Like do you have a different name for a soft drink/soda/coke?
Do you say 'bubbler' for 'water fountain'?
I've said the following words that others didn't get.
Note instead bill (as in money).
Reckon instead of think/think so. (Do you reckon?)
Ring instead of call.
Serviette instead of napkin.
I've lived in the Appalachians for almost 20 years. Some folks here have been using nonsense words for so long they are surprised when most can't be found in a dictionary.
Yuins- you-ones... I think
Plasket - plastic... yes, it's stupid
I can go on and on.
Honestly, sometimes it takes me a minute to understand some of the gray pates. What's funny is that they look at me the same way lol!
Ultimately, language is regional. Make an effort to fit in and the population will generally accept you. Insist on your own diction, worse insult your neighbors, and find yourself ostracized.
In western PA we have some interesting regional words...
Gumband instead of rubberband
Hoagie instead of sub (like a sub sandwich)
Jagger for a thorny bush
And, of course, the famous Yinz (our version of yโall) and Yinzers, which is a group of close friends
When I grew up in Dayton, OH a hoagie was just a sub with sausage on it.
shareHILLBILLY MEDICAL TERMS:
Benign.................What you be after you be eight.
Bacteria...............Back door to cafeteria.
Barium.................What you do with dead folks.
Cesarean Section.......A neighborhood in Rome.
Catscan................Searching for the cat.
Cauterize..............Made eye contact with her.
Colic..................A sheep dog.
Coma...................A punctuation mark.
D&C....................Where Washington is.
Dilate.................To live longer than your kids do.
Enema..................Not a friend.
Fester.................Quicker than someone else.
Fibula.................A small lie.
G.I.Series.............World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail...............What you hang your coat on.
Hospital...............The biggest building in town, other than Joe's feed warehouse or Frank's lumber mill.
Impotent...............Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain.............Getting hurt at work.
Morbid.................A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates...............Cheaper than day rates.
Medical Staff..........A Doctor's cane, sometimes shown with a snake.
Node...................I knew it.
Outpatient.............A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear..............A fatherhood test.
Pelvis.................Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative.........A letter carrier.
Recovery Room..........Place to do upholstery.
Secretion..............Hiding something
Tablet.................A small table to change babies on.
Seizure................Roman emperor who lived in the Ceasarean Section.
Terminal Illness.......Getting sick at the train station.
Tumor..................More than one.
Urine..................Opposite of mine.
Varicose...............Near by.
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That's gold.
shareWhen I moved to where I am now someone asked me where 'the suck' was.
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Sounds normal to me, but I'm an Aussie.
shareOch. I had no idea how much I said 'Och' as a Scot. It just slips into conversations.
I can't even fake it lol. Och is like s stereotypical Scottish word but I use it all the time matter of factly :D
st louisans refer to uncouth persons as 'hoosiers' - no direct reference to indiana at all. just one of 'our' things.
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