Culture Shock

[AquaEyes]

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I realize this isn't the "real" version, but I grew up with that word referring to a dish of browned and slow-cooked stew-meat beef, sometimes with mushrooms, in a brown gravy, and served over flat egg-noodles. Sour cream was on the table for those who wanted to mix it in (I didn't).

 

[cmb19]

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I realize this isn't the "real" version, but I grew up with that word referring to a dish of browned and slow-cooked stew-meat beef, sometimes with mushrooms, in a brown gravy, and served over flat egg-noodles. Sour cream was on the table for those who wanted to mix it in (I didn't).

I've not heard of that version of goulash. Apparently real goulash is a stew? What we have as goulash is a really thick version of goulash I suppose, since we use spaghetti sauce and burger. It IS yummy, but it just reminds me of regular spaghetti in meat sauce, just different noodles.

 

[Imp]

I realize this isn't the "real" version, but I grew up with that word referring to a dish of browned and slow-cooked stew-meat beef, sometimes with mushrooms, in a brown gravy, and served over flat egg-noodles. Sour cream was on the table for those who wanted to mix it in (I didn't).

This is the real version I grew up with.
Without Sour cream= Goulash
With Sour Cream=Stroganoff

Pigs in a blanket are breakfast sausage links wrapped in a pancake served with maple syrup.

Wasn't "soda" or "pop". Was both "soda pop" But that was just generic for all carbonated drinks. In restaurants it was ordered by brand name.

People move slow in upstate NY? Too funny, I think the same about Texas. I usually just give up in Texas restaurants and wait my own table.

Imp​

 

[mom'sfolly]

Goulash growing up was the macaroni, ground beef, tomato sauce thing. Now I make Szeged goulash, which is named for the town that grows the best papricka, it is a stew with pork, saurkraut and papricka.

I grew up saying crick, pop and tennies; now I say creek or crick, soda and sneakers. I've lived in a place where the word orange sounds like are-range not or-range. Where I grew up, everyone knew what "out the road" meant. When my mom says she's going Outside, she does not mean she is leaving the house, it means she is leaving the state. When I got to college people would say they were going some where and then ask if I wanted to "come with". The first time I was asked "what can I do you for?" at a store, I was shocked, until I realized that the question was really "can I help you?".

Even after living in Texas for 16 years, the "yes, sir" and "no, ma'ams" sound foreign to my ears.

 

[debby730]

In the south I've just always called them by their name.. coke, sprite. I have some friends from up north and they always called it "soda"

 

[MustLoveHens]

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No, no, no... being "out of pocket" has a much deeper meaning than just being unavailable. It means that there will be some lolling about involved as well as a complete lack of regard for responsibilities. When you are "out of pocket" you are at the beach or at the lake or shopping for frivolous things or perhaps even lolling about on the sofa watching soap operas and eating ice cream out of the carton. Being "out of pocket" is a personal holiday from the troubles of the world. It is one of life's joys.

Ahhhhh, this explains much! Back in Cali, we called that "calling in sick" or "called in sick". Meaning you" called in sick" to work or school to take a personal holiday. It was so bad I where lived that no one at work believed it when you were actaully sick. You'd get back to work and they all would ask what you did on your day off!!!

 

[AnaD]

In IA/midwest it was hard for me to get over people having breakfast, dinner, and supper when I am used to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In Texas I find it funny that they are always fixin' to do something.

 

[NYboy]

I live in the suburbs out side of Manhattan. I bought a weekend home in the country. It took me awhile to figure somethings out. Are you from the city= Are you gay, it's right down the road=at least 20 minuets by car, we will send someone right over= sometime today!

 

[Zinnia-Hen]

Around Bend, Oregon, they called "pancakes" "hotcakes"...And where I live now, it seems to depend on age whether you say "soda" or "pop". The older people usaully say "pop", while the younger people normally say "soda". Although, it also depends on your family...My mom used to refer to them as just "soft drinks" when she was a kid. Never "soda" or "pop"...

 

[danielle82]

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OOOH, accents....ok, here's one....tell me if you pronounce these names differently:

Don vs. Dawn

Aaron vs. Erin

Pauly vs. Polly


Where I am now, they're pronounced the same. Where I come from, there's an obvious difference....which I don't know if I can type but can certainly say.

Im in wa state and they all sound when I say those names