In Texas, I noticed, it's always I-10, I-35, etc. When I was living in Minneapolis, it was just 94, 35-W, etc. Interesting things on highways: I've lived in Chicago and Southern California (where I am now) and I quickly became accustomed to calling things the Kennedy, Ike (it's rarely even the Eisenhower, but some old-timers still call it the Congress), etc. Someone already mentioned "coke" as the generic term in the south. Up and down the west coast, it's primarily soda. "The siding needs warshed" -> "The siding needs to be washed"Īctually, pop is pretty much a midwest thing. I can personally attest to Pennsylvanians leaving out the words "to be" ALL THE TIME. Oh, to try and clear up the "pop" and "soda" specifications from a true Upstate New Yorker, the term soda extends right on through Upstate NY along I-90 into Rochester. Waitress: "What kind of coke do you want?" Waitress: "What can I get you to drink tonight?" My lifetime goal is to take a vacation to the part of the country where they call carbonated syrup "coke", no matter what kind it is. and gladly say things like "dude, that's wicked awesome", "that's hot", "Do you have any soda?"Īll my friends are like that, the wicked awesome thing definitely extends into Upstate NY right on into the Utica/Rome region. Haha, I grew up around the Utica, NY area, graduated from Whitesboro HS. But the Business Analysts called it an "Application." Work Object may or may not be a design point in the new system, but it was interesting to note.Īnd, oh yeah, in Alaska houses are igloos, and dogs are polar bears. On a recent visit, I kept hearing the term "Work Object" used by the users. To tie this into design and usability, visiting with users is an important thing to do because you get to hear how they term the work they do. It was riding a bike on the back wheel, with the front wheel up in the air (description for those who haven't heard the other terms). I am sure I have heard it called something else. This was the term we all used growing up to describe a pop-a-wheelie, or wheelie. The only one I can think of, growing up in Alaska, is "Outside." That is the term for everything outside of Alaska, but generally refers to the "Lower 48."įor "turn signal" I grew up calling it a "blinker." One other interesting one: Catwalk. | the poster formerly known as fajalar said. A drinking fountain in Massachusetts is called a “bubbler,” a police patrol car is called a “cruiser,” and the little chocolate or candy sprinkles that you put on top of ice cream are called “jimmies.” I love regionalisms, and it’s remarkable that many of them persist despite the forces of homogenization like television, radio, and movies. Where I grew up, 40 miles north of New York City, when it rained really hard we described it as “teeming.” A “traffic circle” in New York is a “rotary” in Massachusetts and a “roundabout” in Vermont (and in the UK). And the South’s “y’all” becomes “yins” in Pittsburgh and “youse” in Irish Boston (an artifact from the Irish language, in fact, which has a plural form of “you”). call “milk shakes” are “frappes” in Massachusetts and “cabinets” in Rhode Island. Coke, Pepsi, and other fizzy soft drinks are generically called “tonic” in Boston, “soda” in New York City, “liqueur” in Montreal, and “pop” pretty much everywhere else in North America west of Utica, New York.
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