Word/words you say that distinguish where you're from

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
edited October 5 in Chit-Chat
There are certain words that some say that will distinguish where you grew up or where you currently reside. What are they?

"HELLA" usually mean a lot where I'm from in California. In a sentence it would be something like:

"It's HELLA hot out today!"

How about you guys?


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  • Curvy1taliana
    Curvy1taliana Posts: 371 Member
    WICKED

    "That's WICKED funny"

    Meaning, that's really funny.

    Or, in general, not pronouncing the letter R. As in, "whead ya paak the caa?" = "where'd you park the car?"

    I'm from Massachusetts.:ohwell:
  • wmlpd6
    wmlpd6 Posts: 135
    Being a native born hillbilly from eastern Kentucky, my vocabulary "purty" much gives me away lickety-split. All I gotta do is ask y'all to pass the taters and thar ain't no doubt I ain't from aroun' these here parts.
  • yadicarter
    yadicarter Posts: 73
    I grew up in Massachusetts and even though I live in Florida now...that New England accent will make an appearance at times, such as caahh (car), paakh (parkr) or staaving (starving) LoL...
  • yadicarter
    yadicarter Posts: 73
    WICKED

    "That's WICKED funny"

    Meaning, that's really funny.

    I'm from Massachusetts

    Definitely can't forget "wicked"...that was huge in high school for me =)
  • twinsanity
    twinsanity Posts: 1,757 Member
    My words are deceiving, actually. The biggest one is been. I pronounce it bean, not ben, like most people. My mother was Canadian, so I got it from her. Another word is y'all. I say it all the time and people think I'm from Texas, but I'm not. Lived there for 2 years when I was 2 years old, I seriously doubt those two years formed my vocabulary that much. lol
  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    I'm finna eat dinner.

    Means "I'm going to lunch" in east Teaxas, whee I used to live. "finna" is fixin' to - and as many know dinner is lunch, and supper is dinner.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I have no geographical claim. My father was military. I say "hella" quite often but never lived in CA. I may have picked it up from my cousin, who's from San Diego. I say "y'all" a lot, which I picked up living in the south. I think I picked up "wicked" from living in CT for a number of years. I call carbonated beverages "soda."
  • hooah_mj
    hooah_mj Posts: 1,004 Member
    fixin' to

    bring me a coke (usually a Dr Pepper)

    Texas
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    There are certain words that some say that will distinguish where you grew up or where you currently reside. What are they?

    "HELLA" usually mean a lot where I'm from in California. In a sentence it would be something like:

    "It's HELLA hot out today!"

    How about you guys?


    A.C.E. Certified Personal Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    bay area hehe. i only really hear asians use it though :P
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    No one can tell where I'm from. I talk funny.
  • Quarantined
    Quarantined Posts: 50
    People instantly know I'm from South Australia when I say 'heaps good'. Not sure why, but we South Australians are (or at least were) the only state to say that.
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  • AudgePaudge
    AudgePaudge Posts: 537 Member
    Getchya *kitten* up!! I'm from AZ :)
  • lilyinlove
    lilyinlove Posts: 441 Member
    Summat like that. Nufink at all. Avin a cuppa and a sarni...

    South coast of England.
  • claram5415
    claram5415 Posts: 512 Member
    Louisana

    Put that in the zink
    I'll pass by (visit)
    Come see!

    And of course ya'll come to Nawlins! (New Orleans)
  • digitaldigital
    digitaldigital Posts: 73 Member
    I say y'all a lot being from Texas an all.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    When I lived in Saipan for a short time they used "strolling" for taking a drive around the island.



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  • PetitePerfection
    PetitePerfection Posts: 199 Member
    southern california:
    dude
    baller
    like
    whatever
    sketch
    stoked...
  • LethaSue
    LethaSue Posts: 285 Member
    Im Texan, and my husband is from Ohio. He is convinced when I tell him I need some more ice in my tea, that I am asking for *kitten*.
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    I sound like this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYusPRre07k

    :blushing:
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    I met a girl from Texas and she told me I had an accent. Like she didn't!!! I've never heard of a California accent - Texas - yes. We e-mail each other quite often and I can hear her accent in her typing. I LOVE it. Makes me want to live in Texas.
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    WICKED

    "That's WICKED funny"

    Meaning, that's really funny.

    Or, in general, not pronouncing the letter R. As in, "whead ya paak the caa?" = "where'd you park the car?"

    I'm from Massachusetts.:ohwell:

    ^This.. and don't forget that the Rs we drop aren't lost forever... they turn up in other places like at the end of the word Pizza.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    i'm hispanic but since I'm Colombian i speak with totally different accent in spanish like hearing an american and an english person speak english
  • Maryfullofgrace
    Maryfullofgrace Posts: 342 Member
    I'm from the upper midwest US, but I live in the South. I call my mother "Ma" which isn't common where I live, most folks turn around to see who that lady is trying to get her mom's attention saying.. 'Hey, Ma!" Then they usually say, "That is so cute, where are you from?"

    Another word I use that distinguishes me of being "not from here" is I call rubber bands, "binders". No one knows what the heck I am asking for if I am talking to someone outside my family.
  • Maryfullofgrace
    Maryfullofgrace Posts: 342 Member
    I sound like this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYusPRre07k

    :blushing:

    Funny! Love the humor of that era. Truly entertaining.
  • Karabobarra
    Karabobarra Posts: 782 Member
    Oh My Heck!!

    I spent 11 years in Utah and I can't seem to get rid of this phrase, I'll even text OMH instead of OMG..
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    " LIke ohmygod hella turn off the water!", total Northern California Spanglish/ghetto talk. It only comes out when I'm very angry or upset or worked up. Otherwise, I sound HELLA NorCal, just without the foreign accent:laugh:
  • newbeetler
    newbeetler Posts: 197 Member
    Summat like that. Nufink at all. Avin a cuppa and a sarni...

    South coast of England.

    Know what you mean.

    Also Bloody Grockles.

    "Grockles" - Term used on South Coast England (Dorset for me where I grew up) to describe holiday makers/tourists usually heard being shouted from the car by me when a Grockle is lost.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
    I'm from the Midwest so we say POP instead of COKE or SODA! I live near the WI border so I always crack up when folks say Bubbler instead of the water fountain!

    Some others are:

    'ZA=pizza
    I live in Illinois prounounced ILL IN OY not ILL I NOISE
    gym shoes=tennis shoes
    Slider=White Castle burger
  • shellimus
    shellimus Posts: 158 Member
    Well I didn't realize it until I travelled out of California, but we don't say y'all here, we say "you guys."
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    im southern. we yell woohoooo and wooooo a lot. i say hella a lot and i like southern sounding cheers. say yall but no yee haw lol
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