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

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  • devinbear
    devinbear Posts: 38 Member
    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
    Moved to Southern Indiana and learned a "pallet" referred to a makeshift bed on the floor.
  • Sbrn_
    Sbrn_ Posts: 351 Member
    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
    Snowmobile = Sledding here 8)
  • smithcentral
    smithcentral Posts: 25 Member
    Soda. Sub. Lightnin' Bug.

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

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

    Soda, sub or hero, lightning bugs.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
    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
    Soda, subs and lightning bugs, but sometimes firefly. Southern NJ here.
  • unapologetically_crystal
    unapologetically_crystal Posts: 278 Member
    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
    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
    soda, subs, lightening bugs, couch - from upstate New York.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    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
    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
    Thanks so much everyone! Very interesting!
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Southern California

    Soda, sub and firefly

    :)
  • aldousmom
    aldousmom Posts: 382 Member
    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.
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    west Texas - 1. Every carbonated drink is coke...you then get asked your preference...2. Sub... 3. fireflies? Lightning bugs? I have to go with the girl above who said all they have is mosquitos....because that is all that is around here as well.

    Pallets are made on the floor for babies/toddlers to sleep, and the "ice box" is still used around here as well.
    Y'all is a word - please don't argue - it just is around here.
    Fixin' to - unfortunately, I have been guilty of this one - and it drives me nuts when I catch myself.
  • Sinful_moon
    Sinful_moon Posts: 140 Member
    Ontario.
    Soda, Subs, Fireflies.
  • marvybells
    marvybells Posts: 1,984 Member
    South Jersey (near Philly)

    Soda
    Hoagies
    Lightning Bugs

    when taking a trip to the shore/beach we call it "going down the shore"
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    South Jersey (near Philly)

    Soda
    Hoagies
    Lightning Bugs

    when taking a trip to the shore/beach we call it "going down the shore"

    LoL - going to the shore or beach here is called a vacation - 9 hours travel!
  • stephanne13
    stephanne13 Posts: 212 Member
    Texas...it's a coke here no matter what flavor it is (the exception would maybe be a Dr. Pepper, but I still call it a coke.)
    And it's subs and lightning bugs.
  • KameHameHaaa
    KameHameHaaa Posts: 244 Member
    Spent most my life in northern VA/outside DC.

    Soda. Hoagie. Fireflies.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Do you say Pop or Soda? COKE
    Hoagies or Subs? SUBWAY
    Lightening bugs or fireflies? neither, we don't have those

    I'm from Ohio but now in PA and I say Pop, subs, and lightening bugs.

    Tell me what you say and where you are from and add in new words too!

    I'm from LA:

    "Do you want a coke?"..."yeah what kind you got?" ...."diet, regular or orange"..."is the orange diet?"...."no"..."okay then diet coke".

    "I feel like eating Subway"...get in car start driving..."Togo's is closer you want that?"...."no, actually you know what, I gotta go to Von's anyways for milk we'll just get one there."...."Ok."

    "What are those lit up firey things flying around?"..."BULLETS! DUCK!"
  • tabithaduarte
    tabithaduarte Posts: 29 Member
    soda
    sub
    lightnin bugs
    nc
    down yonder ways from yall lol
  • stephanne13
    stephanne13 Posts: 212 Member
    We say "cola" here.

    Here being Germany.

    Can you send me a Spezi though?! I haven't had one in 25 years. :drinker:
  • ilenewilliams
    ilenewilliams Posts: 48 Member
    Here's one for you, Bologna is called Jumbo in SW Pennsylvania where my husband is from. My first visit they had to have thought I was a complete idiot. My SIL asked if I wanted a fried jumbo sandwich, I said no just a regular sized one would be great. I'm from California. I say soda, sub and firefly, he says pop, hoagie and lightening bug.

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