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Different coloq’s for different folks
Filed Under in general
People who say “bucket”
People who say “pail”
So the example here is illustrative (did I just say the example is an example?). It extends to many things:
- “soda” vs. “pop”
- “cart” vs. “buggy”
- “dinner” vs. “supper”
- “line” vs. “queue”
- “bitches” vs. “hos”
- “Setting money on fire” vs. “US Automaker Bailout”
In each case, there is the normal way of saying something and the stupid way of saying the same thing. This might be over-generalizing, but I’m pretty sure that people who use the words “pail,” “pop,” “buggy,” and “supper” were either raised by a family whose collective grins revealed 5.2 teeth, or they were born in Minnesota. Deciding which of these things is worse is something I’ll leave up to you.
Just a taste of my condescending attitude to get your day started…
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The word “supper” is ridiculously abhorrent. For some reason, it makes me lose my appetite.
What about people who say “I could care less” versus people who say “I couldn’t care less” when they in fact are talking about something they don’t care about? The latter, of course, is correct. I’ve had to explain the inaccuracy many times and the people I correct almost always try to argue and defend themselves. Unacceptable.
Interestingly enough, I think this is a case where there are not, in fact, TTOPITW.
Add “carriage” to cart vs. buggy and you bring in New Englanders.
Also you could make the “on” line vs. “in” line debate to target New Yorkers.
Add the generic use of “coke” for Southerners too.
Sorry, I’m shooting holes in your entire blog mission today
No holes in the blog, but I’d check your credibility for cavities.
There are two types of people in the world.
How about miniseries vz. minizeries?
It’s a BUGGY. Get over it.
Since hanging out with our new Welsh friends we have been learning lots…like ‘ratsass’ pronounced wrought-hass, and blob, and rubbish, and well, hell, I can’t remember them right now. But the point of this comment is that I know what you mean. I say bitches, not ho’s. I say dinner, not supper. I say coke for any soda that has carbonation.