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communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 11:03:57 AM

soultoshare

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Actually, a comment from another on a post made me start to think about the differences in communicating based on what part of the country, or world, a person is from. Mostly with little quips you might make. For instance, it would seem that very few people outside of the eastern seaboard have ever heard the phrase "I'm going to beat you like a red-headed stepchild"......and I'm a redhead, so no offense intended, nor so I condone beating children....another one I say is some topic or person is "as useless as tits on a boar hog". I get strange looks from folks first, and then have to explain that the male of the hog species is a boar.....

Anyway, what sayings do you use that you later have to explain to people, or that they've never heard before?

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 1:43:33 PM

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Go off like a damp sqib - failure
Bent as a nine bob note - crooked
Three sheets to the wind - drunk

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 2:50:34 PM

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The list would be endless - im a brit
Many many cross atlantic? misunderstandings.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 3:04:08 PM

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Go off like a damp sqib - failure
Bent as a nine bob note - crooked
Three sheets to the wind - drunk

In my grandparents' day:

Pie eyed - drunk.
Over the knot - drunk.
Away with the mixer - drunk.

In my day:

Wankered - drunk.
Arseholed - drunk.
Bollocksed - drunk.

You'll know not to feel uncomfortable if you're ever down the pub with an Englishman and the conversation turns to being wankered.

The old boys and dears had a touch more creativity than the younger lot.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 3:16:10 PM

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City people and country people... It's going to be a different set of metaphors. If they don't understand what I mean by "stolen watermelons taste better," I'm not going to try and explain.

I remember a very heated discussion around a chow hall table in tech school though. Guys from all over the US debating (as if someone was actually right) over what you call soda pop. Was it; coke (used generically), soda, a soft drink, pop, a cold drink... there may have been others, but you get the idea.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 3:19:38 PM

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it's a fwuckin twonic in Bahsten.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 3:21:40 PM

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water fountains are "bubblers" in many parts of Wisconsin....they are a simple stupid people.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 3:24:09 PM

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that is one reason they are called cheeseheads, and if that weren't enough the angels had to live there for eternity in Dogma. So it ain't just an earthly thing.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 6:21:38 PM

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In western Pennsylvania we have a special word that means to tidy or clean up: red

usage: I need to red up the living room.

I've never heard this word used anywhere else.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 6:30:37 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

City people and country people... It's going to be a different set of metaphors. If they don't understand what I mean by "stolen watermelons taste better," I'm not going to try and explain.

I remember a very heated discussion around a chow hall table in tech school though. Guys from all over the US debating (as if someone was actually right) over what you call soda pop. Was it; coke (used generically), soda, a soft drink, pop, a cold drink... there may have been others, but you get the idea.

Rich:
The reason they used to call it pop was that it used to be made with sugar instead of corn syrup...it seemed to make the bubbles sharper. There is a speciality store in LA that carries all of the old tyme stuff like Barques root beer and Moxie made with real sugar. Down side it is pricier than imported beer.
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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 6:33:53 PM

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I suppose that red was derived from ready. I suppose both words are also etymologically related to the Dutch 'gereedmaken' (= to make ready, to prepare). Alternatively and less likely it may be short for 'redo'.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 6:35:55 PM

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I'm from texas and we use the "redheaded step child" saying. We also say "useless at tits on a bull".

I tend to notice small differences in language. For example, the term "fixin" as in "I"m fixin to go to the store, you need anything?"

I also use terms like "Skedaddle" aka "get out of the way" like "You kids skedaddle so we grown ups can talk!"

We say "holler" as in "I'll holler at ya later".

I'm sure there's about a gazillion others that aren't coming immediately to mind.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 7:18:58 PM

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In California when we make a U-turn we call it making a U-wee, I have heard that people in other places do not say this, but maybe I am wrong

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 7:26:54 PM

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I can remember when we first moved to Texas and I went into the store and had to ask where the pop was. It took 15 minutes before anyone knew what I was talking about.

When we moved back north, I went into the gocery store and told my daughter to run back and get some sodie water, she asked the clerk where it was and we spent 10 minutes explaining that it was pop.

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 7:28:07 PM

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

In California when we make a U-turn we call it making a U-wee, I have heard that people in other places do not say this, but maybe I am wrong

Also known as "flipping a bitch." Not sure why. Doing it without power steering maybe?

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 7:29:56 PM

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quote:

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

In California when we make a U-turn we call it making a U-wee, I have heard that people in other places do not say this, but maybe I am wrong

Also known as "flipping a bitch." Not sure why. Doing it without power steering maybe?

I have heard that in Texas before. Not flipping the bitch but I have been told to 'flip the bitch around', which means make a u-turn

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 7:30:43 PM

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I think it's a U-ie, although you're prolly spelling it phonetically. :)

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 8:05:41 PM

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I think it's a U-ie, although you're prolly spelling it phonetically. :)

I am spelling it phonetically because to be honest, I did not think it was a real word in the dictionary that had a set spelling attached to it (goes to online dictionary to check, nope it's not there)

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 8:24:05 PM

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I think it's a U-ie, although you're prolly spelling it phonetically. :)

LOL there's an actual spelling for it?!

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RE: communication styles vs regional locations - 4/3/2007 9:08:35 PM

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Dude, don't bogart the bong!

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