How to be an Ohioan (Toledo, Cortland: living in, costs, moving to)

[ptsum]

Originally Posted by BuckeyezRule

I spell it y'ins. The southeastern valley, & Pittsburgh area use this term, & some in the Youngstown area us it. =) I say coney. I also say 'sucker', 'sweeper', & 'pop'. They all say 'soda' & 'vacuum' out here, although, alot still say sucker, & not lollipop. LOL

ptsum, where do you stay in SE Ohio? That is the only place I hear y'ins used! =) Well, maybe it's more central eastern? =)

Noble County, but I'm from Maryland, Southern Maryland, and we say soda or Coke, lollipop, and we say vacuum, and y'all have a good day, we even have moon pies and RC colas back where I'm from,

[CortlandGirl79]

I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but i got it in an email today:

Jeff Foxworthy on Ohio:

All I have to say is 'Go Bucks!'

You might be from Ohio (pronounced O-hi-uh), if:

You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!

You know all the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter

and construction.

You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for

candied ones.

'Toward the lake' means 'north' and 'toward the river' means

'south.'

You know if other Ohioans are from southern or northern Ohio as

soon as they open their mouths.




You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine,

Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in

Cincinnati .

'Vacation! ' means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer

and deer hunting in the fall.

You measure distance in minutes.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. For

example:

'Where's my coat at?'

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave

both unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as corn, pork, beer,

and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what 'pop' is.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled

with snow. (Amen!)

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on

one page but requires six pages for sports.

[ptsum]

And Maryland is almost as bad, if not worse, as a native Merlander I can say that...

[Ohiogirl81]

CortlandGirl, another version of that e-mail that I've seen includes:

You thought that the Michael Stanley Band was the most popular band in the country.

Cleveland Rocks!

ptsum, a Coney is a chili dog, made with Cincinnati chili. More than 20 years of living in Cincinnati, and I still never could get up the nerve to try one!

[Naturgal]

Das right, we loves us some Swiss Cheese LOL. Seriously now, in 2007 I went to the Swiss Cheese festival in Sugarcreek, another cheese festival in Berlin (its pronounced burlin not bur lynn), another festival in Zoar, another one at Malabar Farms, etc yep I'm an Ohioan and I love festivals!

Here's a pic of the Swiss Cheese in Sugar Creek. See more of my lovely Ohio pictures by opening my thread "Come on home to Orrville Ohio".

[nebulous1]

I moved to Indiana, yeah, sorry... and they have a city here, Peru, pronounced PEER oo, not like the country, and Galveston, this one cracks me up....Gal VEST un, not GAL veston. Funny.
Ohio is very sophisticated compared to here.

[nebulous1]

What about "Lookit"?

Lookit all the nice cheese on that table. Just lookit.

[Naturgal]

Hey I can poke a little fun too since I am an Ohioan. Here's a picture of a warshing machine that was turned into a mailbox. Up here they say warsh instead of wash ha ha. Where did the r come from? Gotta love em.

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by CortlandGirl79

I'm sure some of you have seen this before, but i got it in an email today:

Jeff Foxworthy on Ohio:

All I have to say is 'Go Bucks!'

You might be from Ohio (pronounced O-hi-uh), if:

You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!

You know all the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter

and construction.

You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for

candied ones.

'Toward the lake' means 'north' and 'toward the river' means

'south.'

You know if other Ohioans are from southern or northern Ohio as

soon as they open their mouths.




You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine,

Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in

Cincinnati .

'Vacation! ' means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer

and deer hunting in the fall.

You measure distance in minutes.

Your school classes were canceled because of cold.

Your school classes were canceled because of heat.

You've had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.

You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. For

example:

'Where's my coat at?'

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave

both unlocked.

You think of the major four food groups as corn, pork, beer,

and Jell-O salad with marshmallows.

You carry jumper cables in your car.

You know what 'pop' is.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled

with snow. (Amen!)

You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.

The local paper covers national and international headlines on

one page but requires six pages for sports.

LMAO, so true.

[Naturgal]

Our winters are not that bad! Most of the time here in Orrville we do not get pummeled like Cleveland. What's interesting is that it changes constantly. A couple weeks ago it was 60 degrees, tonite it was 40 degrees and only required a light coat on a walk. Then yes we do have our cooooold days. But they don't last for long. It snow, then it melts, it snows, then it melts. Here's a purty picture I took awhile back through lace curtains of the snow outside. Gotta love it!