oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Jul 22, 2016 20:23:39 GMT
I LOVE threads on this topic! My family and I have always been VERY entertained by language/ local vernacular! We're from DC......when we moved to San Antonio, Texas, we were entertained by: "soda water" ---(for any type of soft drink). I was a waitress, and my first few times hearing an order for "soda water", I automatically thought of Perrier or Club Soda, and asked if they wanted a lemon or lime twist ..... In DC, we grew up calling ALL soft drinks "Cokes"--whether it was root beer, cream soda, etc. Soda Water must be a San Antonio thing. I've never heard that in my part of Texas. Everyone says Coke for any kind of soft drink. So how do you get a root beer (which you want) if you use the word coke?
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SabrinaP
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Jun 26, 2014 12:16:22 GMT
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Post by SabrinaP on Jul 22, 2016 20:43:45 GMT
Soda Water must be a San Antonio thing. I've never heard that in my part of Texas. Everyone says Coke for any kind of soft drink. So how do you get a root beer (which you want) if you use the word coke? In a restaurant someone would order a root beer, but it would be common for someone to say "I'm going to the store to get a Coke" and then come back with a root beer.
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Jul 22, 2016 21:18:44 GMT
So how do you get a root beer (which you want) if you use the word coke? In a restaurant someone would order a root beer, but it would be common for someone to say "I'm going to the store to get a Coke" and then come back with a root beer. Aw, I get it now. Using a brand name in a generic way.
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Post by Linda on Jul 22, 2016 22:43:17 GMT
So how do you get a root beer (which you want) if you use the word coke? "I want a Coke, please" (waitress) what flavour? "Root beer please"
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peabay
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Jun 25, 2014 19:50:41 GMT
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Post by peabay on Jul 22, 2016 22:51:47 GMT
Some tourists stopped me once and asked me where a "package store" was. I said there was no UPS or fedex around and they said no "we want to buy liquor." Never heard that one before! lol I googled this because I was curious and it says "From the US state laws of Connecticut and Georgia that declare that purchased liquor must be in a sealed container and/or removed from the premises in a bag or other package." "Connecticut, also known as the "P," a liquor store. probably derived from the brown bags/packages the liquor comes in. "
In my city liquor stores always have black plastic bags. Seems inconvenient to leave with a paper bag, but I guess in CT everyone is driving vs here everyone is walking.
peabay our resident CT, can you confirm?
I never knew why they called it a package store. In Massachusetts, they called it, at least when my dh grew up, the "packy."
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my3freaks
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Jun 26, 2014 4:10:56 GMT
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Post by my3freaks on Jul 23, 2016 2:21:02 GMT
Even certain items get called different things. In Ohio growing up we called our Nikes "Tennis shoes". When I lived in NJ they thought that was so funny. They called them "Sneakers". They would say "Do you play tennis in them?" and I was like "Do you sneak in them? I'm from NH, and I call them sneakers. And yes, I was a rotten teenager, and I did sneak...a lot! I've also heard of package stores, called "packies". I grew up thinking everywhere had giant state run liquor stores as highway rest areas though!
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Post by donnab on Jul 23, 2016 2:24:40 GMT
I'm from WI. When I was 17 I was in the army and in Texas and asked where the bubbler was. I didn't even know another name for it so had to describe that it had water coming out of it that you drink. I was told it was called a water fountain.
Same thing when getting money. I asked for the closest tyme machine. I honestly didn't even know another word for it when no one knew what I was talking about. Come to find out it's an ATM.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 23, 2016 3:41:25 GMT
oh, I know tyme machines!! From visiting my sister in M'waukee (which is the correct pronunciation for a south side local, lol!)... wasn't 'tyme' a credit union, or a bank, or something?? My sister lived in south Milwaukee for years, and I'd visit her quite often. I remember she used to have a tee-shirt that had Wisconsin / Milwaukee words / phrases for things on, like bubbler... I haven't heard that one in years!
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ComplicatedLady
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jul 23, 2016 4:55:27 GMT
PLurker : sadly, just Portillos... no Barnellis. And no lemon cake, only chocolate. There is also a Lou Malnatis, but it was just ok. We only got the carry out though so maybe it's better when you eat in at the restaurant.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 23, 2016 19:49:47 GMT
Soda Water must be a San Antonio thing. I've never heard that in my part of Texas. Everyone says Coke for any kind of soft drink. So how do you get a root beer (which you want) if you use the word coke? You ask for a Root Beer Coke. ETA - That's if you use the word Coke for soda. I don't but some of my family does. I ask for a root beer.
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jayfab
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Jun 26, 2014 21:55:15 GMT
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Post by jayfab on Jul 23, 2016 20:46:19 GMT
I don't know if this is local or just my mom. When she wanted us to sweep the floor she'd say "why don't you shake hands with the broom".
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Post by threecs on Jul 23, 2016 22:50:10 GMT
Here in Massachusetts, you don't go to Cape Cod. You go Down the Cape. No Down to the Cape, just Down the Cape.
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