Terms No Longer Used (but the things still exist)

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5 and Dime stores.

Does anyone still say "Tennis shoes?" instead of sneakers?

I do. This thread is making me feel like I say things weird.

I think it kind of has to do with what part of the country you live in.

And how about pocketbook. :huh: Sounds like a book you put in your pocket instead of being a purse.

I still say pocketbook. :blushing:

I think it kind of has to do with what part of the country you live in.

Definitely! Growing up in the city, my brothers and I wore "sneakers" and not "tennis shoes" and definitely NOT "tennies", we watched TV in the "parlor", not the living room, and we hung out o nthe "stoop" not the porch. If I'm around my family, those terms are not weird. Anyone else looks at me like i spoke another language. :laugh:

I don't know about this one but does anyone say "Worsh" instead of Wash. Like, my dad says worshcloth (of course he would spell it wash), and I know several people that say it that way!

Guilty! :embarassed: I'm from Missouri. That's Missouri (sounds like Missouree not Missoura).

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I own a few pairs of pantaloons...the longer style (and black) and wear them during the summer as pants. I get mine off of etsy.com I also still use a parasol, pocketwatch, and wear a mob cap to bed. :blushing:

I want a parasol. I use an umbrella in the summer to keep the sun off me but a parasol would be cooler I think. No pun intended. :bigsmile: That's cooler as in neater. :laugh:

Ok, I thought a parasol was fancier than an umbrella but apparently they're interchangeable. I googled where I can buy a parasol and I keep getting umbrellas. :grumble:

The tennis shoe, sneaker thing reminded me of a routine I saw Jerry Seinfeld do once. He reached the conclusion that East coasters said, "sneakers" and "soda" and West coasters said "tennis shoes" and "pop." There were other comparisons that I don't recall.

I do know that after my cousin from Seattle met a New Yorker and married him and move east, years later we were at a family reunion in Washingon state and I heard her, in the space of five minutes tell one of her kids he could NOT have a "soda" and to put his "sneakers" back on!!!:laugh: :laugh:

So apparently, Jerry was on to something.

slacks
pantaloons

I own a few pairs of pantaloons...the longer style (and black) and wear them during the summer as pants. I get mine off of etsy.com I also still use a parasol, pocketwatch, and wear a mob cap to bed. :blushing:

I want a parasol. I use an umbrella in the summer to keep the sun off me but a parasol would be cooler I think. No pun intended. :bigsmile: That's cooler as in neater. :laugh:

I got mine off of www.lace-parasols.com. They also have lace gloves, fans, and other little things. I have an obsession with antiquity. lol.

Nice! I'll have to get one for next summer.

I don't know about this one but does anyone say "Worsh" instead of Wash. Like, my dad says worshcloth (of course he would spell it wash), and I know several people that say it that way!

We say WARSH not WORSH but spell it wash. My ex brother in law always made fun of me for saying it that way, he would say "Oh my garsh, gotta warsh!"

My dad would never say you're going to spill something, it was always you're going to upset something. He was from Boston, Mass. He never said battery...(bat-tery) he said it (bat-tree).

My flip flops used to be called thongs until they started making Thong undies!! Now I can't say I'm going to wear my thongs because people wonder why a 200+ lb woman would ever wear a thong!!!! LOL

The tennis shoe, sneaker thing reminded me of a routine I saw Jerry Seinfeld do once. He reached the conclusion that East coasters said, "sneakers" and "soda" and West coasters said "tennis shoes" and "pop." There were other comparisons that I don't recall.

I do know that after my cousin from Seattle met a New Yorker and married him and move east, years later we were at a family reunion in Washingon state and I heard her, in the space of five minutes tell one of her kids he could NOT have a "soda" and to put his "sneakers" back on!!!:laugh: :laugh:

So apparently, Jerry was on to something.

Yep...we do. Except that here in GA we say Coke instead of soda. Even if it's another form of soda...we say Coke. lol.

That's funny. I say pop and I'm from Ohio.

OOH! I still say "SIKE!" . My husband laughs at me for that one and tries to tell my it would be spelled psych. He's nuts.

I don't know about this one but does anyone say "Worsh" instead of Wash. Like, my dad says worshcloth (of course he would spell it wash), and I know several people that say it that way!

We say WARSH not WORSH but spell it wash. My ex brother in law always made fun of me for saying it that way, he would say "Oh my garsh, gotta warsh!"

My dad would never say you're going to spill something, it was always you're going to upset something. He was from Boston, Mass. He never said battery...(bat-tery) he said it (bat-tree).

My flip flops used to be called thongs until they started making Thong undies!! Now I can't say I'm going to wear my thongs because people wonder why a 200+ lb woman would ever wear a thong!!!! LOL

Hilarious!! One day someone called in to give me their change of address at work. His new address was in Washington Courthouse and after I wrote it down I realized I wrote Worshington Courthouse Because he said it that way. I cracked up!!

Oh and I also feel like no one says underwear anymore. But clearly, they still exist.