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120. I actually lived in Ironton and my grest-grandad made Ripley's Believe It or Not for captaining the ferry.

Sun Jan 19, 2025, 11:42 PM

Jan 19

"Captain Sam Alexander, who operated the ferry from the 1880s to the 1940s and lived nearby, was listed by Ripley's Believe It or Not for having traveled a distance equal to the circumference of the earth without ever being more than 1/4 mile from his home. Capt. Samuel R. Alexander 1868-1948"

I lived there from age 4 until I went to college in 1973. I attended a one-room K-6 grade school in Ironton and then attended Charlevoix Middle and High Schools.

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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 Jan 16 OP

More WVlaserguy Jan 16 #1

Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 Jan 16 #2

Yun's Traildogbob Jan 16 #3

Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV Jan 16 #4

Minnesota? debm55 Jan 16 #5

Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV Jan 16 #6

Boston debm55 Jan 16 #9

Much closer. ;) GPV Jan 16 #27

Maine? boonecreek Jan 17 #51

"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV Jan 16 #8

Maine yorkster Jan 16 #15

"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV Jan 16 #10

I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 Jan 16 #13

Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV Jan 16 #26

I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster Jan 16 #18

Thank you yorkster. debm55 Jan 16 #23

Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX Jan 16 #25

Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek Jan 17 #52

hodad DBoon Jan 16 #7

Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 Jan 16 #11

I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #12

Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 Jan 16 #14

St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg Jan 16 #16

Thank you . debm55 Jan 16 #17

I don't care to. AbnerBunny Jan 16 #19

Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 Jan 16 #22

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

Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day Jan 17 #49

Yes indeed! AbnerBunny Jan 17 #66

Pop (soda) catbyte Jan 16 #20

Thank you catbyte. debm55 Jan 16 #21

Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #42

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

Pop is said in SWPA & in the Midwest. Dulcinea Jan 18 #96

Yep! ProfessorGAC Jan 19 #110

If someone is from the Lower Peninsula VGNonly Jan 17 #67

LOL, I grew up in Charlevoix, the birthplace of Murdick's Fudge, so we townies all called catbyte Jan 17 #70

I was in Charlevoix mid Sept. VGNonly Jan 17 #71

It's changed so much since I was a kid. It's so touristy and busy all year now. When I was catbyte Jan 18 #84

We saw The Weathervane. VGNonly Jan 18 #85

How long do you live in Charlevoix? VGNonly Jan 19 #113

I actually lived in Ironton and my grest-grandad made Ripley's Believe It or Not for captaining the ferry. catbyte Jan 19 #120

An amazing story! VGNonly Jan 20 #123

In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX Jan 16 #24

It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper Jan 16 #35

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

Fixin' to. Lunabell Jan 16 #28

What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 Jan 16 #30

Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell Jan 16 #36

Thank ya Lunabell debm55 Jan 16 #39

We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #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 Jan 16 #31

"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD Jan 16 #33

Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 Jan 17 #56

Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Jan 16 #43

thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 Jan 16 #45

In Boston they call soda tonic Wicked Blue Jan 18 #89

Never Heard That ProfessorGAC Jan 18 #95

Christmas, BarbaRosa Jan 16 #32

Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 Jan 16 #34

Oly Pop coprolite Jan 16 #37

Thank you. coprolite debm55 Jan 16 #38

"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 Jan 16 #46

Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 Jan 16 #47

Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox Jan 17 #48

Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 Jan 17 #57

Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara Jan 17 #50

Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 Jan 17 #58

Finally came up with one. boonecreek Jan 17 #53

Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 Jan 17 #59

Chipped Ham PennRalphie Jan 17 #54

thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 Jan 17 #62

"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki Jan 17 #55

Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 Jan 17 #64

Grinder. Dulcinea Jan 18 #97

Thank you Dulcinea. We call them hoagies here in SWPA debm55 Jan 18 #98

Yep! Dulcinea Jan 18 #100

Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean Jan 17 #60

Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 Jan 17 #65

Da kine Bobstandard Jan 17 #61

Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 Jan 17 #63

Cattywampus VGNonly Jan 17 #68

Thank you very much VGNonly. debm55 Jan 17 #69

"abeets" what pizza is called in New Haven CTyankee Jan 17 #72

Thank you very much CTyankee. That is very interesting debm55 Jan 17 #73

Words, pronunciations, and whole phrases and sentences wnylib Jan 18 #74

Excellent post, wnylib. That your for posting all the information. It was so good to read it. debm55 Jan 18 #75

I still don't know where my grandfather's dialect came from. wnylib Jan 18 #76

Thank you very much for the follow up. debm55 Jan 18 #77

In the midwest where I grew up, people called potholes (in the road) "chuck holes." spooky3 Jan 18 #78

Thank you spooky3. That is a new one for me. debm55 Jan 18 #79

hi debm55! spooky3 Jan 18 #81

From Massachusetts: CentralMass Jan 18 #80

Thank you CentralMass. My husband is from Boston . Thank you for that great list. debm55 Jan 18 #82

You are welcome. CentralMass Jan 18 #83

Older people from Boston would call a frappe a 'cabinet' Wicked Blue Jan 18 #90

hahahahahahahah, Thank you Wicked Blue. that is funny. debm55 Jan 18 #91

From the Piney Woods of Arkansas Dorothy V Jan 18 #86

Thank you very much Dorothy V debm55 Jan 18 #92

I... don't think we have those in my area. sakabatou Jan 18 #87

Thank you sakabatou. debm55 Jan 18 #93

NJ Wicked Blue Jan 18 #88

Thank you very much Wicked Blue debm55 Jan 18 #94

There's a Taylor Ham/Pork Roll border Freddie Jan 18 #107

I grew up in North Jersey and had never heard of it Wicked Blue Jan 19 #114

"Bless your heart." Dulcinea Jan 18 #99

Thank you very much Dulcinea. debm55 Jan 18 #101

Kolacky LW1977 Jan 18 #102

Thank you LW1977 I liked the apricot or the nut filling., Can you tell us what Vomacka is? I 'm not familiar with that. debm55 Jan 18 #105

southern California lapfog_1 Jan 18 #103

Instead of "turn left" it is "hang a left" DBoon Jan 18 #106

lapfog_1......debm55 Upthevibe Jan 19 #115

Thank you Upthevibe. debm55 Jan 19 #116

The 5, the 405, the 210, the 605. Klarkashton Jan 18 #104

Thank you Klarkashton. debm55 Jan 18 #108

The # 1 identifier for my home state: yellowdogintexas Jan 19 #109

What a fantastic post! Thank you very much yellowdogintexas for such a informative post! debm55 Jan 19 #111

You are quite welcome nt yellowdogintexas Jan 19 #112

My hair needs washed, I will get a bath tile.After that I will make me a jumbo sammich and have a glass of pop. Then we debm55 Jan 19 #117

I thought it was Giant Iggle Wicked Blue Jan 19 #118

Sorry wrong spelling. you are right. Giant Iggle. Thank you Wicked Blue, Yes they still have the gas stations and eating debm55 Jan 19 #119

Hijuela! Elessar Zappa Jan 19 #121

Thank you very much Elessar Zappa. debm55 Jan 19 #122