weird regional words...

[Catalina]

hotdish = casserole - usually a dish including tater tots, green beans/corn, hamburger.

egg dish = frittata - egg, milk, bread, veggies and maybe ham/bacon

beach - I had an arguement today with one of my friends, she says our 'beaches' here in MN aren't really beaches. I say anything connected to a body of water that has sand is a beach. Sand + water = beach.

pop - the whole pop/soda regional thing

 

[Sillystunt]

i've got more, i just am toast right now! LOL I willhave to hit some of my philly peeps up for words!

 

[Sillystunt]

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in philly we say, we are going down to the shore. Beach what;s a beach it's the shore...lol

Moving to cali taught me what a beach is and a tweeker

 

[Vcomb]

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I forgot about the hotdish thing!

There was a really good discussion about this between me, my Chicago friend, and a Minnesotan. My argument was a hot dish was any meal that is served hot, usually in a casserole. The Chicagoan stated that a casserole is served in a hot dish, and the Minnesotan claimed the hot dish to be a meal known elsewhere as a casserole.

 

[Catalina]

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I forgot about the hotdish thing!

There was a really good discussion about this between me, my Chicago friend, and a Minnesotan. My argument was a hot dish was any meal that is served hot, usually in a casserole. The Chicagoan stated that a casserole is served in a hot dish, and the Minnesotan claimed the hot dish to be a meal known elsewhere as a casserole.

Yeah this is a twisty one - when you say

served hot, usually in a casserole

do you mean like a ceramic dish that you cook in?
'Cause a Minnesotan hot dish is usually cooked in a rectangular 9x13 baking dish. So?

More confusing?​

 

[Vcomb]

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I forgot about the hotdish thing!

There was a really good discussion about this between me, my Chicago friend, and a Minnesotan. My argument was a hot dish was any meal that is served hot, usually in a casserole. The Chicagoan stated that a casserole is served in a hot dish, and the Minnesotan claimed the hot dish to be a meal known elsewhere as a casserole.

Yeah this is a twisty one - when you say

served hot, usually in a casserole

do you mean like a ceramic dish that you cook in?
'Cause a Minnesotan hot dish is usually cooked in a rectangular 9x13 baking dish. So?

More confusing?​

yep as in a ceramic dish. we call them casserole dishes, its what we cook our casseroles in

 

[Catalina]

Ok here's one - We say we need to use the bathroom. My friends from Texas always say they need to use the restroom.
To me a restroom is a public toilet in a store or gas station. If you're in my house and ask to use the restroom, it's kind of weird.

eta spelling

 

[HobokenChickenEmergency]

I drink from a bubbler; my dh drinks from a drinking fountain.

 

[Judy]

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It's definatly a regional thing. In the Northwest, it's a pond. a tank is an above ground steel vessel for containing liquids, or underground storage vessel, or a military fighting vehicle. Sorry, that's just the way it is.

In the Southeast, it is also definitely a pond, and many people dig them, meaning, make one.

 

[Judy]

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If you are a Chicagoan, Lake Michigan definitely has beaches.