Regional Word Usage
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Hauling freight would be in a lorry, artic or truck/Van.
I would use Car Boot sale instead of garage sale
Caramel Would be 2 and said closer to Cara mull
So there are differences even through the UK.
A canal round Stoke is called The Cut
Here locally, where a roadway climbs/descends a riverbottom is called a cut. We have two prominent cuts here; The Kenwood Cut and The-Cut-In-The-Hill.
Timenspace
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Oh how I enjoyed this thread!
Got tricked by the 2019 posts...but the content was not outdated at all...
I like the vivacious phrases. Here if someone is lost in a matter/surprised we use 'ti k'o da si s kruške opala'...meaning' you sound like you fell from a pear tree'...
I used it myself recently, calling the lab for my Dad's blood test. Who did 1 of 3.
Had asked for 3 tests a month ago in written, so I said to the lab lady ' I do understand, I am not in thr medical profession, but have not fallen from the pear tree either"
Got tricked by the 2019 posts...but the content was not outdated at all...
I like the vivacious phrases. Here if someone is lost in a matter/surprised we use 'ti k'o da si s kruške opala'...meaning' you sound like you fell from a pear tree'...
I used it myself recently, calling the lab for my Dad's blood test. Who did 1 of 3.
Had asked for 3 tests a month ago in written, so I said to the lab lady ' I do understand, I am not in thr medical profession, but have not fallen from the pear tree either"
Here, if you suspect someone is trying to deceive you about something, you might say to them, "I was born at night...but not last night!"
Another one that just occurred to me requires some background, possibly, for our international members:
Every US state has a nickname or slogan. Ohio is The Buckeye State...New York is The Empire State, etc.
One state's slogan has turned into a common phrase concerning skepticism about something.
Missouri is called The Show-Me State, and it's supposed to be a nod to their high regard of plain common sense, and nowadays, if someone tells you something, you may hear a response quoting their slogan, as in:
"Reuben, did you get that report sent over to Collections like I asked?"
"Yeah, Boss, I did it yesterday."
"Send me a copy of it."
"What, don't you trust me?"
"Let's just say I'm from Missouri...you need to show me!"
Every US state has a nickname or slogan. Ohio is The Buckeye State...New York is The Empire State, etc.
One state's slogan has turned into a common phrase concerning skepticism about something.
Missouri is called The Show-Me State, and it's supposed to be a nod to their high regard of plain common sense, and nowadays, if someone tells you something, you may hear a response quoting their slogan, as in:
"Reuben, did you get that report sent over to Collections like I asked?"
"Yeah, Boss, I did it yesterday."
"Send me a copy of it."
"What, don't you trust me?"
"Let's just say I'm from Missouri...you need to show me!"
Timenspace
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Awesome! Like it! We have a similar phrase, "I am not of yesterday"...
Timenspace
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And it is not taken as a less than polite non team behaviour? Hiding behind the state slogan?
Buckeye? What is that?
Actually, no, it's considered a polite, joking way to say, "It's not that I don't believe you...but, yeah, I don't believe you!"
A buckeye, in the sense of the state slogan, is the nut of a buckeye tree:
We have a chocolate candy also called a buckeye, which is more or less a Reese's peanut butter cup in round/ball form:
We say "I Wasn't Born Yesterday"
Timenspace
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Oh ok then
Thaat is a buckeye! My kid and I love collecting buckeye when in season. One of the rare trees I recognize
Candy looks lovely!
We have an "American shop" few tram stops away from my flat...kid found out about it and actually had Reese's. And PopTarts. She
Reese's.Just a few days ago she said: It's been a while since we visited the A shop
It's funny, because we have a massive international market about 45 minutes away, and we'll go there every few months, and our purchases will look like we've been shopping in Britain, because we come back with loads of PG Tips tea, Walker's crisps, Cadbury chocolates, McVities biscuits, Branston pickle, Heinz salad cream, HP sauce, Sarson's malt vinegar, and Ambrosia custard.Oh ok then
Thaat is a buckeye! My kid and I love collecting buckeye when in season. One of the rare trees I recognize
Candy looks lovely!
We have an "American shop" few tram stops away from my flat...kid found out about it and actually had Reese's. And PopTarts. She
Just a few days ago she said: It's been a while since we visited the A shop
Timenspace
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Sweet! Brings memories right?It's funny, because we have a massive international market about 45 minutes away, and we'll go there every few months, and our purchases will look like we've been shopping in Britain, because we come back with loads of PG Tips tea, Walker's crisps, Cadbury chocolates, McVities biscuits, Branston pickle, Heinz salad cream, HP sauce, Sarson's malt vinegar, and Ambrosia custard.
The same would happen to me if a Bulgarian shop would open, nearby, nostalgia hits
You forgot, "This ain't my first rodeo." That means you have experience or, "This isn't the first time I've done this."
BTW, Texas is "The Lone Star State."
CD