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CatWoman
07-07-2005, 05:56 PM
Some of us have been having fun with dialectual differences in another thread, so I thought it would be fun to start one just for this. So if you want to join in, post and list the meanings of words or phrases that are used in your part of the world but may not be understood by "foreigners."

Here's some Texan speak:

Y'all ... a pronoun meaning you, you all, you guys or y'uns. Can be singular or plural. I hope y'all understand that. This is sometimes spelled "ya'll."

Fixin' ... getting ready to do something. For instance, I'm fixin' to eat me some supper.

Supper ... the final meal of the day. Meals here are breakfast, dinner and supper.

Coke ... soft drink or pop. The brand doesn't matter. For instance, the most popular Coke in my part of Texas is Dr. Pepper.

Kilt ... past tense of kill.

Narry ... not, as in "I don't have narry a one." Sometimes spelled "nary."

Possum ... the other white meat.

Big hat, no cattle ... all talk but no action.

This ain't my first rodeo ... I've been around awhile.

I'm in tall cotton ... things couldn't be better.
drgamer
07-07-2005, 06:05 PM
You skip lunch?

Well, I can't think of anything around here... Maybe it's because of geological location... Maybe it's because I haven't heard much different dialect...
CatWoman
07-07-2005, 06:09 PM
No, we don't skip lunch. Dinner is lunch and supper is dinner. Seems clear to me! :P
drgamer
07-07-2005, 06:16 PM
No, we don't skip lunch. Dinner is lunch and supper is dinner. Seems clear to me! :P
So for Dinner you eat lunch...
And for Supper you eat Dinner, but because Dinner is Lunch...
So (Asuming I can put Lunch in there): Breakfast, Lunch, 'Lunch', ''Lunch''?
You sure enjoy lunch :roll:
Hammered
07-07-2005, 07:17 PM
Y'all Texans don't have the corner on the y'all market. Y'all is southern not Texan, and since I am actually a transplant from Minnesota (read Yankee) and not an real southerner, I can say, ya, sure, you betcha to that!
McMonkeyMcBean
07-07-2005, 07:53 PM
Y'all Texans don't have the corner on the y'all market. Y'all is southern not Texan, and since I am actually a transplant from Minnesota (read Yankee) and not an real southerner, I can say, ya, sure, you betcha to that!

Oh no! She knows all our slang! We're doomed!
Hammered
07-07-2005, 07:58 PM
I have to be able to understand all this stuff so I know you are being nice and not offending anyone or advertising things. Thank you all for posting in southern and midwestern. It's a lot easier for me to translate then 1337!
kidmystik101
07-07-2005, 08:07 PM
g'day-good day, a greeting

it's aussie mkay?
Bearly
07-08-2005, 08:24 AM
alright? can be used as a question - how are you today? or as a reply to this question - i'm alright thanks, how are you?

nigh - in a local town they say this after most sentences. I have no idea why. It can be amusing & annoying!

Yeah man - yes
McMonkeyMcBean
07-08-2005, 11:45 AM
Some of the expressions I used in the other thread:

Aina hey - isn't it?
Believe you me - really!
Borrowed - loaned
Bubbler - water fountain / drinking fountain
C'meer once - come here
Couple-two-tree - a few
Davenport - sofa/couch
Galoshes - boots
Go by - go to
Gots - to have / to get
Oh, yah? - Really?
Pert-neer - almost
Sconsin - a state which was made into a dr. lunatic world :)
Stop-n-go lights - traffic lights
Youse - Wisconsinese for y'all :)
kidmystik101
07-08-2005, 08:24 PM
now to bust out a few 1337 terms on y'all :o

1337-elite
ph33r-fear
AtkinsSJ
07-09-2005, 04:59 AM
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
ROFL: Roll On Floor Laughing
BRB: Be Right Back
uber1337:Super Elite
n00b: Newbie
kidmystik101
07-10-2005, 01:41 AM
114mm4=llamma
SpiderPumpkin
07-10-2005, 02:39 AM
pwned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwned
"The verb to pwn (past tense: pwned, pwnd, pwn'd, pwnt, pooned) as used by the Internet gaming subculture, means to beat or dominate an opponent."