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30. What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state.

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What are some words that only people in your area would know? please tell the area and what the word means . Here are my [View all] debm55 21 hrs ago OP

More WVlaserguy 21 hrs ago #1

Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 21 hrs ago #2

Yun's Traildogbob 21 hrs ago #3

Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV 21 hrs ago #4

Minnesota? debm55 21 hrs ago #5

Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV 21 hrs ago #6

Boston debm55 21 hrs ago #9

Much closer. ;) GPV 19 hrs ago #27

Maine? boonecreek 3 hrs ago #51

"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV 21 hrs ago #8

Maine yorkster 21 hrs ago #15

"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV 21 hrs ago #10

I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 21 hrs ago #13

Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV 19 hrs ago #26

I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster 21 hrs ago #18

Thank you yorkster. debm55 20 hrs ago #23

Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #25

Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek 3 hrs ago #52

hodad DBoon 21 hrs ago #7

Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 21 hrs ago #11

I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg 21 hrs ago #12

Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 21 hrs ago #14

St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg 21 hrs ago #16

Thank you . debm55 21 hrs ago #17

I don't care to. AbnerBunny 20 hrs ago #19

Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 20 hrs ago #22

Now see, I would have taken it to mean I don't want to. debm55 16 hrs ago #40

Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day 8 hrs ago #49

Yes indeed! AbnerBunny 1 hr ago #66

Pop (soda) catbyte 20 hrs ago #20

Thank you catbyte. debm55 20 hrs ago #21

Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #42

Sorry. I am shocked I tell you, very shocked debm55 16 hrs ago #44

In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX 20 hrs ago #24

It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper 19 hrs ago #35

That's different . thank you LeftinTex debm55 16 hrs ago #41

Fixin' to. Lunabell 19 hrs ago #28

What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 19 hrs ago #30

Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell 17 hrs ago #36

Thank ya Lunabell debm55 16 hrs ago #39

We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD 19 hrs ago #29

Oh you do? that's fun knowing. Here in SW PA if you ask for a soda. you will get a pop with a scoop of ice cream. debm55 19 hrs ago #31

"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD 19 hrs ago #33

Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 2 hrs ago #56

Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC 16 hrs ago #43

thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 16 hrs ago #45

Christmas, BarbaRosa 19 hrs ago #32

Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 19 hrs ago #34

Oly Pop coprolite 16 hrs ago #37

Thank you. coprolite debm55 16 hrs ago #38

"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #46

Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 15 hrs ago #47

Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox 11 hrs ago #48

Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 2 hrs ago #57

Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara 3 hrs ago #50

Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 2 hrs ago #58

Finally came up with one. boonecreek 2 hrs ago #53

Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 2 hrs ago #59

Chipped Ham PennRalphie 2 hrs ago #54

thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 1 hr ago #62

"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki 2 hrs ago #55

Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 1 hr ago #64

Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean 2 hrs ago #60

Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 1 hr ago #65

Da kine Bobstandard 2 hrs ago #61

Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 1 hr ago #63