I used to live in Alabama. I've heard soap powder used before. Where I'm from they say dish soap instead of dish detergent. We say dish rag instead of dish cloth. And wash cloths are called wash rags. And I've heard the brass bra thing from my ex-husband, who was from Colorado. I don't think I've ever heard anyone else say that, until now.

In Ohio, when you say thank you, they say uhuh (instead of you're welcome). Also, instead of saying, "My car needs to be washed," they say, "My car needs washed."

If I don't understand what someone means when they say a phrase I don't act like they are the ignorant ones. I've seen that happen many times.

I'm from Massachusetts and we always called a soda a "tonic". I still do and get strange looks from people when I do.

My husband was raised in East Tenn. and his Dad use to say that some one was 'A few kernels shy of a jug' - up North we said 'dumb as a box of rocks'. My (step) Dad came from Kentucky and if he seen a really pretty lady he'd say she was 'built like a brick sh@t house'.

Warshed for wash
Wrassiling for wrestling are these southern pronunciations?
My grandfather and his siblings always said a.. wipe for toilet paper. (Really embarrassing when he'd yell out asking in a store)

Actually soda was originally sold as a tonic by traveling salesmen.

Did he also say colder than a weld diggers lunch bucket in mid january?

pokeygirl, Never heard that before, but I like it.

I suppose we Cajuns say a lot of things that "others" think are strange, but one thing that we do say is we "save" things rather than saying we "put them away." It seems we are actually like some others here who say "pop" for carbonated drinks, "y'all" for you all. An endearing term we use which stems from the French "cher" is "sha" ( the a having the short sound as in at). Ex: "sha little girl" or "Aw, sha!"

My aunt lived in tallulah for most of her life. Boy did you just give me some memories with the "sha"