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  1. heckler40

    heckler40 Karting

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    I've always found colloquialisms and/or local dialects very interesting. For example, here in IL I say pop instead of soda.

    Here's a couple:

    jury-rig...jerry-rig
    kitty-corner...caddy-corner

    I say those the first way. :)
     
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  2. SRT Mike

    SRT Mike Two Time F1 World Champ

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    route

    roo-t or row-t. I did a paper roo-t but I bought a row-ter.

    Hero, hoagie, sub, gyro. In Ohio, a gyro is not what a sub is in Boston. Where the heck do they say "hoagies"???
     
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  3. BigAl

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    coo-pon/cew-pon
     
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  4. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    "Year-o"

    I saw a beautiful blonde walk into a restaurant after a drive wearing a T-shirt which read, "You say tomato- I say F*** YOU!"
     
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  5. Simon^2

    Simon^2 F1 World Champ

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    Did you say OK?
     
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    DGS Seven Time F1 World Champ Rossa Subscribed

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    Should I throw a spanner in the works?

    Windscreen? Or warp power to the the windshields?

    How many car guys wear a bonnet? ;)
    How many hoods can you fit in the boot?
    Do american cars have trunks because they're heavier than an elephant?

    And "skip to the loo, my darlin'" means something different in England. :D
     
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  7. BigAl

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    class
     
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  8. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    LOL, never thought about that...

    I say "cew-pon" and, if I want a sandwich from the deli (of which there are none here in Georgia), I'll ask for a hero... It's always been hero; it'll always be hero... Hoagies, subs, grinders - that's all just hokie... I flip back and forth on "route" depending on what I'm saying; kinda weird when you think about it...
     
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  9. Erich

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    My Rowt across country to Monterey included a long stretch of Root 66

    :D
     
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  10. boffin218

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    Aunt:

    Awnt or ant.
     
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  11. BigAl

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    auntie
     
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  12. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    LOL, exactly...
     
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  13. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    Aunt = "awnt"... There's a 'u' in it for a reason... I never understood why some people pronounce it "ant"...
     
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    Gro-ser-ies v. gro-sher-ies

    then of course, there's always the "pop" v. "soda" argument...:)
     
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  15. Buzz48317

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    Hey, there is a 'k' in knife too you know?

    We say pop in Michigan too.
     
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  16. BigAl

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    b*tch/beeyotch
     
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    They were hoagies in Jersey and in the bits of PA where I've spent time.
    Here's one I've struggled with for years: Do you call them fire flies or lightening bugs? I grew up in DC where both names were used, but I always assumed that fire fly was a northern construction (only southerners seem to love to say "bug").
     
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  18. BigAl

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    potato bugs/rolly pollies
     
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    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    I can't think of a silent vowel that's silent without affecting the sound of another vowel... I understand the silent K, but it's a consonant... Why have a silent vowel if it's not changing the sound of another vowel...?

    Where's Yin...? :)
     
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  20. Whisky

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    'Interstate' vs. 'Freeway'
     
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  21. heckler40

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    dry wall...sheet rock
     
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  22. Erich

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    Tollway,Expressway........

    In California we use

    Freeway, parkinglot
     
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  23. ashsimmonds

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    i've never heard of either of those terms!

    whatever, americans say everything wrong.
     
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  24. BigAl

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    how 'bout this---PISS OFF!

    no i'm not adding a smiley face 'casue ash knows I'm kidding and can take a joke.....
     
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  25. Seth

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    garage???? have no clue where this came from...

    in texas we say "carhold"
     
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