Regional Words (again)
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Re: Regional Words (again)
In the Midwest people say "ish" instead of "ick" or "yuck." This is so, so strange to me, as I think the hard "k" sound is so imperative in communicating how distasteful something is.
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David: What time is it?
Kelly: ::looks at clock, which says 12:45:: Quarter of.
David: What?
Kelly: Quarter of One.
David: What?!
Kelly: Twelve Forty-Five!
David: Why didn't you say so!
Kelly: I did!
David: No, you said "quarter OF" -- THAT DOESN'T EVEN MEAN ANYTHING!
Kelly: Yes it does! It means 15 minutes before the hour!
David: No. To communicate 15 minutes before the hour, you'd say "quarter TIL one." "Quarter OF" DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
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David: What time is it?
Kelly: ::looks at clock, which says 12:45:: Quarter of.
David: What?
Kelly: Quarter of One.
David: What?!
Kelly: Twelve Forty-Five!
David: Why didn't you say so!
Kelly: I did!
David: No, you said "quarter OF" -- THAT DOESN'T EVEN MEAN ANYTHING!
Kelly: Yes it does! It means 15 minutes before the hour!
David: No. To communicate 15 minutes before the hour, you'd say "quarter TIL one." "Quarter OF" DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Kelly: Whatever. :::mutters under breath: oriented, oriented, oriented!!!:::
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Midwesterner, here.
I've never heard anyone say "ish" instead of "ick" or "yuck."
But I've never anyone say "quarter of one," either. Always "quarter til" or (less often) "quarter to."
I've never heard anyone say "ish" instead of "ick" or "yuck."
But I've never anyone say "quarter of one," either. Always "quarter til" or (less often) "quarter to."
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Re: Regional Words (again)
I've heard ish. I think, perhaps, it comes from ishda. Have you heard ufda or ishda yet, Kelly?
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I heard "quarter of one" I'd probably think it was 12:15.
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I'm pretty sure "quarter of" is an East Coast thing, and I'll admit that when you think about it, it really is a poor choice of preposition. But I'll probably keep saying it that way anyway.
Interesting about the ish/ick thing though. People here say it ALL THE TIME. I am much more used to gutteral exclaimations: ugh, ack, ick, yuck, argh. I notice out here people use softer sounds: ish, ishy (really), yish, yeesh. Just a strange thing. Maybe it's just Minnesota?
ETA: uf-da, YES! So strange!
Interesting about the ish/ick thing though. People here say it ALL THE TIME. I am much more used to gutteral exclaimations: ugh, ack, ick, yuck, argh. I notice out here people use softer sounds: ish, ishy (really), yish, yeesh. Just a strange thing. Maybe it's just Minnesota?
ETA: uf-da, YES! So strange!
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well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
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well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
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Could be a northern Midwest thing. (MN, WI, MI, etc.)
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I say quarter of!
I also say "coloring pencils," and "bulked. Swole is what you call your ankle when you have excess fluid on it.
I also say "coloring pencils," and "bulked. Swole is what you call your ankle when you have excess fluid on it.
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This is a Minnesota/Western Wisconsin thing. I grew up with people saying ish, but I rarely if ever hear it in South Eastern WI.In the Midwest people say "ish" instead of "ick" or "yuck." This is so, so strange to me, as I think the hard "k" sound is so imperative in communicating how distasteful something is.
I had never heard of Quarter of One until TMBG came out with the song Four of Two. Four of Two is a really weird saying, but it just gets weirder to me when they say Four Minutes of Two. I grew up saying Four to Two, or occasionally Four til Two.
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I cringe at "ish" based on the personalities of the people I know that use it often.
Four to two > Four 'til two.
Uff da is my grandmother's go to expletive, along with everyone else her age from our hometown. My parents generation mostly doesn't use it. It slips in occasionally. However, there a number of people my age that started to use it ironically and it has since become a permanent part of their vocabulary.ETA: uf-da, YES! So strange!
Four to two > Four 'til two.
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Re: Regional Words (again)
Very much this. Probably mostly an East Coast thing. As for showing displeasure at something, I don't really have a go to. It is usually a random guttural sound, usually resembling a bah or rah, but not quite. But I might start using ishy, because how awesome is that word! I also am going to look forward to what others do around here, because I never really thought about it before.I'm pretty sure "quarter of" is an East Coast thing
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I really had no idea that "quarter of" was a regional thing. I will say "quarter to/til" occasionally but usually go with "of".
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I've never heard "ish" used that way either, in the past few years I've lived in the midwest. Not even from the MN and WI people I know; I guess just not the right area in those states. (But I've heard of "bubbler"! Haha, I love that one; it just sounds so silly!)
I'm from the east coast, though, so I grew up with "quarter of".
Uffda is Norwegian in origin, so I grew up with that, too. I had no idea it existed at all in the midwest until I came out here, and was pretty surprised by it. Before that, I had no idea there were so many scandinavian-americans around that area.
I'm from the east coast, though, so I grew up with "quarter of".
Uffda is Norwegian in origin, so I grew up with that, too. I had no idea it existed at all in the midwest until I came out here, and was pretty surprised by it. Before that, I had no idea there were so many scandinavian-americans around that area.
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This isn't a word and I'm not sure how regional it is, exactly, but zero seemed confused by my use of "flip a bitch", meaning "to make a U-turn."
I used it in a sentence that was something like, "I want to head west again, so I can go in that turn lane and flip a bitch."
Anyone else hear of this use?
I used it in a sentence that was something like, "I want to head west again, so I can go in that turn lane and flip a bitch."
Anyone else hear of this use?
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That's a new one to me. But now i'm going to think that every time I have to make a U-turn!
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Ditto. New to me, but I will do my part to make it common in Kansas, now that I've heard of it.
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Not new to me, although whenever I hear it I'm like "nobody ever says that."
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On the earlier note of time, the half-hour here, e.g. 5.30, is often spoken "half-five".
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I've heard it, but no one really says it around here unless it is ironically. I love to say when I remember to, but I like curse words too much I think.
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There are people who don't use that? Huh.On the earlier note of time, the half-hour here, e.g. 5.30, is often spoken "half-five".
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I've never heard that for a u-turn.
And if I heard half-five, I would think 4:30 and that someone had just left off the "to/of/before" out of the sentence. It must be a british thing.
And if I heard half-five, I would think 4:30 and that someone had just left off the "to/of/before" out of the sentence. It must be a british thing.
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*grin* Clearly I am that one person you know who is so tragically uncool that I do say stuff like that. And with no shame, even. Oh, the nerve.Not new to me, although whenever I hear it I'm like "nobody ever says that."
I love to say when I remember to, but I like curse words too much I think.
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Oh man, Alea, it's true, though! I really need to stop.
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Weirdness...I totally posted in here, but it didn't post.
Anyhoo--never heard that term for a u-turn before (and I just typed tern--must have birds on the brain), but I like it. If I were more inclined to swear, I would be all over that. As is, I just say "flip a U-ee."
Anyhoo--never heard that term for a u-turn before (and I just typed tern--must have birds on the brain), but I like it. If I were more inclined to swear, I would be all over that. As is, I just say "flip a U-ee."
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motherfucker.
*swoon* I try not to say too many cusswords, because I sound stupid and I don't want to be terribly offensive to those around me, but I do have this weird appreciation for them in general, and as such, I have a favorite. And that is it.
I blame Ed for that one.
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They flipped the bitch!"flip a bitch"
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THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE HERE SOUND LIKE:
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THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE HERE SOUND LIKE:
(skip to 0:45 to hear most of the talking)
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The Wadworth Constant stays true and accurate, then.(skip to 0:45 to hear most of the talking)
Also, that was both funny and one of the most difficult to understand English conversations I've ever encountered. I... I had no idea anyone up north even considered that speech. It's like if you mixed New England with Canadian and drunken Irishman.
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waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaht the heck... i mean... i just.... what in the hell did they say?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!Guys! Guys!
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Was that beer they were drinking? Whatever it was, I could understand what was being said more (but still not well) when they were drinking than when they weren't. I also got some F bombs pretty clearly. Otherwise, what everyone else said.
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