Regional Slang & a little poll (plus some John Green)

jackiback

So funny that this was John Green's Mental Floss video today because at our Nashville GTG, @ceresas, @funkypineapple, @julie37619 and @jen748 and I were all discussing this. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6uQIXC1aI&feature=youtu.be

So excited to hear a specific shout out to NEOhio because we do, in fact, say Devil's Strip.

What brought up our discussion wasn't mentioned in the video though, so I'll ask you: What do you call the things that get hot & cook food on the top of a stove? I heard a term from the southerners that I'd never heard in my life and neither had Jennie. 

Any other comments on JG's video? Did you hear something familiar on there or something you disagree with? Does your region have any slang that you've never heard anywhere else? Discuss. 

SusieBW

Do you mean the burners on the stove?  Burners.  Or do you mean the pots and pans that you put food in?

We call milkshakes "cabinets" and water fountains "bubblers."  Except this is RI, so we really say "bubb-lah"

caseyandlizzie

I call it either a stovetop, or cooktop.....I'll have to watch that video now! I love regional language!

ETA: When I lived in Nashville, I worked at Home Depot for about a year. I encountered many a crabby old man looking for a hosepipe, and it took me forever to realize that they were looking for a simple garden hose. They of course had no patience to explain this to a Yankee, so I had to ask one of my co-workers.

ewill7911

I call them burners, and have only heard them called that (Im a west-coaster though). I heard someone call a radar detector a fuzz-buster, that was really strange to me. I had not heard them called anything but radar detectors before.

RevJen

If I'm talking about the unit as a whole, it's a stove.  If I'm talking about the part on top, it's a stove.  If I'm referring to the part where the baking is done, it's an oven.

pinkybooklover09

SusieBW said:

Do you mean the burners on the stove?  Burners.  Or do you mean the pots and pans that you put food in?

We call milkshakes "cabinets" and water fountains "bubblers."  Except this is RI, so we really say "bubb-lah"

I'm going to start calling them that just because. The West coast has no cool slang for anything.

jackiback

RevJen said:

If I'm talking about the unit as a whole, it's a stove.  If I'm talking about the part on top, it's a stove.  If I'm referring to the part where the baking is done, it's an oven.

The circle-y parts. I too call them burners. 

jackiback

ewill7911 said:

I call them burners, and have only heard them called that (Im a west-coaster though). I heard someone call a radar detector a fuzz-buster, that was really strange to me. I had not heard them called anything but radar detectors before.

Yeah, I've heard them called fuzz-busters just as often as radar detectors. It's because "fuzz" is a slang word for "police"-- that may be regional too? I'm not sure. 

RevJen

jackiback said:

RevJen said:

If I'm talking about the unit as a whole, it's a stove.  If I'm talking about the part on top, it's a stove.  If I'm referring to the part where the baking is done, it's an oven.

The circle-y parts. I too call them burners. 

What else do you call them if they're not burners?

pinkybooklover09

My grandmother was southern and used to call the stove burners "eyes" which I never understood. I think it traumatized me as a young Pinky.

jackiback

Yes! Eyes!

I had never in my life heard that. 

@ceresas just said "I don't think this eye works." Just like it was a normal thing to say. Jennie and I just looked at each other like... wha?!?!?! 

pinkybooklover09

jackiback said:

Yes! Eyes!

I had never in my life heard that. 

@ceresas just said "I don't think this eye works." Just like it was a normal thing to say. Jennie and I just looked at each other like... wha?!?!?! 

HAHAHA!!!! It's so weird right? 

I still have trouble with the calling all soda Coke thing. The ex's family is from the Pacific Northwest and they looked at me like a martian when I asked him to bring me a Dr. Pepper.

jackiback

They were teasing Jennie and I for saying pop. But I feel like "soda" sounds so hoity toity. 

SusieBW

I've never heard them called eyes before, either.  Weird.

@pinkybooklover09 I'm so glad to have given you new slang to amuse and confound your friends.  Order a coffee cabinet and throw them off even more.  Is coffee ice cream a regional thing, too?  I love coffee ice cream.

RhymeReason

Yea, I don't call soda's tonic unless we're talking about tonic water. It's a soda. Also, I'm glad this is up today because JG videos makes me happy and I need a happy distraction today.

queenofhearts1728

ewill7911 said:

I call them burners, and have only heard them called that

^ this. I grew up in the Midwest. I grew up with gas stoves, so it just made sense to me because they burn lol I even call them burners on our electric stove though

queenofhearts1728

jackiback said:

They were teasing Jennie and I for saying pop. But I feel like "soda" sounds so hoity toity. 

it's kinda funny you say that because I always felt saying 'pop' sounded kind of childish =X

queenofhearts1728

pinkybooklover09 said:

My grandmother was southern and used to call the stove burners "eyes" which I never understood. I think it traumatized me as a young Pinky.

I've heard "eyes" before, now that you mention it. I couldn't think of any other word for them.

I think that's technically the term for electric 'burners', if i'm not mistaken.

RhymeReason

Also-jimmies are chocolate, sprinkles are rainbow

SusieBW

NorthernLghts said:

Also-jimmies are chocolate, sprinkles are rainbow

I call them all jimmies.  There are jimmies and rainbow jimmies.  But I don't like the rainbow ones.

SnShne322

SusieBW said:

I've never heard them called eyes before, either.  Weird.

@pinkybooklover09 I'm so glad to have given you new slang to amuse and confound your friends.  Order a coffee cabinet and throw them off even more.  Is coffee ice cream a regional thing, too?  I love coffee ice cream.

I hope it's not regional.  We would be denying everyone of it's goodness.  You haven't lived until you've had Kimball's Coffee Oreo ice cream.

SnShne322

Does anyone like rainbow sprinkles after they become a teenager? 

jackiback

Um, is that a trick question? Because yes.

MrsJenE

I've heard "eyes" before, but only once or twice.

Speaking of coffee ice cream, RI has coffee milk which is just about one of the yuckiest things I've ever had in my mouth.

#thatswhatshesaid

jlq2005

The parts on top of the stove that you set pots&pans on are the burners. The part with the door that you put things in is the oven. The whole thing is the stove. 

I'm constantly part of the pop/soda debate. In PA on the west side of the state everyone says pop. That's what I grew up saying. Now we live more on the eastern side of the state where everyone says soda. So now soda pops out every one in a while.

I call the remote a clicker every now and then. 

AshleyT121

Burners. WTF eyes? I've never heard that!

I love learning all the different slangs/sayings/pronunciations that vary by region. 

My favourite difference in my area.... Zed (rather than zee). As in W X Y and Zed, though that isn't just a Canadian thing.  I'm constantly yelling ZED over any of Adelaide's toys that were manufactured in the US and sing the alphabet.

And apparently.... washroom!  

julie37619

I say "spicket" and "buggy".  Also, I've never known anyone (before this weekend) who didn't say "eye" for "burner".

booneybear

I loved coffee milk as a kid.  And I still love rainbow jimmies.

Skeezon

Okay, here's the dirty south version: (sidenote: I did not know that some of these were not "normal" until I lived in San Diego and people would give me the side eye)

• Washateria - the place where you go to wash your clothes & use quarters in the machines
• Hosepipe - garden hose
• Save - put away (example: save the dishes, save the laundry, save the groceries)
• Get down - get out of the car and go inside (example: You pull up at the store with a friend. "Are you gonna get down or you want me to get you something?")
• Coonass - a Cajun person
• Dressed - sandwiches (esp in New Orleans) either come dressed (lettuce, tomato & mayo) or undressed (plain)

Most of our other words are just Cajun French for what they represent.

SnShne322

jackiback said:

Um, is that a trick question? Because yes.

Yes. I was kidding.

SnShne322

MrsJenE said:

I've heard "eyes" before, but only once or twice. Speaking of coffee ice cream, RI has coffee milk which is just about one of the yuckiest things I've ever had in my mouth. #thatswhatshesaid

I love coffee milk!