Do you guys

[RAPfrosty]

I was looking at the "You know your from...When..." post and was reading the things for PA. I came accross a few that I never realized were "Pennsylvania" things to say and they surprised me. Do you guys really not say these things (don't answer if you live in PA)?

" "You guys" is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men & women."

"Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you. "

"You say things like, "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow." "

"Frequently go "with," e.g., "You going to the market? Mind if I come with?" "

"Refer to something as "a whole nother," e.g., "That's a whole nother issue." "

 

[Hosscrazy]

I really don't say a lot of those thing!!! :bgrin

"Words like "hoagie", "sticky buns", "shoo-fly pie", "pierogies" and "pocketbook" actually mean something to you. "

I know what a hoagie and sticky buns are. I don't have a CLUE as to what the other things are!!! :lol:

That's how I felt about California - I didn't realize how much of it was state-specific!!! We say everything is "20 minutes away" ... well, it is!!!!

Liz R.

 

[Marty]

I checked out three states I lived in and I think they are all pretty much way off base

 

[KrisP]

Ahhh, you haven't lived until you've had a good pierogie!!!! pronounced pierd o ghee (hey, it's polish ok? LOL) It's a big pasta dumpling stuffed with flavored mashed potatoes, cheddar, bacon, sausage, etc. First you boil them like pasta, then you sautee them in butter with onions, yummm! HEAVEN!

Hubby is Russian and Polish

And his families are VERY ethnic! Dad was straight russian, mom straight polish and WHAT A MIX!

I love the turmoil though, I'm from such a generic "white bread" german family that we're pretty boring.

And we use "calling for" for snow, rain etc.

krisp

 

[jacks'thunder]

Well I'm from Michigan and I say just about all those things! :bgrin But I'd probably say "I'm callin in today" instead of "off"! Funny!!

 

[Kim]

I am from Alberta, and everyone here says "you guys" (everyone in Canada, for that matter). I couldn't stop laughing the first time I went to Texas, because I had never heard anyone actually say "Y'all" before!

As for the food items, I have never heard of any of them, except of course, Perogies - that's how we spell it - which we pronounce 'per-o-gees' (no 'd' like Kris P says!).

I've never heard "I'm calling off today" said, and have no idea what it means. It's not unusual for people to say "They're calling for..." in relation to the weather.

"Want to come with?" is also said pretty frequently - probably mostly by younger generations, though.

And yes, people so say, "That's a whole 'nother issue."

 

[Triggy&Blue&Daisy Too]

"You say things like, "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow." "

"Frequently go "with," e.g., "You going to the market? Mind if I come with?" "

"Refer to something as "a whole nother," e.g., "That's a whole nother issue." "

Even being from California I say those things! However since my great grandma was PA Dutch perhaps my dad learned them and passed them down to me. I had to laugh at the last one because I find myself correcting it in my business writing sometimes. It's similar to when I catch myself saying something is "more better" which is probably a colloquialism from some part of the country too

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[Field-of-Dreams]

Yes, actually, we do.

: Transplanted yinzer here...

Calling off means calling in sick at work. I've called off several times....

Pocketbook = purse or wallet.

How bout them Stillers, huh?

heh heh heh

Lucy

 

[susanne]

For Kim, Jenn and Kendra, I just have to say...

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Eh?

 

[Farmhand]

Well I'm from Michigan and I say just about all those things! :bgrin But I'd probably say "I'm callin in today" instead of "off"! Funny!!

From Michighan here also,

: yep heard them all. Am Polish also :bgrin :aktion033:

 

[JO~*]

When I lived just north of San Francisco I never heard some of the saying that I hear up on this north end of the state.

For instance I never heard the expression “Gees oh Pete†down there. Also up here lots of people have a southern kind of accent. And I never saw a pair or Romeo shoes until I came here 20 years ago.

 

[Marion]

Okay ya'll, I am from the south and we say things nice and slow. My mother-in-law is from Indiana, and she always says that she will ready-up the house. There for a long time I was lost.

The best one we have is going down yonder.

 

[runamuk]

Lets see you guys, I call in sick, love to see a sun break, actually know what a perogi is But I also know what gumbo, calamari, and escargot are and have eaten them all :bgrin I like my coffee strong dark and black preferably roasted this morning (man Idaho stinks for that), and for your info you do not need head to toe coverage for skiing, water or snow, in august and in june respectively :bgrin ...... I describe places based on drive time....as in Boise is an hour from me......and what the heck is wrong with birk's other than the ridiculous price? they go great with wool socks

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All I know about phoenix is it is the dirtiest place I have ever been

: however boise is a close second what is with this inland nasty air

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: ............ I am having the best winter since moving to Idaho but it has been remarkably washington 30's-40's and wet

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: geez I moved to the desert............

Canadians are fun...they say eh, go to the show, and go on holiday...translation what, going to the movies, and going on vacation

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northwesters tend to not have much for accents but we pick up others quite quickly :bgrin my family had enough off the boat brits to leave a weird influence on my family :bgrin the other side is norwegian and yes I know what lutefisk is...IT IS GROSS.....however I can cook a salmon more ways than I can count .......yet I cannot find a good salmon here to cook

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I miss "seeing the mountain" aka "the mountain is out today" depending which part of the state it could be Baker or Rainier..............

I hate the jack axxes that got rid of the kingdome how the heck can I navigate seattle now...my main landmark is gone

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: I have been in the space needle is is kinda weird..............we have piers and docks (yes they are different) and we have the Weedle

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except here I am in Idaho....oh well maybe I can retire back home some day in a really tiny house in a place like Concrete, or Sedro Wooley, or Conway, or Bow, or Tulalip, or Humptulips, or ????????????? :bgrin

 

[tigeresss]

I'm up in BC, Canada and although I've heard people saying "you guys" and it used to be said a lot it's more something I hear from the youngun's although I could be wrong.

I've never heard of any of the food related things except the perogies...which I talked to my Polish family friends and they said it is properly pronounced in Polish like this... pie-ro-guie.

I've heard people say "that's a whole nother issue" but it's not really something that is said a lot around here.

 

[Kim]

I'm up in BC, Canada and although I've heard people saying "you guys" and it used to be said a lot it's more something I hear from the youngun's although I could be wrong.

Weird! :bgrin Where in BC are you from? I lived in Victoria for 3 years and have hung out with people from BC my whole life, and my take on it would be that pretty much everyone in BC says 'you guys'!

 

[Minimor]

Hey you guys, I like my perogies with sauerkraut, though I do eat the cheddar/potato kind too. Everyone around here eats sticky buns, but I grew up in North Dakota where we called them caramel rolls, & I still tend to call 'em that.

I call in sick, I don't call off sick.

30 years ago in North Dakota a lot of farmers had quonsets; when we moved up here no one had ever heard of a quonset...though they did have machine sheds that looked just like quonsets. I think it's just in the last 5 years or so that I've seen a few building ads that referred to quonsets...

Eh? I've never been too far south, but I do sometimes say y'all.....it's funny, I visited relatives in Oregon one winter, & they were making fun of me for saying "eh". What was funny was they all used "huh" a lot more than I said "eh". Why is it funny to say "Is that right, eh?" but perfectly normal to say "Is that right, huh?"

Oh, & we do say "they're calling for snow"

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I do not think I could even start :bgrin

Sometimes I do wonder if we actually speak the same language

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Who was it that said

"Two nations divided but by a single language...." ?????

 

[jdomep]

LOL Being from the South and moving to PA I had to learn LOTS of new words

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My first employer gave me a funny paper called "You know your from Lancaster County when...."

It had things on it like - not hanging undies on the line...,never mowing on Sunday, Know what Shoo Fly Pie Is..., The tree has roots (prounced normal roooots) but we go to Roots (prounced Ruts)Country Market, Care about Ground Hogs day LOL

Then when I do southern stuff I still stand out - Like when I hunt grits and can't find them, still say ya'll, the fact that I WILL talk to absolutely anyone (which always freaks these PA people out - I guess you aren't suppose to speak if you don't know them and here I am carrying on conversations with strangers in the grocery line) and I know the best flour in the world is White Lilly!

 

[C & C Farms]

I'm from NY near the PA line and have heard of all of those too :lol:

We also sometimes say "Crick" for Creek

We say "Subs" instead of "Hoagies" though.

 

[RENMACMINIS]

Hmmm I am from West Virginia only about 30 minutes from the WV/PA state line and yes I have heard and even say all of those things.

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