In your neck of the woods...What do you say?

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  • devinbear
    devinbear Posts: 38 Member
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    I say that too! If there aren't enough beds at a sleepover, somebody gets the pallet!

    Edit: I'm replying to the "pallet" part. :)
  • yturie47
    yturie47 Posts: 170 Member
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    Moved to Southern Indiana and learned a "pallet" referred to a makeshift bed on the floor.
  • Sbrn_
    Sbrn_ Posts: 351 Member
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    I'm from Ireland. Here we'd typically say:
    Fizzy drink
    Sandwich bap
    Fireflies (but we don't have those here)
  • FireStorm1972
    FireStorm1972 Posts: 1,142 Member
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    Snowmobile = Sledding here 8)
  • smithcentral
    smithcentral Posts: 25 Member
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    Soda. Sub. Lightnin' Bug.

    From NC....:flowerforyou:
  • meluhneekay
    meluhneekay Posts: 82
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    Kentucky: pop; subs; lightening bugs.
  • ktriplett7
    ktriplett7 Posts: 12 Member
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    NJ: Soda, Hoagie & Lighting Bugs.
  • shmerek
    shmerek Posts: 963 Member
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    Canadian: pop sub firefly

    I live in NZ and they call Sprite lemonade here, weird...
  • Phoenix__Rising
    Phoenix__Rising Posts: 9,981 Member
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    I think I'm messed up on this one .. :huh:
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    NY suburbs of NYC

    Soda, sub or hero, lightning bugs.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
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    Northwest of Chicago,

    I say soda but everyone else says pop, subs(if from subway, if not it's just a sandwich), and both fireflies and lightening bugs. s:

    i find it weird i've lived here basically my whole life, and yet i say things differently than others who have also lived here their whole lives.
  • IslandDreamer64
    IslandDreamer64 Posts: 258 Member
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    Soda, subs and lightning bugs, but sometimes firefly. Southern NJ here.
  • unapologetically_crystal
    unapologetically_crystal Posts: 278 Member
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    louisiana.

    we say coke no matter what brand.. then you specify the actual drink.
    only time you gonna say anything about a sub would be at subway.. we like po boys.
    pretty sure we dont really talk about fireflies.. we have mosquitos and thats all you talk about. lol

    someone mentioned pill bug.. we call those roly polys or doo doo bugs here.
    and a pallet is a place to lay down but no one i know says that.. it was more of an older generation thing. as well as ice box for the fridge.
  • kinkyslinky16
    kinkyslinky16 Posts: 1,469 Member
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    Canadian: pop sub firefly

    I live in NZ and they call Sprite lemonade here, weird...
    Wow, I really like to look at your posts.. for the educational information....
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
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    soda, subs, lightening bugs, couch - from upstate New York.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
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    Here in AZ, we say soda, hoagies and subs are two different types of bread, and we don't have lightning bugs/fireflies here, so I don't know what we call them. (Though I personally refer to them as fireflies.)
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
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    Here in the sticks of NW Florida, it's Coke, sub and lightning bug. And the place you buy your booze is a liquor store. The fridge is called a fridge by most, but some of the old timers call it an ice box. The same for drawing water. We have a lot of hill billy sayings, even though we are a good way from the hills.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
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    Thanks so much everyone! Very interesting!
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
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    Southern California

    Soda, sub and firefly

    :)
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
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    Texas:

    Everything is called a coke. When you say you want a coke, you will be asked which kind. I guess subs? And lightning bugs for sure

    We also say yall of course, and some countrified folk say 'aint' and 'fixin to' but not all Texans. Ok, ok sometimes I'll accidentally let a 'fixin to' slip but it's rare. Oh, and something my Colorado born husband doesn't understand.. the word 'pallet' and I don't mean the wood kind. Anyone else use that term?

    Texas (Dallas)

    soda
    subs (really, we just call them all sandwiches no matter what the bread or filling, except hamburgers)
    lightning bugs

    I think nearly the whole US says "y'all" now. It's probably the most practical plural of you there is, and it's an easy contraction to say. I've heard people using it everywhere. its pretty handy!!

    and shopping cart.

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