Jersey'isms (Union, Atlantic City, Asbury Park: credit, how much, wedding)

[Jerseywoman]

Are you friggin kiddin' me? We would drive down the parkway to the shore to get our subs. How's 'dat for Jersey talk? God forbid we say "New Jersey Parkway!" We NEVER went to the "beach" in Jersey and they're not hoggies, they're submarine sandwiches! Oh yeah, and we're from "Jersey" - the NEW part is not needed to understand where we are from - we only need to know what exit on the parkway to know!

And hey, Pisan's! Since over 20% of the entire population of New Jersey is of Italian Decent - fugetaboutit - we ALL understand Pauly Walnuts better than the rest of the country! Capice? LOL!

[waccamatt]

I've been gone from Joisey for a long time, but the two things I remember the most is that chocolate was pronounced "chawklit" and my hometown of South River was pronounced "Sout Rivah" by some.

[JerseyG]

This is totally a north east NJ thread - I have no clue what 99% of y'all are talking about!

I didn't know a thing about porkroll until I was dating a guy in college who was from North Eastern Pa ...must be that rt 80 connection!

And for the record, for those of us who actually LIVE in central Jersey, Central Jersey encompasses the upper section of Mercer county (Princeton and north), the upper & western sections of Middlesex county (East Brunswick and north and Sayerville and west)...all of Somerset and Hunterdon counties and pretty much every town in Warren county that is south of Rt. 80. At least that's how those of us who live here segregate ourselves. NOOOO southern Jersey "piney" crap and not quite close enough to the city to be considered North Jersey.

We do subs, not hoagies or grinders.

We go down the shore, and when we're down the shore we go to the beach.

The term "bennie" is apparently offensive. Not to me and I forget why it is offensive...

We had Bradlees, Two Guys and some other stores that were already mentioned...Rickles? Anyone?

People in Northern NJ and Southern NJ both have accents. Northern NJ - Brook-a-lyn...Southern NJ...total PA accent. Central NJ...I dunno - combination of both? In this day and age it's "speaka de English? Please? PRETTY PLEASE? "

At least So and No NJ own an accent!

If you're in No NJ it's the closest thing to being in the city you can get to without going through a tunnel or over a bridge.

Other than that I can't say that us central Jersey folks have much to offer!

[Judge Smails]

Disco Fries.....enough said

[isthistaken]

downtheshore.(pronounced downdashaw)

[beowulf7]

Now that I'm in TX (originally from NJ), I get teased at for wanting to order a pie instead of a pizza.

[sligogirl]

You recall having a Jersey tomato sandwich on white bread, with a ton of mayo and some salt. This was called lunch in the 70's, and my Bronx born hubby still winces when I eat this Jersey delicacy.

[KewlGuy]

I never even realized a roll and butter for breakfast was considered a jersey delicacy. I just assumed everyone grew up eating that.

[shannybannany]

Originally Posted by KewlGuy

I never even realized a roll and butter for breakfast was considered a jersey delicacy. I just assumed everyone grew up eating that.

My hubby who is from LA and has been a Jersey resident for a whole month now, strolls into the deli and proudly proclaims, "Yeah, hun! gimme a buttered roll, no seeds!" Gee, I wonder where he learned that from, LOL!

~Shanny

[nicolem]

Originally Posted by sligogirl

You recall having a Jersey tomato sandwich on white bread, with a ton of mayo and some salt. This was called lunch in the 70's, and my Bronx born hubby still winces when I eat this Jersey delicacy.

Absolutely. I had the exact sandwich you described probably every day in the summer for lunch when I was a kid-the tomato fresh from my parent's garden. I still eat this but I use rye or wheat as I have lost my taste for white bread as I have become older.


Nicolem