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Old 08-30-2006, 04:33 PM
 
Location: Kettering, OH
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In West Virginia, a paper bag is called a POKE. There are peculiar sayings wherever you live, I guess!:

 
Old 08-30-2006, 06:23 PM
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Location: Northeastern Ohio
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Question Huh?

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Hey there OneWayOut - as a home-grown buckeye, as long as you're dissing our speech, don't forget "pony keg" or "please?" when we misunderstand someone.

What?!? I've lived in OH my entire life and I've never heard those used...must be specific to the area or something...or I'm just crazy, who knows!
 
Old 08-31-2006, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Tempe, AZ
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Hey there OneWayOut - as a home-grown buckeye, as long as you're dissing our speech, don't forget "pony keg" or "please?" when we misunderstand someone.
Im not really dissing all of you buckeye peoples' speech. Just some. We Marylanders say "pony keg" too, but not "please", instead its "pardon". We also say "wooder" instead of "water", and "shore" instead of "beach." We say "holiday" instead of "vacation."
 
Old 08-31-2006, 01:15 PM
 
Location: Griffin,Ga. Suburb of Atlanta
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Down here in the south "pony keg" is a keg of beer, and is usually
accompanied with a major party out in somebody's field! Yee Haa!

aahem, but not me;-D
 
Old 08-31-2006, 01:43 PM
 
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ever hear someone say they have to worsh their hands?
i always ask them to spell it for me
 
Old 08-31-2006, 01:56 PM
 
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ever hear someone say they have to worsh their hands?
i always ask them to spell it for me

My grandma says worsh. She also refers to a toilet as a comode.
 
Old 08-31-2006, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Traverse City, MI
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my dad- from ohio- even says "worshington, d.c."
 
Old 08-31-2006, 11:54 PM
 
Location: FL
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Question pony keg?

Can someone please explain how this would be used in a sentence? (In OH)

In GA I guess you'd say you're gonna get yourself a pony keg? Fascinating! I love local lingo stuff too!

mhogan: I don't remember the "what happened" for not understanding someone...? I say it if someone gets distracted or pauses, but if I don't understand I go "huh?" How is this term used?
 
Old 09-01-2006, 05:29 AM
 
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down south people say mash that button,instead of push......ever eat pushed potatoes?
 
Old 09-01-2006, 06:31 AM
 
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Here are some examples of my family, in Ohio of course.

Push = Poosh
Wash = Worsh (in all forms i.e. worshing, worshed, etc.)
Toilet = comode
Fish = Feesh
Pillow = Pilla
Cushion = Cooshion
His = Hees
**** = Dirt (as in bird dirt, dog dirt, etc.)

Basically the I's and U's are long in virtually every word. There are also words substituted completely by others. There are plenty more where those came from.
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