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What are some words you only hear in your state? Here in Iowa, when you go to the grocery store, they ask if you want a "sack". I lived in Minnesota for a long time and I had never heard anybody refer to a grocery bag as a '"sack"
Living in the Upper Midwest(Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota etc), I started using the word "supper" for dinner. It is something that is uniquely characteristic of this part of the country and most states do not use the word supper, actually I think it sounds pretty old fashioned!
A "supper club" is another concept that is unique to the Upper Midwest, I tried to find a definition of a "supper club" and this is what I came up with, pretty interesting!
Supper Club in United States is an American dining establishment generally found in the Upper Midwestern states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. These establishments typically are located on the edge of town in rural areas [1]. They were traditionally thought of as a “destination” where patrons would go to spend the whole evening, from cocktail hour to enjoying night club style entertainment after dinner [2]. They feature a casual and relaxed atmosphere [2]
These aren't specific to NH but to New England in general (some more confined than others):
wicked (as in, "it's wicked cold outside")
grinder (sub sandwich)
candlepin (special type of bowling)
rotary (traffic circle)
jimmies (ice cream sprinkles)
frappe (milkshake)
Cumbie's (for Cumberland Farms convenience stores)
scrod (meat of small cod)
bulkhead (outside entrance to the cellar)
notch (a mountain pass)
leaf peeper (someone who comes to see the fall foliage)
cruller (stick-shaped doughnut)
Fluffernutter (peanut butter and Fluff sandwich)
flatlander (someone "from away," particularly coastal southern New England; used esp. in northern New England)
pisser ("awesome", esp. eastern MA & RI)
parlor (living room, esp. eastern MA)
packie / package store (liquor store, esp. eastern MA)
elastic (rubber band, esp. eastern MA & RI)
bubbler (water fountain, esp. eastern MA & RI)
Hoodsie (small cup of ice cream with a wooden spoon sold by Hood, esp. eastern MA)
dooryard (driveway, esp. ME & northern NH)
tonic (soda, esp. Boston)
Cabbage Night (night before Halloween, esp. VT)
Living in the Upper Midwest(Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota etc), I started using the word "supper" for dinner. It is something that is uniquely characteristic of this part of the country and most states do not use the word supper, actually I think it sounds pretty old fashioned!
Here in New England, it is very common to hear "supper" used in place of "dinner." I always use "supper" unless I'm talking about a meal at a restaurant or with lots of guests.
CA:Totally, gnarly, dude, awesome, for sure, sweet, like, bro, rad, dope, right on, sick, whatever, chill.
and the most horrible words forbidden to be said in Southern California is hella and hecka.(only Northern California)
All the first ones you mentioned are probably used everywhere I think, cause they're all definitely used here lol. Glad those other two aren't used in many other places though, just sounds so stupid to me. I know, everybody's slang sounds stupid to everyone else lol.
Around here, my favorite is wicked, I've been using it forever, I swear I musta made it up lol. Oh, there's an interesting one, how many people say things like, musta, wanna, gonna, shoulda, coulda, woulda, alotta, and stuff like that? One thing that annoys me when I go to school up in Mass, they say whereabouts instead of from where or where in certain cases. I notice alotta differences between just MA and CT at school, small things, I can't really think of specifics right now lol.
All the first ones you mentioned are probably used everywhere I think, cause they're all definitely used here lol. Glad those other two aren't used in many other places though, just sounds so stupid to me. I know, everybody's slang sounds stupid to everyone else lol.
lol.
no the words I mentioned were started in California and spread. Those words are how other states know we're from California and those words are part of out Cali culture.
The last two words are really dumb words that thankfully are only used in Northern California
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Originally Posted by missRoxyhart
Around here, my favorite is wicked, I've been using it forever, I swear I musta made it up lol. Oh, there's an interesting one, how many people say things like, musta, wanna, gonna, shoulda, coulda, woulda, alotta, and stuff like that? One thing that annoys me when I go to school up in Mass, they say whereabouts instead of from where or where in certain cases. I notice alotta differences between just MA and CT at school, small things, I can't really think of specifics right now lol.
lol my friend from Mass uses wicked. I admit I've started using it too
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Portal (a 'porch' of a building, like the front of the Palace of the Governors)
Horno (an outdoor adobe oven)
Bizcochito (a cookie)
the phrase "Red or Green?" at restaurants, referring to our magnificent chile
"rio" is often used instead of "river," such as Rio Pecos instead of Pecos River
I've also noticed that Piñon is also largely a New Mexican thing
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