9 Regional Slang Words We Should All Start Using

Started by garbon, July 21, 2014, 02:13:16 PM

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Josquius

#45
July 23, 2014, 05:22:23 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 22, 2014, 08:44:00 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 22, 2014, 07:01:32 AM
There's a difference between the rappers " peace out yall" and the drawly "now what y'all doing here this time o night "
...which you say with the authority of someone who has visited the Southern US. :)

If I had then it wouldn't carry such weirdly specific movie derived connotations for me :p
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Caliga

#46
July 23, 2014, 05:25:04 AM
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garbon

#47
July 23, 2014, 07:55:26 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 23, 2014, 05:17:47 AM
IIRC 'Woostuh' was probably the most common one.

That's at least the one that I say.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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derspiess

#48
July 23, 2014, 09:29:52 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2014, 08:03:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 22, 2014, 07:18:10 PM
Woostah.  :smarty:

But can be Woostuh and Wisstah.

I knew a girl in college from there and she pronounced it more like "Wohrstah".  I always called it "Worchester" to get under her skin.  But she was in her third year at Marshall, so maybe she had been in Appalachia too long. 

Plus I know I pronounce my hometown of "Huntington" differently depending on my audience.  So maybe she was trying to pronounce it differently so we understood it better.
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Valmy

#49
July 23, 2014, 12:00:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2014, 06:58:36 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 22, 2014, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2014, 02:22:34 PM
Bubbler was the one that confused me the most when I moved to Massachusetts. Kids stepping out of class to ask if they could go to the bubbler. :wacko:
Its pronounced 'bubblah'.

Thankfully we didn't not have affectation in central mass. Which was good as I was confused enough on how to say Worcester.

If the sauce their shire makes is any indication it should be pronounced 'Woos-ter'
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Savonarola

#50
July 23, 2014, 01:15:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 23, 2014, 09:29:52 AM
Plus I know I pronounce my hometown of "Huntington" differently depending on my audience.  So maybe she was trying to pronounce it differently so we understood it better.

Detroit is like that; deh-TROIT in the suburbs DEE-troit in the city.  If you pronounce it wrong to a certain audience in either you could be in trouble.

(Don't ever pronounce it day-twa to a native, francophones.  Just trust me on this.)
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Valmy

#51
July 23, 2014, 01:19:05 PM
More Anglo oppression of Francophones  :mad:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

#52
July 23, 2014, 01:29:34 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 23, 2014, 12:00:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2014, 06:58:36 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 22, 2014, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2014, 02:22:34 PM
Bubbler was the one that confused me the most when I moved to Massachusetts. Kids stepping out of class to ask if they could go to the bubbler. :wacko:
Its pronounced 'bubblah'.

Thankfully we didn't not have affectation in central mass. Which was good as I was confused enough on how to say Worcester.

If the sauce their shire makes is any indication it should be pronounced 'Woos-ter'

Ah, like Marlboro(ugh) was the home of the Marlboro Man?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

#53
July 23, 2014, 01:49:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2014, 01:29:34 PM
Ah, like Marlboro(ugh) was the home of the Marlboro Man?

You know it

Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

mongers

#54
July 23, 2014, 01:54:41 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 23, 2014, 12:00:20 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 22, 2014, 06:58:36 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 22, 2014, 07:46:11 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 21, 2014, 02:22:34 PM
Bubbler was the one that confused me the most when I moved to Massachusetts. Kids stepping out of class to ask if they could go to the bubbler. :wacko:
Its pronounced 'bubblah'.

Thankfully we didn't not have affectation in central mass. Which was good as I was confused enough on how to say Worcester.

If the sauce their shire makes is any indication it should be pronounced 'Woos-ter'

Or indeed the original city.
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Duque de Bragança

#55
July 24, 2014, 05:28:09 AM Last Edit: July 24, 2014, 06:11:13 AM by Duque de Bragança
Quote from: Savonarola on July 23, 2014, 01:15:25 PM
(Don't ever pronounce it day-twa to a native, francophones.  Just trust me on this.)

We'll trust you because francophones do not pronounce it this way  :smarty:
Except some African francophones.

PS: French r for Détroit so uvular r (not trilled), not a w/ou as in watt/ouate.

Scipio

#56
July 24, 2014, 06:30:32 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 22, 2014, 07:01:32 AM
There's a difference between the rappers " peace out yall" and the drawly "now what're y'all doin' roun' here this time o night "

FTFY.
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Norgy

#57
July 24, 2014, 06:33:32 AM
I feel left out by this thread. Check your slang privilege, people.  :mad:
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