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re: Even more evidence that Missouri is not a southern state....
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:11 pm to cjared036
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:11 pm to cjared036
Caramel with 3 syllables
Been as in "sit"
Bowie Knife as in Boo-ie
Crayon as Cray-ahn
Lawyer as "loyer".
Coleslaw is coleslaw.
You all or you guys when addressing two or more.
Mayo with three syllables. May-uh-naise
Pajamas with :a
Pick-Ahn for pecan.
Soda.
Crayfish
Roundabout
Sear-up for syrup
Sub
Water Fountain
Sneakers
Highway
No expression for rain and sun
New York City
No term for drive thru liquor store
Mary and marry are the same, merry is different
Been as in "sit"
Bowie Knife as in Boo-ie
Crayon as Cray-ahn
Lawyer as "loyer".
Coleslaw is coleslaw.
You all or you guys when addressing two or more.
Mayo with three syllables. May-uh-naise
Pajamas with :a
Pick-Ahn for pecan.
Soda.
Crayfish
Roundabout
Sear-up for syrup
Sub
Water Fountain
Sneakers
Highway
No expression for rain and sun
New York City
No term for drive thru liquor store
Mary and marry are the same, merry is different
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Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:17 pm to Crowknowsbest
This map is really more indicative than anything. Missouri is mostly a Midwestern state... except for St. Louis. Good luck convincing us we're not on the east coast.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:21 pm to CatFan81
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Caramel with 3 syllables
Never understood how people don't realize that there's a difference between the 2 and 3 syllable variety.
Car-a-mel is the ingredient which goes into candies and such.
Cara-mel is the sole entity of the substance, such as a caramel cube.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:25 pm to Jefferson Davis
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I've always associated both "Crawdads" and "Mudbugs" as nicknames for Crawfish rather than actual names. Can't imagine someone saying "my buddy is boiling some Crawdads tonight."
Exactly, they're nicknames. If you're going to eat them, they're crawfish. In Missouri, they're usually too small to eat, except in river bottom areas..
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:25 pm to TlGERBLOOD
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:26 pm to cheezag03
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Apparently people in SE Texas and SW Tennessee pronounce it sizzurp. LINK
Lol. Had a few rough nights in college with that stuff.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 5:28 pm to TlGERBLOOD
cjared036:
Good stuff, thanks for the link.
I grew up in a borderline crawdad area of Texas, but like the Mizzou guys they were never big enough to eat, so it wasn't often a topic of discussion. They were just fun for 10-yr olds to dig up.
They left one out, but I'm not sure if this is a regional thing or if my wife is just flat wrong: Praline. I say PRAY-leen, and it drives my Mississippi wife nuts. For her it is PRAH-leen. What sayeth the Rant?
Good stuff, thanks for the link.
I grew up in a borderline crawdad area of Texas, but like the Mizzou guys they were never big enough to eat, so it wasn't often a topic of discussion. They were just fun for 10-yr olds to dig up.
They left one out, but I'm not sure if this is a regional thing or if my wife is just flat wrong: Praline. I say PRAY-leen, and it drives my Mississippi wife nuts. For her it is PRAH-leen. What sayeth the Rant?
Posted on 6/5/13 at 5:55 pm to finestfirst79
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PRAH-leen
Posted on 6/5/13 at 6:19 pm to finestfirst79
Praw-leen
Pray-leen is almost as bad as pee-can.
Pray-leen is almost as bad as pee-can.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 6:32 pm to Jefferson Davis
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Pray-leen is almost as bad as pee-can.
Exactly. pa-kahn...kahn like in star trek.
Grew up in SW LA 6 miles from the TX line and have always said coke for random soft drinks, kool-aid regardless if it was hawaian punch or something else, devil is beating his wife is all I've ever heard rain called when the sun is out, caramel has 3 syllables, Mayo is pronounced me-naise (e has the same sound as the e in egg) if something was crooked it was ally-gogglin and if someone had just pulled a fast one he was said to be smiling like a shite eating possum, and an icy road was slicker than owl shite.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:01 pm to Jefferson Davis
South of Fort Smith. In the woods.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:05 pm to LukeSidewalker
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i grew up in the devil beating his wife area
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:08 pm to finestfirst79
It is most assuredly PRAH-leen.
The Crawdad/Crayfish label is a sure-fire sign of, if not extreme yankeedom, geographic displacement from the Deep South for an extended period of time.
The Crawdad/Crayfish label is a sure-fire sign of, if not extreme yankeedom, geographic displacement from the Deep South for an extended period of time.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:15 pm to cjared036
Meh, I prefer to look at the South from a religion standpoint...religion is much more indicative of "culture" than anything
This post was edited on 6/5/13 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:17 pm to KCM0Tiger
At least y'all have Jesus
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:32 pm to Mstate
It's CHICKEN FRIED STEAK not Country Fried..
Wake up SEC.
Wake up SEC.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:33 pm to KCM0Tiger
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Meh, I prefer to look at the South from a religion standpoint...religion is much more indicative of "culture" than anything
You'd think with all the Mexicans and Cubans, Texas and Florida would be much less Protestant influenced.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:38 pm to TlGERBLOOD
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You'd think with all the Mexicans and Cubans, Texas and Florida would be much less Protestant influenced.
Indeed, you can see their influence in the southern regions of FLA and TX
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:43 pm to Drewbie
The one thing I learned is that I need to learn and use the phrase
That is awesome in a billion kind of ways. I've never heard that.
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Devil beating his wife
That is awesome in a billion kind of ways. I've never heard that.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 7:46 pm to cjared036
This is actually very interesting and kinda funny. I call tennis shoes Kicks, and I say craw- fish and I call a traffic circle just a circle.
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