingual. Here's how certain members of my family speak:

So I went down to the store? But they were out of paint? So I went to the Home Depot?

It's weird, I can catch myself doing it occasionally.

[English Paul]

In UK fish and chip shops you can get a fish cake - a slice of fish between two slices of potato deep fried in batter. It's always been a cake to me, yet in the town 4 miles down the valley it's called a scone.

Breadbuns (teacakes to me) are called stotties in Newcastle.

A narrow alleyway is called a snicket in Yorkshire. There is certainly a lot of peculiar dialect that is very regional in the UK.

A lot of kids, when I was younger used to say "I'm off to get some spice" when visiting the sweet shop. I never really liked `spice`. Sweets came from a sweet shop.

[Mikey]

In North Jersey and NYC if you want a bagel with cream cheese you say -- gimme a bagel wit a shmear.