IMF Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Just a thought there are people on line from all over the World (at one time of the day or another), I wanted to know any unusual expression that may only be relevant to your part of the World or just interesting one's. My Brother-in-Law is always using "Well if my Auntie had Bollox's she would be my Uncle" it seems to cover 'could of should of times but didn't do it times'. Thought it may be an interesting thread and give me some to throw back at him. PS obviously I don't want to offend any gonaded Aunties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 It's all good... except for the bad stuff. Even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then. It's not rocket surgery... Y'mean like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 "It may be hot but it is a dry heat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 That dog won't hunt... A buddy of mine in Vancouver, B.C., says "You better get your poop in a scoop" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Fuggetaboutit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I was in western Brazil - near where they had the power outage problems recently - some years ago on assignment and was with a guy from there whose English was quite good. I misplaced a small notebook and was digging for it in the back of the car in camera bags when suddenly I felt the spiral of the thing on my behind. "Here it is," I called out. "If it was a snake, it would have bitten me." The guy from Brazil got big eyes and said, "You say that? We say that here - in Portuguese, of course." Yup. We've got our share of snakes on the northern plains of North America. <grin> Oops - strictly local and with a certain "group" around here: "You've just gotta cowboy up." m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 It's better to have and not need, than to need and not have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Dude! The 101, the 405, the I15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Eh? And "right?" My cousin married a Canadian guy last week so I go to hang out with a lot of Canadians. How about "poke me with a fork, I am done" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 My cousin married a Canadian guy last week so I go to hang out with a lot of Canadians. Do they talk aboot round bacon and Bryan Adams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 We say we have to "jury-rig" it when we have to make do with what we have. We live so far out it's not always easy to run to the hardware store for the perfect piece so we often have to improvise when making temporary repairs. Jury-rigging is kinda like sewing up a bull's arse with a logging chain; it don't look so good but it'll hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'd guess that most who use regional-specific lingo probably aren't aware of the fact... Just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Well, we call milkshakes frappes... or (I've never actually heard this said legitimatley but it is commonly accepted to be from Boston) Wicked Pissah Maybe not what you where lookin for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Eh? And the American version - "Huh?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I'd guess that most who use regional-specific lingo probably aren't aware of the fact... Just sayin. If you use North Carolina-specific lingo in southern Orey-Gun' date=' [u']everybody's[/u] aware of it. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 If you use North Carolina-specific lingo in southern Orey-Gun' date=' [u']everybody's[/u] aware of it. Just sayin' From the post title: "...what are your local or unusual expressions?" You from NC? Hey Goober! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrClam Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Not German, but spent time in Switzerland... yah yah Seems to be a conversational favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 LOL! Nah, I lived there for a couple years after I got outta the service in '70. Married a local girl and started my family there. But some of the colloquialisms stuck and, as a result, I get a funny look now and then when I say "goodern" or "yeah-boy", etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Ooooh this will be fun...there's a whole book dedicated to phrases here in TnT there are plenty here. Don't really know if these are common to you all. crappo smoke yuh pipe.... means too bad for you, or in Standard English : Smoke a frog in your pipe. Fire bun you...means same thing as above liming- to hang out now to less common ones. ok well there are tons so if you all want I'll put... some from each letter. Its really too many to type, I'll put 3 from each up to e A: A to bull foot: Completely confused. Ambition Choking yuh: A man dressed casually wearing a tie. Ah Yah Yie: Joy, anticipation etc. B: Back Squeeze: to hold back. Bacchanal: Scandal ( extremely widely used) Beat yuh wit' a wo'k stick: work a holic. C: Cleanin' out the ballroom: picking your nose Chupid: Dotish, Stupid Crank in yuh skin/tail: To do bodily harm D: Devil & he wife fightin' fuh hambone: rain falling whilst sun shining with a rainbow up. Dat is de damn t'ing self: I agree with you 100% Dress up to fowl-foot backward: Overdressed, laughably so. E: Eat de bread dat de devil knead: to have a hard life Expecting a flood?: Said to someone wearing extremely short pants. Explashiate: To be vocal in comments. Anymore you all want? There are tons of them.... A lot of them vary by region within the country, some are widely used in rural areas that are not mentioned in urban areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I live in a Ski Resort Town so when someone, "Eats It" every one on the Chairlift laughs and yells "Yard Sale" because their Skis and Polls are everywhere like a Yard sale. When someone is Injured and has to be taken out on a Toboggan they are called a "Burrito" because they're all wrapped up in Blankets. Someone left on the Chair after it closes is a "Hanger". The person who closed the chair with someone on it is called "Fired". Newcomers to the Mountains are called "Flatlanders". Upon rereading, it seem us mountain folk are a pretty mean spirited lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 De **** madre = how cool is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Whats good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 One of the old terms of endearment in downtown Baltimore or 'Ballmer as they call it, is "hon". I guess it's short for Honey. Go into a diner in Hamden and 99 time out of 100 the waitress will ask "whatcha need hon?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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