Regional Sayings/Phrases..

[amibasuki]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kaiba's Angel [/i]
[B]Well, here are some of mine...

Y'all (yes, I live in the South)
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[FONT=arial]LOL, I hear a lot of that too, me coming from the redneck part of Georgia. one phrase that I find particularly funny besides "fixin' to" (like Heaven's Cloud mentioned) is "jeet yet?" ("have you eaten yet?")[/FONT]

[ZeroBlade]

In New York, you have the mother lode....
[b]Chillin[/b] - Often used to tell others you're hanging out, doing nothing or to ask a question?
[b]Man[/b] - Used in just about every beginning and ending of a sentence when talking to a guy.
[b]Girl[/b] - Same as Man but to women.
[b]True True[/b] - To confirm something is right or... well... true about something :-/
[b]Na meen?[/b] - Used to make sure people who are listening to your stories are following.
[b]Word[/b] - Same as True
[b]Grill[/b] - means to your face, ex: "He was up in my Grill!"
[b]Be easy...[/b] - used to calm friends down or to warn people for signs of troble like a Teacher in schools.
[b]One...[/b] - The alternative to Bye, numeric symbol often used in for text.
[b]Be safe...[/b] - The second alternative to Bye
[b]L8erz[/b] - Those who talk to me one AIM know I often use this.
[b]Grimey[/b] - Almost the same as Ghetto but often used to say that an mean/funny act done by someone was funny or not right.
[b]What was that?![/b] - widely used when you're surprized or shocked by something. Its always said in like a soft tone of voice.

Thats bout all I can remember... The human mind is interesting in that you forget what you always do... :-\

[Rain]

[color=blue]Well, I'm sure you all know that G'day is Aussie slang...but the only time we really say that is if you're humouring American tourists...

*dodges tomatoes*

heh...I forgot most of you are American. But, I swear, I've never heard anyone say that in there day to day lives...[/color]

[Shaun]

I live in Southern Ohio, and here's some of ours:
I reckon/figure: means I suppose.
No doubt: absolutly for sure.
Crick: Creek
Holler: A small Valley between two hills OR to yell:)

[Dan L]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rain [/i]
[B][color=blue]Well, I'm sure you all know that G'day is Aussie slang...but the only time we really say that is if you're humouring American tourists...
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What about when you're humouring British Tourists?

"Tra"

we say "Tra".. it means "goodbye"

I think that's all I can think of.. however I'm gonna just have to make an MP3 of a recording where I say "quality" on it.. heh..

[Shinobi]

I was gonna make one of these a long time ago, because basically poeple on the 'net didn't know what i was talking about! Ok, I'm from Glasgow, an to be honest the Glasgow accent is, (personnally) the best Scottish accent, but, it is prolly the ahrdest to udnerstand, i am not kiddin' i could write about 3 pages of words we say that know one knows what we are sayin'. We tend not to pronounce our "t's" so istead of Butter is Bu'er ( pronounced like But without the "t" and then add er so its Bu'er)


Whit - What

Daein' - Doing

Aye - Yes

Wee- Small

Sound/Shít hot/Mental/Quality - Cool/Amazing etc.

Bass - Bastard

Awright - Greeting, saying Hello,how are you in one word. also known as 'right.

Beev - Hansome

Min - Man

Baws - Balls

Fitbaw - Football

hoi/Oi/Hawi/Hawio - Attention seeking sound


Actualy comming to think of it, there is to many, lol. But if you want to see must of them click

[URL=http://www.glesga.ndo.co.uk/glesgaglossary.htm]here[/URL]


Caaaaam Down like, Caaaaam down, lol Brookside! LMAO! I love teh Dudley (doodley) accent, lol. Too coops a tee dahd! (teo cups of tea, Dad.)

Anyway look your way through the "Glesga Glossery (the link i provided) and that ahs all you need, lol to be a Glaswegian.

[Shinken]

Boba Fett, you scare me... O_o;;;
Another version of the Trekkie thing that I created; "Have an extended life period and attain mass wealth"

[GinnyLyn]

[color=crimson]"How y'all doin'?": Hello, how are you?
"What up?": Not "What's up?", but more of a response to someone asking a favor--"What do you need?"
"Bah/Meh/Pffft/Teh/Peh.": Sign of discontentment/boredom/disagreement.
"BWEEEE!": Heh, this one I picked up in OBBII. Extreme happiness or goofiness.[/color]

[spike speigel]

STEP OFF SON! in howell we say "that shiznit is the rizzal dizzal fo shizzal my nizzal whickity whickity whickity whizel." that means cool


j/k
:laugh:

we really don't have a dialect down here.

[BabyGirl]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by spike speigel [/i]
[B]STEP OFF SON! in howell we say "that shiznit is the rizzal dizzal fo shizzal my nizzal whickity whickity whickity whizel." that means cool [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=deeppink]For a second there you had me going, thinking you were serious and all ^_^;

I've heard a radio commercial lately that just reinforces the stereotypical Southern Californian 'lingo'/accent. It's an advertisement for Big Wave Dave's Chistmas trees:
[quote]"Whoa, dude! Did you see that? I rode this wave all the way from Anacapa Island!"[/quote]

Silly Californians :p[/color]

[Boba Fett]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by saiyan_enforcer [/i]
[B]Boba Fett, you scare me... O_o;;;
Another version of the Trekkie thing that I created; "Have an extended life period and attain mass wealth" [/B][/QUOTE]

[COLOR=green]I seem to scare many people. Especially when I tell them Star Wars is not just a movie phenomenon but a way of life.

I like your take off on the Vulcan greeting, it is kind of like Odd Job and Random Task...[/COLOR]