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skigod377 wrote:
I think we have it in Germany. The pins are suspended from strings, though.
That sounds really whimsical and strange! 😆
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Bowling=10 pin, I’ve never heard of candlepin
“Pop” instead of soda or Coke
Tea is hot, Iced Tea is cold
Same for coffee
Drinking fountains are drinking fountains, not bubblers (I think this is an East Coast thing)
And we say “sub” or “sandwich.”Thanks for all the responses; I’ve learned some lingo from other regions and countries!
I hear “bubbler” vs. “water fountain” and “jimmies” vs. “sprinkles” are some others. If you order a “regular coffee” here, it is coffee with cream and sugar. We say “soda” (pop is what you call your father).
lamortefille wrote:Don’t you say “grinder” and we (NJ) say “hoagie” or “sub”?
I say “sub”; but in Western MA, I’ve heard people refer to them as “grinders” (took me a whole semester to figure out what they were referring to 😳 ).
“Grinder” doesn’t sound like something you’d want to eat. lol
I forget where my sister was, but they asked her if she wanted her pop (soda) in a sack (bag). She was like, what?! 😆
Lokie wrote:Thanks for all the responses; I’ve learned some lingo from other regions and countries!
I hear “bubbler” vs. “water fountain” and “jimmies” vs. “sprinkles” are some others. If you order a “regular coffee” here, it is coffee with cream and sugar. We say “soda” (pop is what you call your father).
lamortefille wrote:Don’t you say “grinder” and we (NJ) say “hoagie” or “sub”?
I say “sub”; but in Western MA, I’ve heard people refer to them as “grinders” (took me a whole semester to figure out what they were referring to 😳 ).
Okay, never heard a “drinking fountain” (you don’t drink from a “water fountain” those are the ornamental type) called a “bubbler”. I’m still not sure what “jimmies” are. If you order a “regular coffee” that is referring to the size. If you want two cream and two sugar, just ask for a “regular with double, double”. Long sandwiches are “subs”, we carry stuff in bags…
“Jimmies” or “sprinkles” are the little candy things you put on ice cream. We drink from water fountains (lol). I have never heard the term “bubbler”.
Jennifer wrote:skigod377 wrote:I think we have it in Germany. The pins are suspended from strings, though.
That sounds really whimsical and strange! 😆Its like knocking down puppets. They also have a drinking game with a hammer, where you have to (I think) pound a nail into a board with one swing. I have not played, cuz the idea just didnt seem like a good one to me.
lamortefille wrote:“Jimmies” or “sprinkles” are the little candy things you put on ice cream. We drink from water fountains (lol). I have never heard the term “bubbler”.
Oh, okay, definitely called sprinkles here…. 😆
Ok as a Newfoundlander in Alberta, with a Quebec’r for a significant other
Wicked has been used for Decades back in Newfoundland and means Awesome, or way cool.
Soda & Pop are both used, and depending on your preference either Coke, or Pepsi, though some do use Cola Though I know some areas of Quebec use the brand name depending on socio-economic status. Have you seen that LIH?
Umm Newfoundland it’s Ski-Doo, 3-Wheeler, and 4-Wheeler, while Alberta it’s Snowmobile, Trike, or Quad.
both use Sub(marine) for the sandwich, and a Hoagie is a particular type of sub, Though spell checker doesn’t know what a Hoagie is at all!!And an Italian is just the type of bread used
I know what a Chesterfield is, and a sofa, and a couch.
I know your Grandmther’s problem Pip, only it’s when I want a plain old hot cup of normal apparently Orange Pekoe, not Iced, not flavoured, and not anything other than a plain old cup of tea. My mom has that problem with Coffee’s too. Not a Latte, not a Cappuccino or Machiatto, or flavoured in any way, just a plain old coffee, she hates Starbucks with a passion 😈 My mom likes her Coffee Black (nothing in it) My Uncle likes his a Triple-Triple (3 cream 3 sugar) others like Double-Double (2 cream 2 sugar) and always double check when some one says they want a Double-triple, or triple-double. Usually those are soley reserved for Coffee but I hurt Brains and Say “Tea Triple-Triple”
Water fountains are both the fancy pretty things, and what you drink from, but the term Drinking fountain is also used.
And this list can go on and on and on, Newfoundland language has all but been declared a separate language itself, not just a mere Dialect. There are actual full Dictionaries devoted to Newfinese, so umm yeah
skigod377 wrote:Jennifer wrote:skigod377 wrote:I think we have it in Germany. The pins are suspended from strings, though.
That sounds really whimsical and strange! 😆Its like knocking down puppets. They also have a drinking game with a hammer, where you have to (I think) pound a nail into a board with one swing. I have not played, cuz the idea just didnt seem like a good one to me.
*nods at your wisdom* Swinging a hammer while drunk is never a good idea, esp. if the other hand is holding the nail. 😯 😆
skigod377 wrote:Jennifer wrote:skigod377 wrote:I think we have it in Germany. The pins are suspended from strings, though.
That sounds really whimsical and strange! 😆Its like knocking down puppets. They also have a drinking game with a hammer, where you have to (I think) pound a nail into a board with one swing. I have not played, cuz the idea just didnt seem like a good one to me.
Dang that sounds like a game that some theater tech friends of mine would play 🙄
foxfeather wrote:A Chesterfield is a Sofa or Couch
Really? Do you know why they’re called that? I went with DM’s answer…it was the brand of cigarette my Dad smoked for years. 😆
lamortefille wrote:foxfeather wrote:A Chesterfield is a Sofa or Couch
Really? Do you know why they’re called that? I went with DM’s answer…it was the brand of cigarette my Dad smoked for years. 😆
I believe, and I may have this mixed up, but it’s for a british furniture maker named “Chesterfield”. Since Canada has a british influence it hopped the pond with the settlers. The Brit influence is also why some of us spell it “Mum” and bothe Mum and Mom are correct for spelling tests! 😀 😀 😀
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