[Publib] regionalisms

[Shaw, Matthew M]

I grew up in northeastern North Carolina and folks there didn't say soda or pop. They said "drink." For example, "I want a drink and a candy bar." Drink mean a soft drink, not alcohol.
 
The strangest localism was "onliest." I have only ever heard it there. Onliest translates as "only." For example, "Be careful with that! It's the onliest one I got."
 
Matt Shaw
Forsyth County Public Library
660 West Fifth Street 
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 703-2978

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Sent: Mon 7/16/2007 8:49 AM
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Subject: [Publib] re: regionalisms Wisconsin and Nebraska



When I lived in Watertown, Wisconsin they used the term soda.   I thought this was strange since everywhere else I had lived in the Midwest/West (IWyoming, Western Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska) they had used the term pop.  Even, my wife, from Madison, Wis  found it strange, as she had used the term pop there.  In fact, she steadfastly refused to say soda.  She also used the term bubbler, which I steadfastly refused to use.  They also said, "stop-and-go-lights" instead of "traffic lightrs".  Here in Neb. they use the term "sack" (would you like your milk in a sack?,  No, I would like it in a bag.)   In Neb. some people say warsh and some wash. 

Matthew R. Williams
Library Director 
Kearney Public Library
2020 1st Ave.
Kearney, NE 68847
(308) 233-3280



 






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