odd names for stuff in different sections of the country.

[Mikey]

Question to all .........

When you say "hundred" .....

Do you say "hundred" or "hunert" ?

I have to admit, I say hunert

Example:
Wow, that thing's 2 hunert bucks ???

m

[kisscash]

I would have said "The Hill" but didn't know if you might be in the Mafia Witness Protection program, wouldn't want to see a fellow Mego Member get "whacked" and body dumped where I grew up (that reservoir is pretty deep) - LOL

too Funny, lets meet at Caserta next time your in town )

Ca$h

[Joe90]

A winter hat is a " toque " a pair of undies is " boodahns "

The hat term Toque comes from Canada, not RI.
- none of my family is from canada * so I am not sure how that made it to me.

The word toque is from the French, and although you may not have any Canadian family (that you are aware of) the French Canadian culture shows up all throughout the Eastern seaboard. They are quite numerous in Rhode Island as well.

[grayhank]

grayhank

I have to ask what part of RI you are from
- I am from The Hill originally ( so close with you guess ).

I would have said "The Hill" but didn't know if you might be in the Mafia Witness Protection program, wouldn't want to see a fellow Mego Member get "whacked" and body dumped where I grew up (that reservoir is pretty deep) - LOL

[kisscash]

grayhank

I have to ask what part of RI you are from
- I am from The Hill originally ( so close with you guess ).

A Saugy is a brand name of hot dog that is made in RI not really a term for one.
- my family owned that company for many years and to me it was the word for hot dog

The reference of calling Pizza a "pie" is more accurate to New York.
- maybe so but that is what I know it as too )

The hat term Toque comes from Canada, not RI.
- none of my family is from canada * so I am not sure how that made it to me LOL

Ca$h

[Mikey]

Of course, in Texas we say "y'all" when we mean "you"

Here in Jersey, we say "yous"
Pronounced--- YOU'ZE

I find myself many of time even typing it like that without even thinking

Example..

Refering to a group of people......
Yous don't know what yous are talking about

[Vortigern99]

Of course, in Texas we say "y'all" when we mean "you", plural. People from up North or from Europe think this is weird and funny-sounding, but I catch my wife, who's from Michigan, doing it like it's second nature now. Though I did hear a co-worker of mine say "y'all guys" the other day, which cracked me up because it's a double-slang term from two different regional dialects: "y'all" from the South and "you guys" from up North.

I had a friend from New Jersey who used to say "youse", which amused me to no end.

The term "you-ins" that's used in Pennsylvania sounds utterly ludicrous and hick-like to me, but that's probably how "y'all" sounds to everyone else in the English-speaking world!

[grayhank]

This is one of the funniest threads I've ever read, really a lot of fun. Two people on one bike is called "doubling" , I think what some of you call "biscuits" we just call buns, I'm not sure what you guys mean by "coffee milk"? Rarely does anybody put milk in their coffee, usually cream.

Coffee milk is a syrup that your pour in milk. Think chocolate syrup for milk but it's coffee flavored. It's the official drink of Rhode Island.

[4NDR01D]

This is one of the funniest threads I've ever read, really a lot of fun. Two people on one bike is called "doubling" , I think what some of you call "biscuits" we just call buns, I'm not sure what you guys mean by "coffee milk"? Rarely does anybody put milk in their coffee, usually cream.

[kinostadt]

In Minnesota, a casserole is often called a "hotdish", and soda is "pop".

In Wisconsin, they call a drinking fountain a "bubbler." I have no idea why.

[kinostadt]

When you were a kid and gave someone a lift on your bicycle, what did you call it?

In California we called this a "pump". Like in "Hey man, will give me a pump over to the Circle K?"

I found out that in other parts of the country, not only do they not say this, but it sounds completely strange....

Growing up in Minnesota, we called that a "buck."

[grayhank]

If you want two " hot dogs " with everything you would ask for " two all the way " or ask for " two gag-gahs ". ( and it is a saugy for a hot dog and a weiner that gets the meat sauce and onions )

If you get a coffee milk with the gag-gahs ask for a " arizona ".

If someone wants to go out for lemon-aid they are usually talking about a " Dells "

Pizza of any kind is " pie " and Soda of any kind is " Coke ".

A winter hat is a " toque " a pair of undies is " boodahns "

Now that I think of it, the slaughter of the English for an Italian kid in RI is brutal nevermind the slang that mixes with it.

Ca$h

I have to ask what part of RI you are from because I've never heard of some of these. But then I grew up in the woods of Scituate. I'm gonna guess your from North Providence or Cranston.

A Saugy is a brand name of hot dog that is made in RI, not really a term for one. Those things always gave me a terrible case of gas, as well as bad breath. Hot Weiners are also hot dogs but they have meat sauce, onions, mustard and celery salt on them (all the way).

The reference of calling Pizza a "pie" is more accurate to New York. Although if you ask for a Spinich Pie you get something entirely different. RI is quite famous for having Pizza Strips (a long rectangular piece of bread with just sauce on it) in most convenience stores and bakeries.

The hat term Toque comes from Canada, not RI. As in Bob & Doug McKenzie from SCTV. That one must have snuck in where you live.

Some other RI terms:

A Quahog (pronounced Kwaa-Hog - NOT Co-Hog like on Family Guy) is a type of clam.

Steamers (or Little Necks) are also a type of clam that you dip in butter.

Clam Cakes are not cakes, but deep fried batter with chopped clams in it.

Dough Boys are deep fried batter with sugar on them

If you hear the term "Do you know what the "number" is?" This refers to the Lottery.

If you hear the term "Did you go to the races" it is referring to Horse or Dog racing, not NASCAR.

Be careful of how many "Awful Awful's" you can drink. You might get sick. It's a type of ice cream milk shake that you are put to the challenge of how many you can drink before you vomit. The one who drinks the most without getting sick is the winner.

[Joe90]

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.

It's called an interrogative inflection, sometimes known, less charitably, as a moronic interrogative inflection. Apparently it represents a sense of uncertainty, or lack of confidence, in the speaker. It's not strictly a Canadianism; it's the clichéd way of depicting a "Valley Girl's" speech, or an adolescent. The word "like" seems to accompany it.

Underwear in Alberta: Gonch, Gonchie, Ginch, Ginchie... Other parts of Canada?

"I'm coming, I'm coming -- don't get your gonch in a knot."

[Mikey]

Brit speach totally messes American's up

They call French Fries "Chips"

.... and call chips "crisps"

They are so wacky

[JPkempo]

I was watching the british show bargain hunt the contestents picked up a metal item with a couple of little dents. they said it was a bit "bashed in" where I would say a bit dented.
Bashed in I think some one took a bat to it and destroyed it.