The Deuce: Adfession: I use the female Indian English voice for Siri. She does the same and sounds like an

Sidejack to the other thread...regional colloquialism you just can't get used to...* - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:15:49

Combining 3 from below, I definitely could see myself saying "The dishes need warshed after supper." - Philo October 3, 2025, 13:47:34
- LOL.* - DocWalk20 October 3, 2025, 16:51:49
- and you warsh them with a dish rag* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 13:48:02
  - absolutely! :) * - Philo October 3, 2025, 13:54:17
vvvvv...y'all* - lcubed October 3, 2025, 12:58:32
Y'all are real sensitive these days.* - DiamondDazzle October 3, 2025, 12:22:22
- It's possible to complain about something and have it not be a big deal in the least* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 13:03:28
- Seriously.* - DocWalk20 October 3, 2025, 13:02:41
  - It's not like I lay away at night thinking about the word supper* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 13:04:00
    - But the word supper is something that rises to the level of “hate”? - DocWalk20 October 3, 2025, 16:54:32
    - you pay for it all at once, eh?* - Sammich October 3, 2025, 13:14:12
      - It took me a minute - Sounder October 3, 2025, 13:21:39
New Yorkers who pronounce words ending in "aw" as "err" - Jersey October 3, 2025, 12:08:56
"Supper" (shudders) * - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:46:28
- I can't decide if my dislike of this word is completely irrational - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:48:14
  - I grew up saying it and never thought twice about it. Moving away and realizing... - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:53:07
    - Technically speaking, dinner and supper have different meanings* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:54:26
      - I realize that. 95% of people who use "supper" in conversation do not. * - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:57:03
        
        Many people who say supper say dinner to mean lunch* - Herman Blume October 3, 2025, 12:06:17
        
        That is correct - Sounder October 3, 2025, 12:02:31
In Atlanta parking garage = parking deck. You use a buggy not a cart at the grocery store and you - ATL October 3, 2025, 11:45:59
- I actually like it when my English accented Siri / Apple Maps tells me to turn into the “car park.” - DocWalk20 October 3, 2025, 13:01:31
  - Adfession: I use the female Indian English voice for Siri. She does the same and sounds like an - ATL October 3, 2025, 13:27:07
- that's better than Minnesota calling them "parking ramps"* - shua October 3, 2025, 11:56:30
Not really a colloquialism...but the small-town midwest / ECI accent... - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:44:03
- guilty --> * - Philo October 3, 2025, 13:35:45
- My dad grew up in Kankakee….always had the hard R. - TarheelIllini October 3, 2025, 12:05:30
- Heard "warsh" a lot from two native Chicagoans of my age. They got it from their mother (TN native). - osklister October 3, 2025, 11:48:28
  - At the Illinois-Washington game in Seattle earlier this year - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:49:59
- Eye-Talian, Ore-A-Gone, Warshington* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:45:00
Using the past participle instead of the present participle to create a gerund. To wit: - ATL October 3, 2025, 11:37:02
- I've had two girlfriends who used this one and the "whenever" one below. - Sammich October 3, 2025, 11:49:57
  - We get it, Sammich pulls the ladies* - reggiedunlop October 3, 2025, 13:42:33
  - I’ve never heard the latter * - ATL October 3, 2025, 12:24:28
- which region is that?* - VIV October 3, 2025, 11:38:06
  - Pittsburgh to be sure. “Can’t meet you tonight, my lawn needs mowed.”* - ATL October 3, 2025, 11:39:51
    - In both cases it’s lazy. They are dropping the ‘to be’ in the middle* - TarheelIllini October 3, 2025, 12:06:49
    - My dad, who has terrible grammar, talks like that* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:41:48
A lot of Baltimore folks say someone is being “ignorant” when they mean “rude”* - DT October 3, 2025, 11:36:31
- “I was down at Polak Johnnie’s in Lexington Market and the cashier was so ignorant, Hon.” - ATL October 3, 2025, 11:41:17
- Aaron earned an iron urn* - Sammich October 3, 2025, 11:37:19
I hate it when people say "on line" in stead of "in line"* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:32:39
a lot of STL people will say "whenever" in place of just "when".* - VIV October 3, 2025, 11:31:55
Not a regional, but the next person to say ‘kiddo’ I will chokeslam* - Stu October 3, 2025, 11:28:44
- that's what I call my nephew - IlliniSax05 October 3, 2025, 11:33:04
- My dad called a waitress "sweetheart" a few days ago - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:30:00
Everyone here seems to call cleats "spikes" and I hate it* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes October 3, 2025, 11:20:29
Have a good one - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:19:59
Does this count.... - Philo October 3, 2025, 11:19:19
"Hella". Heavy usage in SF Bay Area / Northern California. Ex - "It's hella foggy today." * - haighter October 3, 2025, 11:16:48
- Do people really still say that?* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:35:20
  - they hella say that* - VIV October 3, 2025, 11:36:39
    - that's wicked terrible* - Sounder October 3, 2025, 11:38:24

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