Moon Holiday

Things I remember being born and raised in southern Massachusetts:

We called soda pop "tonic'.
Called milkshakes frappes and ice cream was used,
Called potatoes b’dayduhs.
We ate suppaahh about 5:30
My favorite drink as a kid was a horses neck (tonic with ice cream).
Our ice creams had chocolate jimmies (not sprinkles) on them.
We drank water in school from the bubblah.
We actually drink “ice coffee’.
Jeans were banned from school.
Girls could only wear pants (with dresses or skirts) to school in the winter, but had to remove them as soon as the got inside.
We went shopping downtown.
Using the bathroom was going to the basement.
Rubber bands were called elastics.
We sat on the couch in the parlah.
We take out the “gahbige” not trash and it is kept in the trashcan.
A whiffle is a crew cut not a type of ball.
When we went out parking with boyfriend we said were going submarine watching
Called things we couldn’t remember as thingamajigs, whatamacallits and doohickeys.
When you had to turn around we called it a “U-ie”
My grandmother always referred to going to use the bathroom as going to have a talk with the president.
When we wanted to swear but knew we’d get in trouble if we did, we’d say Jessum Crow, oh shoot or beans!
State troopers were called staties and they drove cruzahs.
Northern New Englanders always refer to people from southern New England as flatlanders.
We say everything good is either wikked-good or pissa-good.
When we’re giving directions we say bang a right or a left....or hang a right or left...
We loved to eat “hoodsies” (small cups of ice cream with wooden spoons from Hood Dairy) and boys always called girls with small breasts as “hoodsies” because of their small cups.
And then girls would call a guy who tried to act tough a “hoodsie” (because he looked more like a young girl acting tough.
We loved wearing our barracudas (zip up aviator jackets with plaid inside).
Going to Boston was going to the Hub.
Someone from your neighborhood or town was a “townie”.
When talking to group of friends we referred to them as “you-guys”
When we got all dressed up we referred to being “all decked out”.
We would cruise the drag (driving up and down Main Street checking out the guys and girls.)

quilter on the eastern edge

Soda or pop is a soft drink. Sometimes we say sofa and sometimes chesterfield.

Magdalena

When I speak Spanish, "Sofa". When I speak English, "Couch".

Gramof6

This may be my favorite topic! So many of these I say. LOL I have relatives that call an iron, an arn.
I grew up thinking you warsh instead of wash.
When we hung the laundry out on the clothesline, we said go hang up the warsh.
So many of the ones posted, fit right in with my family. Oh & Main Street area in town was said to be Downtown regardless of which direction you were. Thank You for starting this thread! Love it!

Joanie2

Growing up in CT we ate a grinder; here in CA it's a Sub sandwich. We keep our cold stuff in the Ice Box instead of the Fridge. I say tissue; my DH says Kleenex - even if it's not that brand. We wore peddle pushers - not capris and flip-flops, not thongs. I'm sure there are many more but can't think of them right now.

0tis

My mom always said when things were really good or you came into some money we were "sh**ting in tall cotton. As a kid if you got into trouble you were "too big for your britches". We always eat "lunch" at noon and "dinner" after 5:00 p.m. My granny always wrote in letters that she was doing well by saying we are just "fat and sassy" We go "up to the lake" and "down to the river". Sometimes we encounter a "crick" sometimes it's a creek. We loved eating "chicken-fried steak with fried taters and gravy" our biscuits and gravy were called sos. Always drink "soda" and sit on a couch. That is all I can think of for now. This is a great topic - so interesting to hear about the way everyone speaks...

Grandmother23

Sure do! You put cold cuts, cold drinks and seafood in them.

sewred

My grandma used to call a chair a "cheer" and my husband's mom calls her sink a "zink"! hee hee

My all time favorite saying is what my husband says to the girls when he wants them to quit doing something : " Girl I'm gonna skin you like a chicken!" hahaha

cjomomma

I'm lovin this thread, it's bringing back so many memories. Grandmother23 you are right about the ice chest. My DGM would say "well s__t fire" whenever something went wrong.

Magdalena

My father-in-law is from Tennessee, and says, "Breafkast" (Breakfast). My husband grew up in California and says the same thing without batting an eye.
My ex-brother-in-law from Texas, would say chowder for shower and sleeping belt for seat belt.