Slangs

[KYHockey3 0]

what exactly does cowboy up mean?

my dad is form montana and i have never heard anyone say this.

[mack 44]

Man-up, sack-up, etc.

[Chadd 916]

There is a difference in beverages and food:

When you order "tea" in Canada it is ALWAYS served hot - if you actually WANT iced tea, that's what you order.

The first time a Canadian, traveling in the States, is asked if they want "sweet tea", they have absolutely no idea what that is. (ice tea with sugar).

A "burger and chips" in Canada means you'll get french fries on the side - in some parts of the States it'll be potato chips.

Carbonated sugar water otherwise know as Coke or Pepsi can be problematic too. In Canada it is "pop" and "soda" is specifically a soda water. Which resulted in a "twilight zone" experience trying to get a Coke at a burger stand in Pennsylvania:

Me: "What kind of pop do you have?"

Her: "What?

Me: "What kind of pop do you have?"

Her: "Huh?

Me: "What kind of pop do you have?"

Her: turns to another person - "She wants to know what kind of pop (as in DAD) I have???!!!"

Other person: "oh nooo, she means SODA!"

Her: "oh, do you want a soda?"

Me: "No, I don't want Soda, I want to know what types of pop you have"

Me & Her: stare at each other in complete puzzlement

We had a good laugh once we got it sorted out!!

Actually western PA uses pop too. I just order a Coke or Dr Pepper.

[KYHockey3 0]

people around here use soda. i think its funny when people ask for pop

[Chadd 916]

In PA the big one I notice is whenever someone's going somewhere it called "goin' down". "Whatcha' doin this weekend? Goin' down the shore?" And every ow is an ah (the PA dutch slang). It gets real bad down in Lancaster though.

In PA we mangle the English language in a larger number of ways that any other state I've ever visited. Between the PA dutch, Pittsburgh, West Jersey (Philly) and the nothern tier there are several different forms of "English" spoken.

My least favorites:

"A while" Mostly Lancaster area. Thrown on the end of every sentance, as in: I'll go sit down a while, go get those drinks a while, I need some tail a while etc...

Pittsburgh pronunciation:

Giant Eagle grocery store = Giant Iggle, y'uns, yinzer, etc... It makes my assplode :(

[JR Boucicaut 3802]

There is also the horrible "I'm fixing to go to the store."

Or "finna"

As in "I finna go to the sto' "

[--notorious 0]

ye whats with the three different types of burgers.I only thought steak was rare, med rare, and welldone????And you guys have like 6 fast food restaurant every other block geeeezzzzz

oh ye people are always like to me seeennn.Ex.you going to amc tonight? seen yo

ye theres alot of wiggers round here.Also people will be like wat you sayin meaning what are you doing

Colussus=sus

Vaughan Mills Mall=mills

Parties=jams

ye theres probably like 400 more

people say oh that goal was dirty too:P

[mack 44]

We're not fans of e.coli down hurr in Amurrica.

[DDude26 0]

jerseyites and yorkers are fast speakers and leave out syablles out so it's like interesting= intresting

we just order coke even pepsi but waiters always says "you mean pepsi?" "i'm like yea..."

my friend likes to use "werd" for "word" and i always have a hard time when he says something is nasty or sick i'm like "good or bad?" ie "TPS is nasty!" I say "good or bad?" he says "good" i say "ooo okay"

if u go to west virginia they sound like hicks there....

[Fire0nIce228 1]

I cant wait to play WVU this season. Last year I watched the game as I wasn't in college yet, and these college kids come up with some funnnnnnnnny stuff to make fun of West Virginia

[dangle16 0]

jerseyites and yorkers are fast speakers and leave out syablles out so it's like interesting= intresting

we just order coke even pepsi but waiters always says "you mean pepsi?" "i'm like yea..."

my friend likes to use "werd" for "word" and i always have a hard time when he says something is nasty or sick i'm like "good or bad?" ie "TPS is nasty!" I say "good or bad?" he says "good" i say "ooo okay"

if u go to west virginia they sound like hicks there....

Hahahahaha, I'm from New York and thats exactly how I talk.

[DDude26 0]

if ur talking about the jerseyites and yorkers way of speaking then that proves my english teacher right

if ur talking about the west virginia way of speaking then u have a problem and u need to seek therapy

[dix0r 0]

i love how bush says 'merica. there's an 'a' at the beginning, ya retard ;]

[Chadd 916]

i love how bush says 'merica. there's an 'a' at the beginning, ya retard ;]

Nuke-you-lar

Turr-ur-ists

[Maka 0]

I'm pretty sure it's a NorCal thing, but around here the generic, all-purpose word is hella. It is literally tacked onto every adjective. People from outta the region come around here and look at us like we're hella stupid, but whatever.

[mack 44]

So that's the region that's kept that damn word in use. Damn.

[DDude26 0]

so that's why my stupid friend says hella all of the f**kin time. i'll ask him if he's from norcal... which i doubt it <_<

[David13 0]

Here in Ohio it's strictly "pop" with everyone I know no one calls it soda. Heres a site I found about how the name varies across the country I don't know how accurate or recent it is but I though it was kind of interesting. Pop Vs. Soda

[hockeymom 2]

Here in Ohio it's strictly "pop" with everyone I know no one calls it soda. Heres a site I found about how the name varies across the country I don't know how accurate or recent it is but I though it was kind of interesting. Pop Vs. Soda

Oh that's great - I especially like the "other responses"

pangalactic Gargleblaster!

[Hobbes_86 0]

In Pittsburgh we use n'at (and that) a lot. It basically is our subsitute for ect.

Like... I'm heading down to the store for beer, chips, n'at.