What are your favorite "Iowa" sayings...
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Ha! I had someone give me the index-finger-wave-from-the-steering-wheel today when I pulled into a bank parking lot. I thought to myself "that's the first time I recall seeing that in 20 years....when I lived in Iowa."
When I think of "nucular," I think of GW, but also a junior high teacher I had who said "nucular," "nuckulus" and "protron," with a mysterious "R." And he taught science, fer chrissakes.
Booze cruisin'- driving around and drinking on gravel roads or level B's.
Scopping the loop- spending the whole night driving the most popular strip in town.
INdex finger wave always brings me back when I go home to Albia. Even in CB I don't get the wave, unless Im in my neighborhood.
Scopping the loop- spending the whole night driving the most popular strip in town.
INdex finger wave always brings me back when I go home to Albia. Even in CB I don't get the wave, unless Im in my neighborhood.
Realator instead of realtor. Even realtors say that, including the one who used to hang around here, in his commercials.
That seems to be common everywhere. ... I agree it's extra-annoying when Realtors mispronounce it.
Have you ever heard a physician refer to him/her self as a "doc-a-tor"?
My late father ran a Kent Feeds dealership in eastern Iowa. I swear he spoke another language while at work. We lived in town most of my life but I would often help him in the spring and fall when I could. Hauling anhydrous tanks was a routine chore I despise. When giving me directions he would never say left or right, it was always east, west, north south. He give distance in rods...I remember thinking what the hell is a rod? Why can't you use a 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 mile distance description like a normal person. He'd refer to obscure landmarks or people's farm names like I would know this stuff. I bet half the time I left the mill with very little idea where I was going, but I miraculously never got lost and always got to the right place even though most of the roads were unfamiliar to me. Forced me to pay attention to direction and to this day I get pissed whenever I get turned around and feel like I am going a certain direction only to learn I'm going the opposite way.
Regarding dinner and supper, as a kid growing up I always thought supper was the routine, informal meal around 6pm. Now if we had company or family over, that same meal was now called dinner.
All my sibs love to tell "Dad stories" when we'd get together. He'd get a kick out of hearing us retell our tales of woe. Sure do miss him.
Regarding dinner and supper, as a kid growing up I always thought supper was the routine, informal meal around 6pm. Now if we had company or family over, that same meal was now called dinner.
All my sibs love to tell "Dad stories" when we'd get together. He'd get a kick out of hearing us retell our tales of woe. Sure do miss him.
When I moved to Iowa, I couldn't believe how many people say "I seen" instead of "I saw". Drives me bonkers.
Tingleys are the slip ons with no buckles. come in either ankle height, or calf height with the one button to shut the top.
A new co-worker from Buffalo NY heard that in the grocery store thinking a sack was what a hobo carries.
When I think of "nucular," I think of GW, but also a junior high teacher I had who said "nucular," "nuckulus" and "protron," with a mysterious "R." And he taught science, fer chrissakes.
Our 3rd grade elementary school teacher read us the whole book, Mary Poppins, a chapter at a time after lunch. In every case she pronounced it Popkins. Even as a little kid I knew that was messed up.
Also had a step grandfather who, when referring to the founder of KFC, called him Colonel Saunders. He also thought the plural of 'mile' was mowl. "How many mowl is it from here to Ames?" He was from Pittsburgh so...
Did you cringe a little each time she said Popkins?
I'm always surprised when common terms/names within a teacher's subject area aren't second-nature (the correct version of the basics).
My HS typing teacher referred to asterisk key as "the aster sign."
Mostly it served to reveal that teachers were not infallible. It was just about this time I was noticing that, on occasion, there were other mistakes made by teachers. Aw, the memories of lost innocence... Like a vintage Leave it to Beaver episode.
Good analogy. (Other than the fact Miss Landers was infallible, as we all know.)
Well I grew up in NE Iowa, but paternal relatives grew up on farm south of DM. So I have heard a lot of these.
Grandparents definitely called their couch "the davenport". But none of my aunts/uncles really say it now. Grandma also said "par-ME-ze-en" cheese instead of "PAR-muh-zhan", not sure if that is a thing or just my gramma.
Glad to hear "rhubarb" for weeds in the ditch. Didn't think that was very widespread. I think it only gets used for wrecking your car, or a bad golf shot.
Surprised with all the "warsh" no one added the "zinc".
Also no one from Dubuque has said "youse" or "youse guys". This is the DBQ version of "y'all".
Grandparents definitely called their couch "the davenport". But none of my aunts/uncles really say it now. Grandma also said "par-ME-ze-en" cheese instead of "PAR-muh-zhan", not sure if that is a thing or just my gramma.
Glad to hear "rhubarb" for weeds in the ditch. Didn't think that was very widespread. I think it only gets used for wrecking your car, or a bad golf shot.
Surprised with all the "warsh" no one added the "zinc".
Also no one from Dubuque has said "youse" or "youse guys". This is the DBQ version of "y'all".
