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Old 11-15-2008, 05:46 AM
 
Location: Way South of the Volvo Line
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I grew up never saying soda or cola or pop. It was called tonic. Didn't matter which variety of taste, it was still tonic.

Also grew up asking for a grinder, not a sub or a hero.

Also we never said water fountain, it's a bubbler... or if you've got the accent many of us here do, it's a bubblah.

We called it a see-saw.
We called it seesaw.
We were weaned on Coca-Cola, which we always called tonic (TX relatives had a lot of fun with that one).
Asub was our sandwich of choice,but it was a grinder if it was grilled.
Yes, I'm a M*******.
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Old 11-15-2008, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Maine
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Yep, down here we don't use words like cola or soda (in OK they say "soda pop" or just "pop") but we call everthing a "Coke". Doesn't matter the variety!

"Will you grab me a coke?"
"Sure! Do you want Pepsi or DP?"

How stupid is that when you think about it?
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Old 11-15-2008, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Emerald Coast
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Is dooryard still a common word in Maine? I've been here in NW Florida since the early eighties and have seen alot of words/expressions die out since the influx of yuppies from all over. It's kind of sad, really. Not many strong southern accents around. Our country has become too homogenized in some ways, but really divided in others.
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Old 11-15-2008, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Corinth, ME
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Yep, down here we don't use words like cola or soda (in OK they say "soda pop" or just "pop") but we call everthing a "Coke". Doesn't matter the variety!

"Will you grab me a coke?"
"Sure! Do you want Pepsi or DP?"

How stupid is that when you think about it?
Yeah, especially if, like me, you don't drink any of the dark varieties and are really wanting a Dew or &-7up! LOL
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Old 11-15-2008, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Ellsworth
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Is dooryard still a common word in Maine? I've been here in NW Florida since the early eighties and have seen alot of words/expressions die out since the influx of yuppies from all over. It's kind of sad, really. Not many strong southern accents around. Our country has become too homogenized in some ways, but really divided in others.
Yep, we still say dooryard which I always think of as the door that leads out onto the driveway instead of the one that goes out onto the lawn (an area that is also sometimes called the "front yard" hahaha)
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Old 11-15-2008, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Maine
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Yep, we still say dooryard which I always think of as the door that leads out onto the driveway instead of the one that goes out onto the lawn (an area that is also sometimes called the "front yard" hahaha)
We have a front yard and a back yard and two side yards. I had to ask last year to find out what a "dooryard" was!
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Old 11-15-2008, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Way South of the Volvo Line
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My dooryard is all mucked up with covered piles o leaves for bankin'.
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Old 11-15-2008, 11:27 AM
 
Location: San Francisco, CA
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In a book I am working on, I had reason to reference a teeter-totter, otherwise known as a seesaw, and I went to the 'net to find the proper name for the child's outdoor toy.

Seems both of those are correct, as well it was noted there are a variety of regional names for the toy, especially in the New England area... many of which are becoming antiquated. Other names noted were:
tilt or tilting board
teedle board (NE Mass.)
dandle or dandle board (Narragansett Bay area)
Teeter or teeterboard is supposedly more common in the northeast than the more common teeter-totter, while seesaw if more common in the inland north and to the western US.

What did you call it when you were a kid?
Teeter-totter! That was in Lincoln in the early-mid 80's, anyway... hmm, now I have something to ask the godchildren next time I call. I wonder what they call it now??
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Old 11-15-2008, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Mid Missouri
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What's this 'bankin' business and how do you go about it? Is it to protect your foundation from the winter winds? Don't you have bushes and such planted along it? Curiouser and curiouser this gets!
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Old 11-15-2008, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Maine
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What's this 'bankin' business and how do you go about it? Is it to protect your foundation from the winter winds? Don't you have bushes and such planted along it? Curiouser and curiouser this gets!
Banking your house for winter helps to insulate it and keep the snow from packing against the foundation and lower house. We used to use strapping (thin strips of wood) to attach plastic sheeting around the base of the house at about 2 1/2 feet from the ground, anchoring the bottom with bricks or rocks. Then stack either bales of hay or leaves that you've raked and bagged against it. You don't want all that snow against your house, it can cause rot and damage. The only thing is you sometimes attract varmints that find the banking to be a nice winter home.
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