American Lingo

[thndrdancr]

My poor hubby is from South America. The Americanisms just kill him.

One time in the first months he was here, he was very difficult for lots of folks to understand. We were at a bar with some friends, I was hungry but he wasnt, so I went to eat next door and then came back to join him. My belly was REALLY full. He patted my belly and told me it was really showin how much I had eaten. I said "I wouldnt talk if I were you" as he had a bit of a beer belly himself that night.

He got a little upset and asked me if he shouldnt talk becuz people didnt understand him? He took it so literally, and at that time, he didnt understand our expressions at all. It was really funny, but I had a very hard time explaining it to him becuz I was laughing and he was genuinely upset about it, so me laughing didnt help!

Now he is in love with some expressions, like "Get crackin" and "Let er rip" Its so funny to hear him say them. One I really like he uses that I never heard before, is when he looked all over for something, he says "I tumbled the house lookin for ___" I think its so cute!

Jill

 

[barg]

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Spokane where the population of the city out numbers the teeth in the city. j/k.. yeah eastern wa is bigtime different than the coast.

hmm, I sometimes call it pop but most of the time I call it coke.
Seems like there are alot of Austrailian and English terms that people in the U.S. tend to think of as having originated here and that actually originated in England; especially southern ones.

Added: But I reckon I could be wrong.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Plester...I was born, raised and live in West Virginia and I have never heard of any of those except ..born up in the holler

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[MissPrissy]

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I haven't heard "crunk" used in that way. Out here, crunk means to be crazy and drunk (like a wild drunk, or out of control drunk).

I say it. My husbands thinks at times I am uneducated. LMAO

English terms that people in the U.S. tend to think of as having originated here and that actually originated in England

If you study a lot of southern dialects you will find that many are very true to the english spoken when America was discovered and settled. I have heard a few lectures by different professors who have done years of study who belive the deep south dialect is some of the truest forms of english from that time.​

 

[Jimagination]

Being from Lancaster, Pa originally, (Amish and Pa Dutch country) We hear lots of funny things when going back to visit family. Like "Naw" means Now and "Mebbee" for maybe, but mixing sentences around or saying something that makes no sense to "outsiders" is the most common. When we lived in Nashville, Tn someone had asked me fore some gum and my answer was- "It's all." They looked at me and said "all what" " All, you know 'all gone'" We don't finish sentences for some reason. Another one is ...ex..."Why don't you all go a while" "Get your things out a while" While student teaching, my supervising professor who was from Michigan took points off of my lessons for using a while to end a sentence.

 

[Standard Hen]

I do not even want to start on how we talk in New England! I have been to quite a few states and many people could not understand me....lol

 

[schmoo]

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Here's an arkie word for you.

J'eet? = Did you eat?

Up here in the Pacific North West where I live it's not "Soda Pop" or "Soda" it's "Pop". And anything with wheels (car, truck, semi, tractor) is a "Rig".

TOO funny My DH wears a Jeff Foxworthy shirt that has some hunters with deer on the roof of the car. A guy they drive by says J'eet yet? and they answer........ Fixin' to..........

 

[schmoo]

Offspring -you need to tell us some of your lingo! I watch Jamie Oliver all the time and he has some good ones. I can usually figure them out by what he's doing but not always.

Heres a couple words of youth lingo you might hear on T.V.

thats SICK- means its really cool

wicked- usually used to describe an adjective....... again meaning really cool
I.E.
wicked good
wicked awesome
wicked smart etc.

 

[Reinbeau]

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You missed a key phrase from here around the Boston area - Wicked pissa. But it's old, none of the kids use it anymore. I just can get used to the word 'sick' being used to mean really cool - or wicked pissa! I guess I'm showing my age

 

[palabeco]

sw PA
yuns= you all .. ie-What are yuns doing?
Woosh= wash Did you woosh the car today?