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Old Fashioned words
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:03 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:03 am
My parents grew up in rural Missouri in the 1940's and 50's but to this day use terms I don't hear in the south.
For example:
Sofa= Divan
Sink= Zinc
Dinner=Supper
Soda="Sodie-Pop"
Tennis shoes=Ground Grippers
What are some words that your family uses that are outside the common vernacular?
For example:
Sofa= Divan
Sink= Zinc
Dinner=Supper
Soda="Sodie-Pop"
Tennis shoes=Ground Grippers
What are some words that your family uses that are outside the common vernacular?
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Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:06 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Gota go make some groceries. Need to get some earl for the fish fry.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:07 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
We are going to meet up for da parade, on da nutria grounds.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:11 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone say any of those aside from supper.
my mom always said garbage disposal like dispose-all. Not really an old word, but something people would pick up on when I moved on to college and would say it the same way
my mom always said garbage disposal like dispose-all. Not really an old word, but something people would pick up on when I moved on to college and would say it the same way
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 7:16 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:12 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I've been in the deep south my entire life and have heard the following:
Sink-----Zinc-----and last heard that just a few years ago working a job
Dinner-----Supper
Soda------Coke-----as a kid, all sodas were cokes
Front house steps------Stoop
Median------Neutral Ground
Avocado------Alligator Pear
Japanese Plums--------Misspolice
Sofa-----Couch
Sink-----Zinc-----and last heard that just a few years ago working a job
Dinner-----Supper
Soda------Coke-----as a kid, all sodas were cokes
Front house steps------Stoop
Median------Neutral Ground
Avocado------Alligator Pear
Japanese Plums--------Misspolice
Sofa-----Couch
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:12 am to SCLSUMuddogs
Also my dad would pluralize Walmart
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:13 am to gumbo2176
quote:
I've been in the deep south my entire life and have heard the following: Sink-----Zinc-----and last heard that just a few years ago working a job Dinner-----Supper Soda------Coke-----as a kid, all sodas were cokes Front house steps------Stoop Median------Neutral Ground Avocado------Alligator Pear Japanese Plums--------Misspolice Sofa-----Couch
What did your parents call Brazil nuts?
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:14 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
3 bans, 38 DMs
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:14 am to SCLSUMuddogs
quote:
Also my dad would pluralize Walmart
I always pluralized Piccadillys
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:15 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Sarsparilla
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:16 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
My grandmother was from Oregon; her father and mother originated from Ohio. I can remember her saying "davenport" for a couch, "coach" for a bus, and "soda" for a coke. She was born in 1926.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:18 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:
Sink= Zinc
Old New Orleans dialect.
“I need to rinch my hands in the zinc.”
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:21 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
My dad almost exclusively calls toilets “the commode”.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:23 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
'I reckon'
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:31 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
My grandpa:
Biscuits - Cat heads
Drumsticks - Landing gear
Brazilian Nuts - N Toes
Biscuits - Cat heads
Drumsticks - Landing gear
Brazilian Nuts - N Toes
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:31 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:
Old Fashioned words
Luxardo
Bitters
Orange peel
"What time do you get off?"
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 7:32 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:33 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
quote:
Sofa= Divan
There’s a difference between a sofa and a divan.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:39 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Grandparents from Indiana used a litany of choice words to describe a certain race, none of which I can mention here.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:45 am to LemmyLives
Hosepipe
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