NationStates Jolt Archive

I've collected coloquialisms from all over the place:

Western Pennsylvania: where they say "yens" as a plural of "you."

Around Cincinnati, Ohio: where, when you say something they didn't quite understand, they will say "Please?"

North Carolina: where they say all sorts of things, such as "Hey!" instead of "Hi!" And, of course, the ubiquitous "Y'all" meaning "all of you."

Got some favorites? Share them with us. :D

I've collected coloquialisms from all over the place:

Western Pennsylvania: where they say "yens" as a plural of "you."

Around Cincinnati, Ohio: where, when you say something they didn't quite understand, they will say "Please?"

North Carolina: where they say all sorts of things, such as "Hey!" instead of "Hi!" And, of course, the ubiquitous "Y'all" meaning "all of you."

Got some favorites? Share them with us. :D

Well where I live (Nottingham UK) people tend to use the words "Duck" or "luv" alot e.g

You all right luv

You ok me duck

North Carolina: where they say all sorts of things, such as "Hey!" instead of "Hi!" And, of course, the ubiquitous "Y'all" meaning "all of you."


that also works in S.Carolina,Tennesee,Alabama,Arkansas,and Mississippi

Tennesee: The last four words in the National anthem are "Gentilmen Start your engines"

North Carolina: where they say all sorts of things, such as "Hey!" instead of "Hi!"

That's not really a North Carolina only thing... I live on a different continent and say "hey" (I think some American colloquialisms make it into the UK through TV).

That's wicked awesome. You were able to come up with a bunch of regional colloquialisms, and so can't I. Ah-yup. I sure can.

I don't travel, so there's that...but I've picked little things up from people around me-

"Sorry Bob." Something an old boss used to say when the discussion was over. It's so irratatingly dismissive it actually short circuits the person you're talking to. Use sparingly (unlike my boss) because it really doesn't make the person you're saying it to like you very much.

Obviously, there is "s'up" which I like because it hides the actual question none of us are really interested in. (When we are we ask a more specific)

Hanging out with old jazz musicians when I was studying music and reading and listening to beat poets has installed 'cat' into my vocabulary. I call people "cats" all the time. Only every once in a while someone does a double take.

Performing as a Ninja Turtle stapled 'Dude' to my brain so that I practicly use it like 'smurf.' We've all heard the comedians routine on the flexibility of the word...

"What's up with your bad self?" is something I got from my Uncle. It tends to make chicks (that you already know) blush when you say it to them. Chicks you don't know probably would see it as a pick up line and just roll thier eyes...

Localized I think to the record store I worked at, 'ass' as a modifier was common. "It's ass cold" "That's ass stupid." etc.

In Kirov we say "Для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка."

That's wicked awesome. You were able to come up with a bunch of regional colloquialisms, and so can't I. Ah-yup. I sure can.
I have a buddy from Mass who does a hillarious 'Bostonian describing his first rave.' It levels me every time. He's also got me saying "Jeezum Crow" or however you would spell it, 'cause that sounds silly.

In Kirov we say Для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка.
And I say, what the hell? :p

That's not really a North Carolina only thing... I live on a different continent and say "hey" (I think some American colloquialisms make it into the UK through TV).
Seems right. I think it would be weird if people actually said 'Hi' 'round here.

I have a buddy from Mass who does a hillarious 'Bostonian describing his first rave.' It levels me every time. He's also got me saying "Jeezum Crow" or however you would spell it, 'cause that sounds silly.

Was it a wicked pissah?

And I say, what the hell? :p
С волками жить, по-волчьи выть

"catawampus" - meaning crooked, "That wall is all catawampus."

I've collected coloquialisms from all over the place:

Western Pennsylvania: where they say "yens" as a plural of "you."

like alot of western Pennsylvanian coloquialisms, its stolen straight from Northern Ireland :p

like "sammitch".

eh...Northern Ireland has its own dialect of English really, closely related to Scottish but with some translated Irish (and some untranslated Irish i guess) thrown in for good measure.

"up till yer uxters"...up to your armpits

"shuk" for ditch..although i imagine its not spelt like that

"yous" (or the aforementioned "yens") for the plural of you

"ye" instead of "you"

and sticking random extra words in.."He's come over for to see the film."

putting "like" in every sentence

"thon" instead of "that"

avoiding use of "shall"', "ought" and "may" infavour of "will", "should" and "might"

theres other stuff like "alright" instead of hello, and "i do", "i will" etc (or "aye") instead of "yes"

theres just wee things like that that seperate it from 'standard' English

and "northern ireland" isnt pronounced "northern ireland", its pronounced "norn iron"

but aye, theres loads like...and theres loads of the Ulster dialect in pockets all over America, like in Pittsburgh, where there was a board up in one of the musems explaining the "local language". I was amused to note that every word and saying they mentioned was used back home.

theres a website that takes the piss out of it here (http://speaknorniron.8m.net/)

In casual speech, I sometimes refer to people as 'birds' and sometimes as 'wombats'. Don't know where I picked that up...

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

"slicker than snot on a doorknob"

"Walking on a slant" meanin' Drunk; "I was walking on a slant after drinking to much 'shine."

Okay, so, here in Alabama:

Soda, pop, soft drink=Coke
Hello=Hi, sometimes w/ humor "howdy", hey, +y'all
You all=y'all
All of you=all y'all
Over there=over yonder
Around='round
African-American=black
Abortion=murder
Asian=Chinese
Hispanic=Mexican
WWJD=WIMD (What I Must Do)
Woman=housewife, mother
Man=superior gender
Death=going to heaven


Oh, dear, my bitterness got the better of me.

Was it a wicked pissah?
Tha wickedest

Okay, so, here in Alabama:

Soda, pop, soft drink=Coke
Hello=Hi, sometimes w/ humor "howdy, hey, +y'all
You all=y'all
All of you=all y'all
Over there=Over yonder
Around here='Round
African-American=black
Abortion=murder
Asian=Chinese
Hispanic=Mexican
WWJD=WIMD (What I Must Do)
Woman=housewife, mother
Man=superior gender
Death=going to heaven


Oh, dear, my bitterness got the better of me.Long live the American Deep South... :rolleyes:

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

EDIT: In a play I've seen, people like that are used for comic relief. They're also neat freaks, rabid conservatives, and pro-discrimination.

There are lots here, but being in Portuguese (Sometimes) they will be meaningless.

tri legal (Tree lee_gal) - excelent
Tche (Ché as in Guevara) - exclamation of general usage
Guri (gooree) - lad.

I think I picked this up in Minnesota (pronounces Minnesoda).

"What the crap ever!" Instead of "whatever"

And of course there's "deer" instead of "there"

Being in Scotland, I should have a gillion and eight... lots of them are similar to Nadkors NI list, but we say "ken" instead of "know"... well that's only true nowadays if you live in Edinburgh, to be honest.

Also, if you're a ned, you add a whole lot of stupid nasal pronunciations to words, like "Jake-et" for jacket, and Po-lis for police, it's really annoying.

oh oh! and Braw for good/cool, though I can't remember anyone outside of the Broons and Oor Wullie said that.

Being in Scotland, I should have a gillion and eight... lots of them are similar to Nadkors NI list, but we say "ken" instead of "know"... well that's only true nowadays if you live in Edinburgh, to be honest.

Also, if you're a ned, you add a whole lot of stupid nasal pronunciations to words, like "Jake-et" for jacket, and Po-lis for police, it's really annoying.

oh oh! and Braw for good/cool, though I can't remember anyone outside of the Broons and Oor Wullie said that.Funny...the only way I know British, Scottish, & Irish slang and accents is through reading those books about small woodland animals killing each other...can't remember the name now... :headbang:

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

in this part of england we say "me sen" as opposed to myself

Originally posted by Czardas
Funny...the only way I know British, Scottish, & Irish slang and accents is through reading those books about small woodland animals killing each other...can't remember the name now...

*Comes out of the shadows to actually post on General instead of just reading* Do you mean the Redwall series by Brian Jacques?

There's loads of 'em.
The most commonly used is "to". e.g.
Where you goin' to? -where are you going?
Wotcha up to? - what are you doing?

Then there's just linking it into the accent, which is always fun.

"Was just goin up Asdas to do me lotterys" - I was just going to Asda to place a bet on the lottery.

Also, the Janner's (or Plymothians) tend to put "****" in every few words. It's used as a rude gesture, as well as in polite conversion. e.g.

"Ere, 'ow you doin' me ****?"
"S'areete. Choo?"
"S'areete. 'Ere, what happened to that bird choo was wiv the other night in Destiny's?"
"Twas grand. I caved 'er **** in you ****!"
"Nice one. Got'a split now, see you later"
"Yea, later"
"Cheeio!"

Roughly translated that equates to:
"Hello, how are you?"
"I'm well. You?"
"Good. Say, what happened to that girl you were with the other night in Destiny's?"
"It was a good night. I had sex with her, my friend".
"Good. I have to leave now, will see you another time"
"Yes, another time"
"Good-bye!"

that also works in S.Carolina,Tennesee,Alabama,Arkansas,and Mississippi

Tennesee: The last four words in the National anthem are "Gentilmen Start your engines"
LOL! That's where I was born ... Tennessee. :D

That's not really a North Carolina only thing... I live on a different continent and say "hey" (I think some American colloquialisms make it into the UK through TV).
I suspect you may be right about that. I happen to be a fan of what some call "black slang." I love "whut's up wid dat?" :D

I don't travel, so there's that...but I've picked little things up from people around me-

"Sorry Bob." Something an old boss used to say when the discussion was over. It's so irratatingly dismissive it actually short circuits the person you're talking to. Use sparingly (unlike my boss) because it really doesn't make the person you're saying it to like you very much.

Obviously, there is "s'up" which I like because it hides the actual question none of us are really interested in. (When we are we ask a more specific)

Hanging out with old jazz musicians when I was studying music and reading and listening to beat poets has installed 'cat' into my vocabulary. I call people "cats" all the time. Only every once in a while someone does a double take.

Performing as a Ninja Turtle stapled 'Dude' to my brain so that I practicly use it like 'smurf.' We've all heard the comedians routine on the flexibility of the word...

"What's up with your bad self?" is something I got from my Uncle. It tends to make chicks (that you already know) blush when you say it to them. Chicks you don't know probably would see it as a pick up line and just roll thier eyes...

Localized I think to the record store I worked at, 'ass' as a modifier was common. "It's ass cold" "That's ass stupid." etc.
Wuzzup wid yo bad self, Poppa Smurf dude? :D

In Kirov we say "Для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка."
And the English translation of this would be ... ???

In casual speech, I sometimes refer to people as 'birds' and sometimes as 'wombats'. Don't know where I picked that up...

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
In the 60s a number of people, particularly in San Francisco it seemed, picked up the English tendency to call attractive young women "birds." That always seemed rather strange to me for some reason. :)

Also, the Janner's (or Plymothians) tend to put "****" in every few words. It's used as a rude gesture, as well as in polite conversion. e.g.

LOL, that's like Queenslanders over here :p

I could share many examples, but i'm too lazy to list all of them. :p

LOL, that's like Queenslanders over here :p

I could share many examples, but i'm too lazy to list all of them. :p
Um ... then jus lay sum miniscule on us, dude! :D

LOL, that's like Queenslanders over here :p

I could share many examples, but i'm too lazy to list all of them. :p
Wow, I thought it was just Janners who spoke like that...

Go on, give us a few examples. I wanna see how much else might be close to Plymouth (and believe me, that ain't necessarily a good thing! :D )

New Zealand's (http://www.nz-immigration.co.nz/lifestyles/slang-words.html)


According to a New Zealand immigration site..


Everyone understands a simple phrase like 'the scarfie chundered on his jandells while he was with his cuz out in the wops' I thought. :confused:

Where I'm from:
Quine/Wifey := woman
Gadges := collective of people, cheifly dilinqunits.
Pagger := fight
Mass pagger := brawl
Take a bolt := Run away
Dae ye ken? := Do you know (If said fast enough can be misheard by 'outsiders' as chicken?
Jakey := Wineo/Drunken bum
Foosty := old or smelly
Bint := Derogatory term for a woman
Boot := (see bint)
Aye := yes
Nut := no
No := not; as in: 'I'm no commin' out tonight'

Um ... then jus lay sum miniscule on us, dude!

Wow, I thought it was just Janners who spoke like that...

Go on, give us a few examples. I wanna see how much else might be close to Plymouth (and believe me, that ain't necessarily a good thing! :D )

Okay, Okay... :p

The "****" thing is almost exclusively from Queensland (haha...Patra Caesar might object) but the rest could be applied pretty much anywhere...but we don't really talk like this. Nope. >.>

"How are ya, ****?"
"Yeh ya old bastard, i'm not too shabby. Hows ya missus?"
"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, she's pretty tops."
"Pretty good, ay? Guess what, I bought me a ratshit paddock bomb the other day. Was a steal, mate. Only half a grand, the **** wanted a grand but I told him he was dreamin'."
"Strewth! Betcha got a budgie's chance in a blender of gettin that on the road."
"Yeh, got a feeling it'll be as useful as tits on a bull, but what can ya do, ay?"
"Y'reckon the blueys'll chuck a spaz if ya take it out for a spin?"
"Yeh, prob'ly, but they can't do jack shit."
"Oi, wanna come around me place this arvo for a barbie? I'll get us a coupla slabs of tinnies, it'll be pretty sweet."
"Sounds bonzer, ay, I gotta go to the dunny..."
"Yeh, no worries, I'll go get me a sanga at the servo I reckon."
"Sweet, have a good one, mate"
"Cheers ****"

TRANSLATION

"How are you?"
"Yeah, not bad. How's your wife/girlfriend?"
"She's pretty good."
"Yeah? Guess what, I bought myself a rusty old car the other day. It was a bargain. It only cost me $500...the guy wanted $1000, but I told him he couldn't be serious."
"Nice! I bet you've got no chance of driving that on the roads though"
"Yeah, I get the feeling it won't be much use, but nevermind."
"Do you think the police will do anything if you gave it a test drive?"
"Yeah, probably, but they can't do much."
"Say, would you like to come around to my house this afternoon for a barbecue? I'll get a few cases of beer. Should be fun."
"Sounds good. Say, I have to go relieve myself."
"No problem. I'll go buy myself a sandwich at the service station."
"OK, have a good afternoon."
"Thanks."

:D

Somehow, the word "gay" came to mean "stupid". I have nothing against gay people, but I use it sometimes.
Ex: "That was really gay, dude."

We don't go to a liquor store, we go to the Packie (Package Store)

Revis siitä!

Somehow, the word "gay" came to mean "stupid". I have nothing against gay people, but I use it sometimes.
Ex: "That was really gay, dude."

Probably the same way the word "gay" came to mean homosexual.... it's supposed to be happy!

Damnit why do people take all the good words and add connotations to them. I want to say that something is queer without meaning that it's homosexual! In cases of inanimate objects, it just makes no sense!

Damn you, language. You win again.

--Snip--

Ok, take out Tinnies, Barbie, Bodger and bonzer and we have Plymothian (or Janner!). Damn, we exported that, unlucky Queensland! :p

Well where I live (Nottingham UK) people tend to use the words "Duck" or "luv" alot e.g

You all right luv

You ok me duck

On that topic. Click Me. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/4194867.stm)

Somehow, the word "gay" came to mean "stupid". I have nothing against gay people, but I use it sometimes.
Ex: "That was really gay, dude."

Damn! What is it about this thread that just makes me want to quote the news at people?

[QUOTE=Village Voice]The otherwise attractive (if seven-eighths alien) Kelly Osbourne has adopted the rotten trend of using the word gay to signify obnoxious. When the Post asked her what she's listening to these days, Kelly said, "This is gonna be really gay, but it's myself." Well, this is gonna be really fat, but shut up, be-otch! [/QUITE]

We don't go to a liquor store, we go to the Packie (Package Store)

That's funny, I've only ever heard the term Paki Store to mean a bodega run by a middle easterner.

Is bodega a New York colloquialism?

In Kirov we say "Для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка."

And the English translation of this would be ... ???

In Soviet Russia colloquialisms have a favorite you.

I know. Whenever I say something someone seems to burst out laughing. Strange dialect, I suppose. FV'cwegla rei, you clyvvies!

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

In Soviet Russia colloquialisms have a favorite you.
They do? If someone working for the State uses one on me, should I be afraid? :eek:

That's funny, I've only ever heard the term Paki Store to mean a bodega run by a middle easterner.

Is bodega a New York colloquialism?
Um ... perhaps. Not being from Nu Yawk, I wouldn't know. :D

Is bodega a New York colloquialism?

Bodega is a Hispanic grocery store.

On his head, a touque (not a 'hat', or a 'wool cap' mind you... a toque), in his hand - a cup of Timmies (also known in various locales as 'java' and 'coffee') (http://www.matchvideozine.com/canadianaaron.jpg) :p

Not exactly on topic, but close enough - a question for other southerners: Do you spell it "y'all" or "ya'll", and do you pronounce it differently?

I have a tendency (I don't know why) of saying "Go away" to mean "Hello". I have to be careful to only use it on people I know, though, otherwise it might just be misinterpreted. :D

Its surprising that as a Canadian I cannot think of any more eh?

In Kirov we say "Для милого дружка и серёжку из ушка."

That's funny, we say that in rural Arkansas too!