Friday OT #2 - That's Not A Thing

[runbikeswim]

My wife's family calls a parking space, a park. Does anyone else know anyone who says this? After 11 years, I am still confused when she says there's a park when we are in a parking lot. Um what?

 

[MeanDean]

I have a coworker who says "with all intensive purpose" and "mind bottling". It has become a running joke when he's not around.

 

[drlove]

my co-worker insisted Dr.Pepper was "root beer".

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Youthful me:
Hangerber
buhsketti
flutterby
umberdeller

and one I STILL screw up on occasion:
cimmanon...

 

[SCyclone]

My sister pronounces creek as "crick". I want to slap the **** out of her every time.

No, that's an official Iowa word. I'm a Sconnie, and we call it a creek. When I came to Iowa, thought everyone was talking about the bad spots in their necks.

 

[SCyclone]

I left Texas many many moons ago. Most of the time I don't sound particularly Texan anymore, but when we go down to visit I fall right back into the cadence, and PapaLew says "I don't even know you". And according to my Iowa friends, they can tell when I'm tired, because when I'm tired, ah'm tarred.

And it took years for me to get him to stop "unthawing" the food he takes from the freezer.

I do the exact same thing when I go back home to Wisconsin. Talk about "taverns" and "creeks" and "bags" and "soda".

 

[CtownCyclone]

At least they don't call it "pop". Call it "soda" like an adult.

It's pop.

 

[runbikeswim]

Of course, one of my biggest pet peeves with work email is the use of the word "can," instead of would.

Stef, can you pull that list for me?

 

[cyhiphopp]

I had an ex-girlfriend from Minnesota who said bayg instead of bag. I asked her to say, "Buy a bag of bagels." She also hit me.

 

[MeanDean]

At least they don't call it "pop". Call it "soda" like an adult.

Wrong.

The full correct term is Soda Pop. Soda is the adjective describing the kind of pop (the noun) you're talking about. It's like red barn. Red is describing the kind of barn. You wouldn't say,
"The cows are in the red."

 

[SCyclone]

"we was wondering...."
"was you going to...."
"they was just thinking about..."

I cringe when I hear these...and the further west you go on I-80, the more you hear it.

Or, "I seen you at Hy-Vee last night."

 

[HGoat]

One that always gets me is "take for granite" instead of "take for granted". Cringeworthy when it pops up on my fb or twitter timeline every once in awhile.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Wrong.

The full correct term is Soda Pop. Soda is the adjective describing the kind of pop (the noun) you're talking about. It's like red barn. Red is describing the kind of barn. You wouldn't say,
"The cows are in the red."

Only if the cows owed you money.

 

[Angie]

When our oldest daughter was about that age, she pronounced the movie "Princess Diaries" as "Princess Diahrreas". There was no way we were correcting that one.

Oh my gosh, no. Why would you when it's adorable and hilarious?!

Our 3-year-old has also got a fascination with throwing in that particular word wherever he can - but his is more for comedic value. He also took to saying, "Boys have penises and girls have knuckles" at school - we don't know what it means, or where he heard it, but it sounds TERRIBLE.

When my son was that age he would get super excited when mom made Sky-yetti (spaghetti). He's six now and I still call it sky-yetti.

YES, we totally just call them han-guh-bers for the same reason. Let's keep this going as long as we can!

Our now-7-year-old used to say she wanted to sit "benext" to us. Which is logical, when you think about it - behind, beside, benext.

 

[cyhiphopp]

Or, "I seen you at Hy-Vee last night."

I seen you at Hy-Five last night too Coach Prohm!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Of course, one of my biggest pet peeves with work email is the use of the word "can," instead of would.

Stef, can you pull that list for me?

My mother was a stickler for "may" versus "can". I was with her at a fast food place one time and the kid behind the counter said "can I help you?" and she replied "yes, you may". He kind of stopped, looked at her, and said "are you an English teacher???"

 

[runbikeswim]

and as for the soda versus pop debate, I'll throw out a curve ball....my family says pop as a plural usually referring to utilizing 2-liters and soda as the singular.

I'll have a soda. Whose going to bring the pop to the reunion.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I had an ex-girlfriend from Minnesota who said bayg instead of bag. I asked her to say, "Buy a bag of bagels." She also hit me.

I'm sensing a trend...

 

[cyhiphopp]

Oh my gosh, no. Why would you when it's adorable and hilarious?!

Our 3-year-old has also got a fascination with throwing in that particular word wherever he can - but his is more for comedic value. He also took to saying, "Boys have penises and girls have knuckles" at school - we don't know what it means, or where he heard it, but it sounds TERRIBLE.

I hope this isn't the origin of his use of the term, but look up the term moose knuckle.

 

[cyhiphopp]

I'm sensing a trend...

I get hit a lot.