Local Sayings? What are yours?

[Emily&Matt]

I have a friend with a real "mountain" type dialect and she says:

 

Oh I spilled paint on my paints. (pants)

I burnt the toast and now its rernt (ruined - rhymes with burnt)

We planted flairs in the garden. (flairs = flowers)

 

Not everyone, but lots of people use those words!

[Christi]

I always say *the* 101 or *the* 280 when talking about the freeways...people always laugh and say it's a west coast thing to put in the word *the* before the highway...

[sunset78]

Some that I have heard... or say... lol

 

T'nigh - tonight

yous - referring to more than one person

how? - when why should be used... "Are you going to the store?", "No, how?"

pogey - unemployment cheque

Where y'at? - instead where are you

where you to? - instead of where are you going?

How she goin'? - instead of how are you

buddy - usually referring to a guy

point - pint...

What's yer fadders' name? - a question often heard.. what's your father's name

Well lard tunderin geezez by - another common saying often heard that is used almost anytime... when being surprised, displeasure, etc...lol

dint - dent

bootin'er - running or getting somehow quickly

anudder - another

going for a scoot - going for a drive

Ma & Da - almost everyone calls their parents this

 

 

There's a lot more... these are the ones that just popped out... lol

[sunset78]

2-4 - a case of 24 beers

case of beer - getting a dozen beer

sook (sew-ook) - crybaby

dinner - is lunch... people get confused elsewhere because dinner is supper to them?

right - very... it's right hot out

puck - as to hit someone with your fist... he got pucked in the face by buddy..lol

cock eyed - drunk

hoot - hilarious

giv'er - sure

[sunset78]

lol... I being so productive at work this morning...lol

 

Laughed me hole off - laughing really hard

kiss me arse - kiss my @ss

nuttin - nothing

whadda ya gawkin at? - what are you looking at?

swig - take a drink

sammich - sandwich

wadder - water

[jamaica2009bride]

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Originally Posted by FutureMrsLewis I'm from Newfoundland, so I have a LOT! There's even a Newfoundland dictionary lol Like a yaffle is an armful, and anything we can't remember the name of becomes a chummyjigger, "How are you doing?" Is never used, instead we say "How's ya gettin' on?", oh, and "Stay where yer to 'til I comes where yer at!". We don't pronounce the letter h at the beginning of words, most words automatically have an added s at the end, and there are no g's at the end of anything lol Just look on google for newfie slang and you'll see what I mean

HAHA I've lived in Newfoundland my entire life and I've NEVER heard of a yaffle or a chummyjigger. Funny! I do pronounce all my "h"s and I don't add extra "s"s but you are correct, a lot of Newfoundlanders do speak that way! Good ol' Newfanese!!!

Nice to see another Newfoundlander on the forum!

[FutureMrsLewis]

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Originally Posted by ch2344 HAHA I've lived in Newfoundland my entire life and I've NEVER heard of a yaffle or a chummyjigger. Funny! I do pronounce all my "h"s and I don't add extra "s"s but you are correct, a lot of Newfoundlanders do speak that way! Good ol' Newfanese!!! Nice to see another Newfoundlander on the forum!

It's really funny, because I moved from the Port-aux-Basques area to St. John's about five years ago, and the dialects are SO different from one side of the island to the other, it's hilarious! lol Like back home, everyone says "nuttin", but down here it's "nudding" with an emphasis on the "g", I picked up on it one summer while I was in Heart's Delight visiting with family, and when I went home I was made fun of SO much because I said "What are ya at?" and "Nudding" lol And the Mount Pearl/Townie accent, it CRACKS me up! Loves it!

[amandalovesryan]

okay here are some more. I grew up near the coal region of PA and here are some things I picked up there. People sometimes say that they are going to "ret up" after dinner instead of clear the table. A lot of us have grandmothers that are Mimi (pronounced Mim me) or Mam Mam. And finally, we call farts "boofers" not sure about the spelling but that is it.

I went to elementary school and someone said, "who farted," i had no idea what that meant, i thought that was a curse word!!!

[amandalovesryan]

another thing i thought of: we call it the "center consoul" of the car, yet I hear on TV people saying "center council" i thought we were right but now i don't know!