What is Your regional Slang?

[Slade]

Originally Posted by Cure

Around here, instead of "fixing to" they say "finna".

If I'm talking fast, I say finna.
When I slow it down, it's fixing to

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm from NJ, so... no, not aware of any.

It's a common myth that NJ people have accents, but as I've observed it, it's rather the opposite that's true: NJ people speak normally, and everyone else just has some kind of speech impediment.

I'd beg to differ. I'm sure if you came here, everyone would say you had the accent and vice versa.

[shuriken]

I use bro and dude quite a bit. I use more Mexican/Spanish slang than anything.

[Netkeeper]

For me it's "like" and "dude", especially right next to each other. Like, dude. And as I've said elsewhere I know I use a lot of Californian surfer type slang. It's so second-nature to me that I'm not even sure what words I should be pointing out!

But this doesn't count any of the various swear words I use. They're basically commas whenever I talk. Especially f*** and s***, and ESPECIALLY right next to each other, because I'm gonna f***ing s***. I picked that up when I lived with like 9 different stoners in Washington, we all just talked that way. [None of them were from Washington, though, every single one of them was from Vegas or California.]

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

For me it's "like" and "dude", especially right next to each other. Like, dude. And as I've said elsewhere I know I use a lot of Californian surfer type slang. It's so second-nature to me that I'm not even sure what words I should be pointing out!

Agreed, I use "like" and "dude" all the time - I blame Mikey!

[Eiko]

Originally Posted by pennydreadful

Hey Eiko, what about this one?

http://caiteile.files.wordpress.com/...lang.jpg?w=584

lol I love it.

[Leo656]

I also use the word "F***" as a punctuation mark, and that's kind of a Jersey thing, but I'm glad to see it's spread to other areas.

[Blossombrooks]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I also use the word "F***" as a punctuation mark, and that's kind of a Jersey thing, but I'm glad to see it's spread to other areas.

Leo, your comments always crack me up!

Well I'm British and where I'm from we say 'bloody'... A lot. Thing is it's not offensive, it's literally part of the dialect. Also you will get referred to as 'mate' but this can go two ways, said in jovial conversation we're friends, shouted at the bloody idiot driver who just pulled out in front of you? That would be sarcasm.

In my region your evening meal is called 'tea' and lunch is called 'dinner'.

If something is driving you 'scranny' then it's making you nuts.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Blossombrooks

Well I'm British and where I'm from we say 'bloody'... A lot. Thing is it's not offensive, it's literally part of the dialect. Also you will get referred to as 'mate' but this can go two ways, said in jovial conversation we're friends, shouted at the bloody idiot driver who just pulled out in front of you? That would be sarcasm.

Yeah, I think Australia and Britain share quite a few expressions...

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by Blossombrooks

If something is driving you 'scranny' then it's making you nuts.

I haven't heard of that one before, and I'm british myself. Whereabouts in Britain are you from?

[Katie]

I think British and Southern US share some slang too.

Old folks and country folks in the south call lunch dinner and the evening meal supper.


Here's domething from my mom's side: her family, which is from Washington State and Canada, uses the word "davenport" to refer to a sofa. I've never herd anyone else say this and it confused the hell out of me as a small child.

She does not use this word, but her step father from Oklaholma did use it.

Weird one to me.

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I try not to use slang at all as it seems very low brow and signifies a lack of intelligence. There's a reason why at job interviews they tell you to never use slang. You want to impress the interviewer not tell him you're "from the hood" or "down south" or "a country folk."

The only slang I can stomach using is "that's cold" which is meant to be a reaction to an insult.

And once again, you show how ignorant and narrow-minded you really are with this statement. Using slang has nothing to do with whether you're educated or not but has to do with the types of words people use in their daily life. An example would be how we say bathroom or restroom while the British use the term loo for the bathroom/restroom. That doesn't mean they're uneducated idiots. It just means they talk differently than we do.

We use "pop" for soda here in the Midwest. My dad will say warsh instead of wash. We also have our own slang in our house as Mom calls having the runs "having the flu" and has done that for as long as I can remember. We also call tissue Kleenex such as Mom asking me, "Can you get me a Kleenex?" even though it's not the Kleenex brand we use, just the Puffs brand.

As for job interviews, I doubt anyone would use slang on purpose though they may do it accidentally. Sometimes, you just need to get out more Cubed and see how the world works.

I do say "dude" quite a bit as well and sometimes will use "sick" to indicate something is awesome such as "Man that wrestling move was sick." I'll also used wicked sometimes to refer to something that's cool. You can blame the Harry Potter movies for that one though.

[Mayhem]

I have an IQ of 153. I use slang. Nuff said

[Discogod]

Originally Posted by whatswiththeheadbands?

I haven't heard of that one before, and I'm british myself. Whereabouts in Britain are you from?

Yeah, I know "scran" as in food - "I'm f*ckin' starvin', let's get some scran", but not other meanings.

I live in the West Midlands, so I get to hear a good mix of both Birmingham and Black Country slang. After almost 30 years living down here, I can still barely understand either...

My personal favourite slang word is "bobbins". If something's sh*te, you'd say "that's bobbins, that is".

[Mayhem]

I'm also old enough to be very much aware of pretty much all the British slang used so far... although I haven't heard "bobbins" in a long time

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Discogod

Yeah, I know "scran" as in food - "I'm f*ckin' starvin', let's get some scran", but not other meanings.

I live in the West Midlands, so I get to hear a good mix of both Birmingham and Black Country slang. After almost 30 years living down here, I can still barely understand either...

My personal favourite slang word is "bobbins". If something's sh*te, you'd say "that's bobbins, that is".

What the hell kinda "head-the-balls" came up with that one?

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Katie

Old folks and country folks in the south call lunch dinner and the evening meal supper.

I have never heard either of those things from actual Brits or Southerners. Just on television.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I have never heard either of those things from actual Brits or Southerners. Just on television.

I say those things though...

Spoiler:

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Discogod

My personal favourite slang word is "bobbins". If something's sh*te, you'd say "that's bobbins, that is".

I'm going to have to start using that one.

[JamieH]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I have never heard either of those things from actual Brits or Southerners. Just on television.

I assure you, it's a thing at least in east NC. Drives me nuts sometimes.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I have never heard either of those things from actual Brits or Southerners. Just on television.

I have. As with 'fixin' to" (you have to leave off the g in fixing) it depends on where in Texas you live. It tends to be more prevalent in rural parts of Central Texas, and it's usually older folks who use those. I've noticed wicked, cool, dude, and some urban slang has made its way here over the last few years, however, and my hubby still uses both Pennsylvania and NoCal slang, so our house tends to end up with a very odd mish-mash of slang going most of the time. He makes fun of my Texas "twang", and I tease him over his use of "you'uns" (their version of "y'all", I guess) and rootchin'(squirming and fidgeting to get comfy on a bed, sofa, etc.).