Funny words from my home town

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:54 am

How about grinders instead of hoagies/subs ?

I think we might be one of the only places that says that.

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:02 pm

Nope...we say grinders as well

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:07 pm

Ziola wrote:Nope...we say grinders as well

Where are you again? When we moved to RI for a couple months it was always subs.

How about, "Come hell or high water?"

or "God willin' and the creek don't rise?"

Cloud_ax · Post by **Cloud_ax** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:08 pm

i hear "Come hell or high water?" all the time.

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:09 pm

Mirage wrote:
Where are you again? When we moved to RI for a couple months it was always subs.

How about, "Come hell or high water?"

or "God willin' and the creek don't rise?"

NH.

And yeah, we say "come hell or high water" as well.

LesterG · Post by **LesterG** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:10 pm

california has "Hella"

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:13 pm

And yes, I am guilty of saying "wicked" instead of "very"

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:14 pm

Mirage wrote:or "God willin' and the creek don't rise?"

Hey, say it right, it's "crick".

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:15 pm

Ziola wrote:
Mirage wrote:
Where are you again? When we moved to RI for a couple months it was always subs.

How about, "Come hell or high water?"

or "God willin' and the creek don't rise?"
NH.

And yeah, we say "come hell or high water" as well.

LMAO!!

I thought I was the only person with the odd family with the even odder sayings.

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:16 pm

AutoPilate wrote:
Mirage wrote:or "God willin' and the creek don't rise?"
Hey, say it right, it's "crick".

And don' instead of don't. We're kinda red-necky here.

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:16 pm

And if for some reason we can't understand what someone is saying, the reply isn't "excuse me", its "do what now?"

Mirage · Post by **Mirage** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:25 pm

Ziola wrote:And if for some reason we can't understand what someone is saying, the reply isn't "excuse me", its "do what now?"

BWAH!! Yup, we do that to or "say what now?" Too funny.

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:26 pm

Remember when everyone said "Deeeeeeeez nuts!"?

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:26 pm

My grandma says "three sides of sunday" I have no idea what it means...

Everything is "coke" for me and everything is a sandwich...no grinder/sub/ whtever...and "crick"...

I hate how all these people in this area can't see that "ee" makes a hard E sound...GRRRRR!

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:28 pm

AutoPilate wrote:Remember when everyone said "Deeeeeeeez nuts!"?

No...but there are plenty of idiots around here who say git r done. I hate them. I hate Larry the Cable Guy, too.