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Here in Philly we call a cold meat sandwich a hoagie. Roast beef and cheese, that's a roast beef hoagie. We do use the word "sandwich" but that refers to either hot fillings on a long roll or cold meats in regular bread. Hot meatballs in a long roll are a meatball sandwich, not a meatball hoagie. Roast beef on rye bread is a roast beef sandwich. Cold deli turkey inside of a long roll is a turkey hoagie. It's actually very simple but people make it complicated. Do other people say "Have a good one"? That's an all purpose way to end a conversation in Philadelphia. "Have a good one!"
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People say have a good one here too.
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Dec 30, 2022 17:21
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Not a common one, but when its raining while the sun is shining, some say "The devil is beating his wife"
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Dec 30, 2022 17:27
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When i was a kid if there was the sound of thunder in a clear sky my grandma said the devil was bowling. But why was the devil in the sky, that's God's house, the devil lives underground, so that's silly
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Dec 30, 2022 18:41
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Super Waffle posted:Not a common one, but when its raining while the sun is shining, some say "The devil is beating his wife" It's a saying in my section of the South. Same as "Full as a tick."
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Dec 30, 2022 19:23
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InediblePenguin posted:When i was a kid if there was the sound of thunder in a clear sky my grandma said the devil was bowling. But why was the devil in the sky, that's God's house, the devil lives underground, so that's silly
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Dec 30, 2022 20:03
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In the PNW the bits of nice sunlight we get between bouts of rain are called "sun breaks"
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in florida we call dogs "four legged biters" as the word for dog had not spread to florida until the early nineties.
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Dec 31, 2022 01:58
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In wisconsin we add "or no" (pronounced "er no") on the end of any yes or no question. Do ya need another beer er no? You going up nort to da cabin this weekend er no? Are da packers gonna choke on sunday er no?
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Dec 31, 2022 06:57
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In Chennai, (formerly Madras), to call someone மைத்துனன், (meaning "brother-in-law"), is a common insult. The implication being that you hosed their sister.
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Dec 31, 2022 10:41
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In the Canadian border city that I grew up in that had a river separating us from freedom land, if you were going "over the river" that meant you were going to Americastan.
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Dec 31, 2022 15:10
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"On your tod", meaning "by yourself"
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Dec 31, 2022 22:39
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My rmum has a lot of weird slang from growing up in Broken Hill, an old Australian mining town. Problem is, I don’t know if this stuff is slang from the town or just her own weird mannerisms. "Dong" meaning "hit"?? "Spoggie" meaning "sparrow"? Unironic use of the word "noggin"???
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Dec 31, 2022 23:04
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Semi-Protato posted:In wisconsin we add "or no" (pronounced "er no") on the end of any yes or no question. bubbler
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Tree Bucket posted:My rmum has a lot of weird slang from growing up in Broken Hill, an old Australian mining town. I've heard "Spuggie" used for sparrow in NE England/SE Scotland too.
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Jan 1, 2023 08:09
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In NJ "go stick your ear in the ocean" is a cuss-less alternative to "go gently caress yourself".
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Semi-Protato posted:In wisconsin we add "or no" (pronounced "er no") on the end of any yes or no question. Also Wisconsin - a horse a piece, meaning either choice is more or less the same - bubbler for water fountain you drink from - ope, used as an equivalent to oops, whoops, excuse me, sorry - TYME machine for ATM, the name stood for Take Your Money Everywhere - unneeded "once", as in "C'mere once" or "gimme that once"
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Jan 1, 2023 22:02
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"Dead rear end" means "certainly" here in New York. 
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"Papp diin!" is a common phrase / response / expletive here. Literally means "Your dad!". Lots of variations on this. Examples: "hey please like and subscribe!" "your dad liked and subsribed when he made you!" Popular variation "Papp diin å in anderan kaar!" = "Your dad and another man!" His Divine Shadow has a new favorite as of 14:31 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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There's a phrase in Louisiana "l'aissez les bon temps rouler" which is very effectively used to identify you as a tourist and a mark if you use it.
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"I bet you 20 dollars I can tell you where you got your shoes at"
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widefault posted:- ope, used as an equivalent to oops, whoops, excuse me, sorry
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Not local to me but heard plenty of black country people say this before figuring out they weren't being literal: "It's a bit black over Bill's mother's" meaning it's about to rain
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Jan 2, 2023 22:10
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"I'm not here to gently caress spiders" I'm here to accomplish a certain task, not waste time with anything else
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A saying that isn't used much in polite society (paraphrased): "One cow at a time and we'll gently caress the whole herd" Meaning to not panic at the enormity of the task at hand and just handle the small goals one after another.
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Fairly regional, mostly in VT and the immediate area, is "Jeezum Crow" as a non-blasphemous alternative to Jesus Christ.
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Bang a U-ey and then take the rotary, we gotta get to Dunkies for an extra-extra and then the packie before it closes, kid
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Jan 3, 2023 20:13
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EmptyVessel posted:I've heard "Spuggie" used for sparrow in NE England/SE Scotland too. Interesting! EoinCannon posted:"I'm not here to gently caress spiders" Where's this from??
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Tree Bucket posted:Interesting! Australia I've heard it in Victoria but I'd say it's country wide, not very common though
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In my region of Sweden (Södermanland), you'll sometimes hear people say "Satan i gatan!", which basically has the same meaning as 'gently caress me!'. The actual transliteration would be 'satan's in/on the street!'. It might be super-local, 'cause I've only heard people from Eskilstuna and Nyköping use it.
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Heard of it before though it's not common. Plus that whole Veronica Maggio album. Reminds me of "satan i mie" > satan i mig > satan in me. Used in the same way as above.
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Jan 4, 2023 20:58
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"Ota kiinni mandariini, osuuskaupan tissiliivi" It's like "catch me if you can" Direct translation is "Catch me you mandarin, you brassiere bought from the cooperative store"
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His Divine Shadow posted:Heard of it before though it's not common. Plus that whole Veronica Maggio album. There's a lot of stuff like that, like "Fan i helvete!" which just means 'Satan/the devil in Hell'. We really like swearing about the devil/hell I guess.
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As a result of a bunch of immigrant groups with their own languages needing to communicate, we have a local creole with tons of great phrases in Hawaii. My favorite for its beautiful simplicity is "can can, no can no can." Basically it means, if it happens, great. If not, no big deal. Person 1: "Can you give me a ride to the airport? I don't wanna take the bus." Person 2: "Probably, but I gotta check with work." Person 1: "Can can, no can no can."
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you've got eyes like a shithouse rat = your observational skills are impressive
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"loving tourists"
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Mr. Crow posted:"loving tourists" You're from Niagara Falls?
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Vug ov gund
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"I will, yeah" as a response to being told/asked to do something = I will definitely not be doing that. "I'll do it now in a minute" = I will do the thing at some point in the near future. "I do be doing..." = this is a direct carry over into english from Irish grammar. This link explains the form better than I can https://englishlanguagethoughts.com/2016/11/05/how-do-you-be-doing/
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Folks who live way out in the country, we'd say they're out in east Jesus. When you're trying to get something into a hole or socket and not getting it in (like a key, cotter pin, etc), some ol boy's likely to say "Put some hair around it!" "Kindly" instead of "kind of." "How's your mom 'n them?" at the beginning of a conversation and "say hi to your mom 'n them" at the end. "I got a full belly and a dry diaper," meaning "I'm content." There's a million variations on "the boy ain't right," but my favorite has always been "he ain't got the sense he was born with."
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