Random phrases and other sillyness

[irish14]

Sept 14, 2016 21:46:25 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Sept 13, 2016 21:36:33 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

The remote is the changer.

This is just weird.

No, it's the beeper!

[penguin]

Sept 14, 2016 22:27:47 GMT -5 irish14 said:

Sept 14, 2016 21:46:25 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

This is just weird.

No, it's the beeper!

My dad called it the click and so did I until I learned that was embarrassing. 

[kariann12]

Sept 14, 2016 21:46:25 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Sept 13, 2016 21:36:33 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

The remote is the changer.

This is just weird.

I call the remote "the buttons". I'm not sure why or where it came from. Most people I know make fun of me for it, so it must have just been something my parents or grandparents called it.

[Deleted]

Sept 14, 2016 22:26:58 GMT -5 ugotstarbucked said:

Sept 14, 2016 21:50:08 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Is he from North Jersey? That is definitely not how Intalk.

Yes, north Jersey.

Does he say turlet?

[daisy818]

Y'all have a lot of bizarre names for the remote. I call it . . . the remote.

[thechickencoop]

My grandmother would always say 'close the light' to mean to turn the light off. I catch myself saying it sometimes and I'm just like...whaaaaa does that even mean??

[daisy818]

Sept 15, 2016 5:53:59 GMT -5 @littleliverpill said:

My father, who is an Old, refers to most technology as "the machine." Ex. "I'm going to turn on the machine and send an email;" "Heat it up for a couple of minutes in the machine;" "Run it on spin cycle in the machine."

I think he thinks they are all interconnected.

That's adorable.

[kellybenelly83]

The remote.... It's a converter.....we say both

[wannabmama]

Sept 14, 2016 22:22:50 GMT -5 TheEleventhHour said:

I just thought of one ... jeezum crow instead of Jesus Christ. I think it is a northern New England thing. I grew up in MA and the only people I ever knew that said that was my family from Maine. Now we are in northern VT and I hear it a lot more.

Ha! I always say that. I'm not sure if it comes from my time in New England, VA, or my family in PA...I feel like I've said it forever but honestly can't think of anyone else I know who says it.

[wannabmama]

Sept 15, 2016 5:18:51 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

My grandmother would always say 'close the light' to mean to turn the light off. I catch myself saying it sometimes and I'm just like...whaaaaa does that even mean??

My same Portuguese friend (who says park for parking space) claims this is a Portuguese thing. Her whole family says open and close the light.

They also say "black soda, white ice" if ordering soda like coke (makes me wonder what the alternative to white ice is...)

[chad5285]

My step dad who is only 50 still says it box for the freezer and going to the picture instead of going to the movies. Why are you acting so old??

[honda13]

Sept 13, 2016 16:19:19 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

H and his family call sliding glass doors "door walls."

I'll try to think of other ones that I find funny.

Are they from Michigan by any chance?

[honda13]

www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/words-mi/

Door wall haters please see #9.

[chad5285]

This has been covered before but when it's sunny and raining at the same time my family says it's the "Devil beating his wife"

I have no idea where it came from

[ugotstarbucked]

Sept 14, 2016 22:56:55 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Sept 14, 2016 22:26:58 GMT -5 ugotstarbucked said:

Yes, north Jersey.

Does he say turlet?

No, never heard that before!

[PirateCat]

Sept 15, 2016 8:19:57 GMT -5 chad5285 said:

This has been covered before but when it's sunny and raining at the same time my family says it's the "Devil beating his wife"

I have no idea where it came from

Devil has a wife?!

[ohinvrtedworld]

Sept 15, 2016 8:05:42 GMT -5 honda13 said:

Sept 13, 2016 16:19:19 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

H and his family call sliding glass doors "door walls."

I'll try to think of other ones that I find funny.

Are they from Michigan by any chance?

...yup hahaha.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Sept 15, 2016 8:10:33 GMT -5 honda13 said:

www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/words-mi/

Door wall haters please see #9.

I forgot about "party store"! When I moved to MI I was confused by that one. 

We're in the Detroit area tho, and I haven't heard "buggy" very often.

[honda13]

Sept 15, 2016 10:36:06 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Sept 15, 2016 8:10:33 GMT -5 honda13 said:

www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/words-mi/

Door wall haters please see #9.

I forgot about "party store"! When I moved to MI I was confused by that one. 

We're in the Detroit area tho, and I haven't heard "buggy" very often.

I hear buggy occasionally.  Party store I use on a regular basis and I didn't realize other people didn't know that phrase.  I also use "two track" frequently. 

PS-Hi fellow Michigander.  I'm north  

[kleigh]

Is this where we discuss "Grinder" versus "hoagie" versus "hero" versus "sub" ??

#teamgrinder


Also, my grandma used to call the living room the "parlor" - we are from CT so not even fancypants - I blame the black and white movies she watched. And jeans she called "dungarees".

[chad5285]

We say sub down here and my grandpa calls shorts, "short pants"

[lazyreader]

Am I the only one busting a gut over "water ice"
Like... No shit? Ice water. Water turns to ice. Snow cone? WHAT IS THIS.

[thechickencoop]

Sept 15, 2016 15:06:17 GMT -5 lazyreader said:

Am I the only one busting a gut over "water ice"
Like... No shit? Ice water. Water turns to ice. Snow cone? WHAT IS THIS.

Huh? It's like Italian ice/snowcone....I hear it both ways lol.

[thechickencoop]

Sept 15, 2016 8:10:33 GMT -5 honda13 said:

www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/words-mi/

Door wall haters please see #9.

Is Superman ice cream really a MI thing...? We have it here on the East coast; DS ate it on vacation.

[honda13]

Sept 15, 2016 18:38:43 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

Sept 15, 2016 8:10:33 GMT -5 honda13 said:

www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/words-mi/

Door wall haters please see #9.

Is Superman ice cream really a MI thing...? We have it here on the East coast; DS ate it on vacation.

I don't think so. I've seen it other places as well. We just like to think we are special.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Sept 15, 2016 15:06:17 GMT -5 lazyreader said:

Am I the only one busting a gut over "water ice"
Like... No shit? Ice water. Water turns to ice. Snow cone? WHAT IS THIS.

loooool. I had never heard of it till Mitch Albom opened a water ice place where I live. I still don't see why it's different than Italian ice. Maybe it's not and just has a different name. 

[chad5285]

Water ice just sounds really unappetizing. Does it come with soggy pizza and stale chips?