Colloquialisms

[dodge man]

It’s raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock. (You usually don’t use the word pee)

We’re pooping in tall cotton now. (You don’t use the word poop normally)

 

[tracter]

" Youse" means everybody , "Beyond the Black Stump" means a long way off or away , "Struth" means are you sure or I've never heard of that
The list of Australian slang goes on forever and a day , theres another one , well blow me down

 

[fidowanttobe]

Back in the rhubarb

 

[bdhsfz6]

I'm a northern NJ transplant into the Pennsylvania Coal mining region near Scranton. I was completely baffled by a couple of sayings in the local "Coal Cracker" accent.

Most notably are "Jeet yet" which translates to "did you eat yet?" and "Ayna or no", which means "isn't it?".

Never heard either outside this three county region of northeast PA.

 

[EddieWalker]

When I was stationed at the Embassy in Yaoundé Cameroun, we had local police standing guard outside the Embassy. It was a small Embassy without a bathroom for them, so when they had to use the bathroom, they would tell me that they had to "ease themself" so I would let them in. And when they went to get something to eat, they said "we go chop"

 

[fidowanttobe]

Smadoon?
Farm Family. What's Ma doing same as what's for supper.

 

[RobertEH]

I work with Brits. Seems like we encounter new phrases every week when chatting. One of my favorites is "Bug Bear" as in "that <<insert issue here>> is a personal Bug Bear of mine"

Definition is: a particular thing that annoys or upsets you

 

[bcp]

Never heard "spendy" until moving from the SW to the NW.

Bruce

 

[Eagle1]

Might proud of -- Asking price too high.

 

[bigtiller]

A co-worker went to a family reunion some where in Minnesota many years ago. His family is mostly Norwegian heritage and still use a lot of the "old" words.

They kept saying to him..."I R U.
If you say those letters out loud, and prolong the R, you will hear..

HI HOW ARE YOU