Most of my family is from Pitts, PA and I know all of the good one's goin dan town to get some eggs n'at,
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slippy LOL!!! This topic is too funny! Now I'm down south - I can't use those words or no one will know what I'm talking aboot, eh.
My Dh (from H'burg PA) says Home Depo (no T, like where trains go) and He WORKS there (but not at a store). He also says Acrosst...like Lets get acrosst before the light turns. And the one that drives me nuts is Sawl. " I sawl it on TV" YIKES!
Of course, that ebing said... I say "Fixin' to" (going to), y'all (you all), and this he hates - all y'all. And Pi no e for the desert with a crust.
Tomato tomahto I guess.
Julia
My Dh (from H'burg PA) says Home Depo (no T, like where trains go) and He WORKS there (but not at a store).
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Julia
Isn't that the way you pronounce it? That's how they say it on the commericials--with a silent "T."
OK, get this! My parents went to a mexican restaurant in Texas and tried to order some queso..... The guy had no idea what they were talking about! He said queso like 3 times, then finally said "cheese dip!". The waiter said "oh, CHEESE DEEP!" they thought that was funny (and a little weird). But would you believe that when they got their receipt, sure enough the dip was listed on the receipt spelled out "cheese deep"!!!
My Dh (from H'burg PA) says Home Depo (no T, like where trains go) and He WORKS there (but not at a store).
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Julia
Isn't that the way you pronounce it? That's how they say it on the commericials--with a silent "T."
Ditto. It is pronounced "home depo". The t is silent.
acookieobsession, do you think your dh jokes around with his friends saying "can you believe my wife calls this place "home de-pot"? sorry, I just couldn't help myself! 
--no offense!!
Also, it seems like ppl here on the east coast (i'm from California) have to call thing by joing two names together i.e. Pocket book for purse. Or instead of "backpack" they call is a book bag...that just drives me crazy!!!! Oh, and how your only a real local if you pronounce Baltimore as Bal'more. Hello!!! There is a 'T' in there....
Welcome to Bal'more, Hon! Let me get you a glass of wooder and some caffee while you check out the menu!"
Aacckkk!!!!! There it is!! Too funny
What a thread! Here's one for you...
My DH was a recent Cuban immigrant, and an artist. One night he said to me, with this sweet, innocent look on his face, "I want to make a painting of Jesus burning. I think the people here would like that, don't you?"
Well, I thought - who is this guy, Lucifer? I DID NOT think "the people here" would like a painting of Jesus burning. But I also wanted to be supportive of his artistic inspirations. So I patiently asked him to describe his vision to me exactly... to make a long story short, he actually wanted to paint a picture of Jesus - in his words - BORNING (being born) not BURNING.
Words, words, words! Gotta be careful with 'em!
Oh, and I hate it when people call WalMart WALMARK. Aaarrrgghhh!
LOL omg these are funny.
My dh's cousin and her daughter call the couch a "cow-nch"....drives me nuts !!
And my DH (god love him) says sang-which. There is something else he says too....but I cant remember, lol. Perhaps I have just blocked it out, lmao !!
Oh no..you can't POSSIBLY be agreeing with him... he is INSANE with that word. I think he just says it to yank my chain!
..let me see if I can spell it phonetically
At the store they say.....Home Dee-po
He says Home Dep-o
and everytime he does I wonder where the trains hide in the orange box store!
And I am with you that y'all is a word...but most people not from the south...think that is a sure sign of a redneck...
Hey Dolfin! Does your family make up words for things? My family does and then when I met my best friend, we'd have discussions over whose made-up words sounded better! omg we have some too! When my oldest was a pre-teen, she wanted to call her dad an idiot, but she tried to spell it: "You are an I....D....O.....T!"
So now when someone does something stupid, we call them an EYE-DOT! (and it usually comes out as "you are a a 'big 'ole' eye-dot!")
HA Ha, when I was mad at my sister I wanted to say "I Hate You" but my children were around so I spelled it..."I H-A-T you". So now whenever we get mad at eachother we say, "ya, well I hat you!"
I think the people that go to THE WALMARK also go to TarJay....
I believe that Home Depot (Deep-oh)
and train depot (deep-oh)
are pronounced the same.
But dep-oh (like the birth control method) is wrong
what about Fred Meyers? i admit, that one bugs me.
I think that is what she was trying to say but having a problem putting into words...
Oh no..you can't POSSIBLY be agreeing with him... he is INSANE with that word. I think he just says it to yank my chain!..let me see if I can spell it phonetically
At the store they say.....Home Dee-po
He says Home Dep-o
and everytime he does I wonder where the trains hide in the orange box store!
And I am with you that y'all is a word...but most people not from the south...think that is a sure sign of a redneck...
Oh, Ok! Yes, it is DEE-po
I thought you were saying that you pronounce the T!
......y'all (you all), and this he hates - all y'all.
But Julia! those are real words! y'all is singular (means "you") and "all y'all" is plural (means "all of you").
KY-Beth, back me up!
yes i agree my husband is the king of that word.....every single time he say that word I always comment on it....lolololo
when my oldest son was younger he used to call muffins 'muffcakes" I thought that was cute!
Some other cute words from my kids were: panpanks, moatcanatrol (remote control lol!)
Oh and my sister always has to pick up a long pause or change the subject by saying "so anyways".
Ok 1st of all, that in itself is annoying but then you add the "anywayS". That is not a word!!!
My hubby hates that one too! Whenever someone says it, he replies, "How many ways?"
my Mawmaw (God rest her soul) only shopped at the WalMark.... she is probably chuckling in heaven right now... crazy ole woman Oh and I forget to tell you all that my stepdad doesn't rinse the dishes he is going to the wrench the dishes.... hahahahaha
Oh and my sister always has to pick up a long pause or change the subject by saying "so anyways".
Ok 1st of all, that in itself is annoying but then you add the "anywayS". That is not a word!!!
My hubby hates that one too! Whenever someone says it, he replies, "How many ways?"
...glad I'm not the only one
My son who is 5 say chimanee for chimney and Hoe-in-tell for hotel. I just don't have the heart to tell him its wrong, it's too stinkin cute!! And besides, he won't say it forever.....hahahaha
I have a few of my very own faux-pas which are due to regional differences. I'm from CA but now live in South Dakota. I tend to say freeway when talking about the interstate. I sometimes get looks like I'm talking a totally foreign language when I say that. I struggle with the pop/soda thing. In CA it's soda, here it's pop and some midwesterners don't even know what I mean when I say soda. I must also tell on my mom. Some of her bests are
lie-berry for library
tolet for toilet
and the granddaddy of them all is
ebow for elbow. Hello Mom, there is an L in there!!! Gotta love her!!!
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