Love this, minimal effort but still polite.Not a saying, but I can't say I've seen the index-finger-wave-from-the-steering-wheel since leaving Iowa.
Love this, minimal effort but still polite.Not a saying, but I can't say I've seen the index-finger-wave-from-the-steering-wheel since leaving Iowa.
This guy is the author. And, yeah. A lot of crossover here.Way back in the day I interviewed for a job in Minneapolis and they gave me a goody-bag with Minnesota related items, this book was included and it is pretty funny. A lot of crossover with Iowa.
I'm curious what would you call the Indiana toll road if not the interstate?Yet another I tend to associate with Iowa — when someone asks directions: "You're gonna wanna turn left up there at the corner..."
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I get funny looks here whenever I lapse into calling it a "lane" instead of a driveway.
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My spousal gets annoyed when I refer to the Indiana Toll Road as "the interstate." I try to explain to her, toll road and turnpike are subsets of the entire "umbrella" of the U.S. interstate highway system. It does notgood. Usually, she responds with, "Could you just talk like a normal person?"
I moved from Iowa after college. Here are a couple terms I have had to drop from my vocabulary because people don't know what the heck I am talking about.
a draw (I now order a draft)
a hot beef ( I now order a beef Manhattan)
When I first moved to Indiana, you could not buy alcohol on in a Grocery, in a convenience store, on any Sunday or on election day. Boy did I get some looks from people when I was shopping, "where is your beer?" Still no Sunday sales and no cold beer at groceries or convenience stores.
Has it changed for election day boozing? I was in Indianapolis for the 2008 election. Couldn't buy booze until the polls closed. Was getting ready to drink rubbing alcohol until I found a stash
I'm curious what would you call the Indiana toll road if not the interstate?