Favorite NC slang (fit in, moving)

[the Parkies]

Originally Posted by NewDad

actually the proper is "might could"

"Might could" sounded pretty foreign to me when I read it on this forum a while back, but when I actually heard it (repeatedly), it made sense to me. Haven't you ever said, "Well, maybe we could do that" or "we could maybe do that"? "Might could" is the same as "maybe could." So "we might could do that" sounds perfectly natural to me now. I might could think of other examples of local expressions that make perfect sense when you think about them.....

[Niki]

I say "might could" all the time. It's quicker than saying "might be able to". lol

[NCis4me]

I was born and raised in NC, and yes Pop and 50 cent are NC terms in the hills and Triad.

Ya'll is ALWAYS plural. So is you'uns. You or ya can be singular.

Liverpudding is a great staple of a Southern kitchen. My favorite is a sandwich on white bread. One side has peanut butter, a layer of firm, but not green bananas (with sugar sprinkled on) a layer of homegrown tomatoes (salted), a layer of liver pudding, and a layer of Dukes mayo on the other slice of bread. My Daddy used to make those for me, and my husband did, minus the sugar, when I was pregnant. I could eat them three times a day! It should always be served with ice cold white milk. Another version is banana mush (banana and peanut butter mushed together until well mixed), mayo and liver pudding.

When I was a kid, before we went fishin, Daddy would stop at the bait shack and get me a pack of nabs (they said nabs right on the box) and a Mt. Dew. He would ask, "Do you want a drank?" If I said yes, he would put 25 cent in the drank machine (I had no idea they were vending machines) and get me a "bottle 'a pop."

We also in the Triad and mountains (where my family was from) add "Y" or "A" to the end of names or words. Vada would be Vadey, but potato would be per-tatah or patayta. Tomatoes are "maters" or "ta-matahs."

Preachers in the mountains used to sing their sermons and add "auh" to the end of each sentence. It was a sign you were "called."

Stores are plural. Wal-Mart is "Walmarts" and JCPenny is "Pennies" and Kroger is "Krogers." I think this is from the old general stores where they were often named for the owner, which would make a possesive store name (John Smith's General Store).

As a child I was told to, "Play purty, don't act ugly, or I'll get a hickory stick after you." My parents never used switches, but it was a threat that worked, lol. I did have my hide tanned more than once. Granny always said "hide" for skin and quick for the part that would hurt (for example: don't cut your nails to the quick!)

[plkawle]

I currently live in WI but I was born in Clinton and raised in Raleigh NC. People here thinks it is weird that I crank my car instead of starting it.

[ladyluck08]

I just love this thread on here,It really makes you lol,because i think everyone can relate to almost every comment or slang word and it really helps you in the time of need,In case you run into anyone who might say these words, which i have..I have alot of family from the mountains and they use them all..Like they say I'm goin to the back house,Meaning outhouse..or behind the tree...or heck the front porch.lol bare footin..meaning not wearin shoes today..

[smittyc7]

Originally Posted by NCMommy2-4

Coming from NJ a year ago, my first noticeable encounter with a phrase that has become my favorite is "Bless Your Heart".

We have come to the conclusion that it means "Sucks to be you" if you were in NJ LOL

Linda

It means, you just have to overlook someone that just can't help what they do, like the old-timer driving 40 on I-40, instead of giving the NJ salute, we drive by, wave and say, 'Bless their Heart'. In a way, it means the same thing.

Likes folks moving here and thinking we speak strangely. We don't, by the way, the folks moving here do. But instead of saying, 'go back to where you are from if you don't want to adapt', we just look at newcomers and say, "Bless your heart".


Dave

[NCis4me]

Yep, we crank our cars, cut off the lights and carry someone to the store if their car breaks down.

[FC2CLT]

so, i read all 18 pages and dont think i saw toboggan, though i might have missed it. silly me all my life i just called it a hat.

[Niki]

I grew up calling those knit winter hats "toboggans". lol

[NewDad]

Originally Posted by FC2CLT

so, i read all 18 pages and dont think i saw toboggan, though i might have missed it. silly me all my life i just called it a hat.

I call it a toboggan too

I was talking to my wife's stepmother's grandmother (who's 93 and from Pennsylvania) and she said "toboggan" was the old-timey term for the knit hats.

I guess the yanks and westerners prefer the newer less discriptive term "hats"