Jersey'isms (Trenton, West Milford, Milford: vacation, yard, car)

[shannybannany]

Originally Posted by findinghope

i cringe when i hear MACARONI!!! people, it is called PASTA in general, and macaroni is a type of pasta. you can only say macaroni if you are actually making macaroni. if you re making spaghetti--say spaghetti. you can desribe the pasta you are making by the type it is....

and its sauce--not gravy, which is a brown sauce made of meat drippings!

FH: no, no, no....you see that's the whole point of this post. My family makes the Sunday Gravy. The point is that MOST people outside of Jersey wouldn't get it. If you said sauce in my house, you'd get a lot of weird looks. That's the point, see.
As far as macaroni: That is a general term. I have not seen boxes of macaroni on shelves. Therefore...Pasta = Macaroni (In Jersey)

It's all good!

Love,
Shanny

[wileynj]

Ok...are we talkin' jersey'isms here or Italian American Jersey'isms : )) Here's a classic jersey'ism... ever have your mom tell you to "go out and play in traffic"...or "go play on the double yellow line". If not, my mom must have been one mean lady..lol : )) What about catching fire flies and smooshing then around you wrist and fingers so you could have some nice jewelry to show your pals : )) Ahhh... those were great times : )) Now, forget it! It's Wii or Play Station. Can't help but wonder what the future for jerseyism's holds : ))

[Fairfax Mom]

Wats so funny? Am I freakin amusin ya?

Ya tawkin to me? I know you aint tawkin to me.

[shannybannany]

Originally Posted by wileynj

Ok...are we talkin' jersey'isms here or Italian American Jersey'isms : )) Here's a classic jersey'ism... ever have your mom tell you to "go out and play in traffic"...or "go play on the double yellow line". If not, my mom must have been one mean lady..lol : )) What about catching fire flies and smooshing then around you wrist and fingers so you could have some nice jewelry to show your pals : )) Ahhh... those were great times : )) Now, forget it! It's Wii or Play Station. Can't help but wonder what the future for jerseyism's holds : ))

Wiley: Were our Moms best-friends or somethin'? LOL! Very funny!

[wileynj]

I think so shanny : )) What about whenever you would get hurt.. you'ld run in the house sreaming and crying because your arm is about to fall off..and all mom would do was to throw some of that red stuff on there, slap on a bandaid and send you back out in the street to play..lol : ))

[shannybannany]

Very true, wiley. My dad would say stuff like, "Well, she won't try that again, that'll teach her!"

Nice...no wonder I'm in therapy, LOL!

[newtothis]

I use to live in Jersey so I'll play.
Anyone remember the "fruitman"
He use to drive around the neighborhood stop in front of homes,went something like this......
BAH-NA-NAS....Tree pounds fa dolla.
TAH-MAY-TAS.... Tree pounds fa dolla.

[wileynj]

we never had a fruit man but I do remember the beer delivery man! That was short lived but fun while it lasted : )) What about the NJ Devil? Did he live in your neighborhood as well or was that just a northwest jersey thing? What about the hooker man..lol

[mr.man]

We had none of those but we did have the italian ice guy, rainbow,coconut,lemon,watermon, and of course Mr Softee now a cone is about $ 5.00

[newtothis]

Originally Posted by mr.man

Amusement parks: Land of Make Believe, Action Park, Great Adventure, Seaside Heights, Bowcraft, Wildwood.

OMG you left out WILD WEST CITY.
And ASBURY PARK when it was a real amusement park.
Long live the STONE PONY.