Local Sayings? What are yours?

Yes I am certain 'commander' is just something his family says. Or maybe just him, since I have never heard his family members say it. So strange.

So I attempted useage like this...walk into boardroom "what in tarnation happened in here?" as it looked like a paper bomb exploded. Surprisingly, noone commented on the tarnation, just mentioned that they were trying to get some stuff organized and they would clean it up before the 4pm meeting.

You know when you don't hear something forever, or have never heard it before, and then all of the sudden you hear it two times in one day? Last week both times on the same day, my boss, and then the concierge in my condo building both said "That's the biz sweetheart". I don't even know what that means. I am assuming to extent that, tough luck, or something. So confusing though.

Funniest remote control story ever!

My uncle loves home imporvent projects and wood. He is always building something! it's become a running joke.

Well, he got tired of always losing the remotes. Because, you know, that there simply cannot be one remote for all devices. You need one to turn on the TV, cable, audio, DVD/VCR, etc.

So, Uncle Roy comes up with the solution. It involves a plank of oak and some electrical tape. He affixed one remote to each end of the board on each side, for a total of 4 clickers on this giant plank.

It's kinda hard to lose a 3 foot, 10 pound piece of lumber in the couch cushions. I will say that it did solve the problem, just in a very inconventional way. Instead of calling it a remote it's "the Wood". Can you pass me the Wood. At which we all giggle because we're immature like that.

Erin, that's so funny! Most of these words reminded me of the old cartoons, like Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. "Tarnation", "Hells Bells", "Dag nabbit". Although I have to say that I never heard "shit fire" before and like it alot. Hahhaahaha, I am going to have to remember that one...

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Originally Posted by ErinB Our remote is the clicker.   I think I might be a little crazy, but my friends and I tend to name inanimate objects (cars, furniture, etc...) So, we call the remote "clicky". As in "What did you do with Clicky? I can't believe you lost him again!"   ----   I also love regional cuss words! Some of the ones you hear around here are even funnier because of the accent. Most of these are from older people, but I can't help but giggle every time!   My favorites are "Shit Fire!" courtesy of BM's grandma "Well Hell's Bells!" and "Tarnation!" I don't know what tar-nation is but her typical usage is "what in tarnation is goin' on over there?" Oh, and Dag-Nabbit. I'm sure they are all ways of not saying GD.   She also always said "Icebox" or "Frigidaire" instead of fridge or refrigerator

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Originally Posted by ErinB Funniest remote control story ever!   My uncle loves home imporvent projects and wood. He is always building something! it's become a running joke.   Well, he got tired of always losing the remotes. Because, you know, that there simply cannot be one remote for all devices. You need one to turn on the TV, cable, audio, DVD/VCR, etc.   So, Uncle Roy comes up with the solution. It involves a plank of oak and some electrical tape. He affixed one remote to each end of the board on each side, for a total of 4 clickers on this giant plank.   It's kinda hard to lose a 3 foot, 10 pound piece of lumber in the couch cushions. I will say that it did solve the problem, just in a very inconventional way. Instead of calling it a remote it's "the Wood". Can you pass me the Wood. At which we all giggle because we're immature like that.

I've been trying to think of local sayings since this thread started, but I am not just great at remembering things! So I will say some things that I have noticed...

- I say "sos-auge" and my husband says "sauce-age" for sausage.

- I have a friend who calls all the days, dees. Like it's "Tuesdee"

- I call things a "hot mess" all the time and people think it's funny. Although I've heard lots of people say that before, mostly from where I grew up in Philly though.

- People say "wooder" instead of "water"

- Or "tail" instead of "towel"

- We say "hoagie" and other places say "submarine"

- We say "jimmies" and other places say "sprinkles"

FI saw this thread and had a few of his own to add, after his fit of laughter remembering them all lol He had a teacher in High School who was from Hermitage (pronounced kinda like Heritage, but like "hermit" at the front, kwim?), and his teacher pronounced it her-mite-age, he also said "Snickerboots" instead of sneakers (we always called them "joggers"), and he said "Chacken burgers" (chicken burgers) and the province of Manitoba instantly became "Man-ma-toba". Instead of getting a cold and being "sick", you were "psych", and whenever anyone asked about his two sons, "Das Jonatin(Johnathan), das Jusin (Justin), and I'm Jizus (Jesus)" Oh, and if anyone is from the capital city, St. John's, they're from "Town" or they're a "Townie". Everyone else is a bay-whop, and where I came from, if you weren't from Port-aux-Basques, the major centre for the SW coast, then you were a "Coaster". And FI and his parents are always saying "bif" and it CRACKS me up! Like "I'm soon gonna bif dis out da window!"