I had a good laugh today

[genXslacker]

I don't do enough jumping to justify having a garment dedicated to the act.

... and I damned sure don't want to go around sweating.

 

[HamishR]

One think I like about upside down talk is that everything becomes an abbro

if I don't feel like saying the entirety of a word I can just say the first part and put an o and it's totally fine

Yeah nah mate.

 

[genXslacker]

One think I like about upside down talk is that everything becomes an abbro

Same. It's always entertaining, even when they're not actually saving syllables. E.g, "brecky" for "breakfast".

One that saves a mouthful, though, is "sunnies", which I think will eventually catch on in English worldwide.

 

[Robert]

Robert's in Georgia. Par for the course down here

I'm not from that part of Georgia.... okay, I'm probably from exactly that part of Georgia...

To be fair, around here we say that stuff goes on in "the hills of Tennessee" ...

I can't tell you how pissed I was when I found out the folks from Alabama talk about us the way we talk about them... how rude.

 

[falco_femoralis]

I'm not from that part of Georgia.... okay, I'm probably from exactly that part of Georgia...

To be fair, around here we say that stuff goes on in "the hills of Tennessee" ...

I can't tell you how pissed I was when I found out the folks from Alabama talk about us the way we talk about them.

From your perspective, how would you rank Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana?

 

[HamishR]

To be fair there is a bit more to it than that. Sure, we might buy fuel at the servo but we wouldn't buy chocco there as well. We would buy chocky. Chocco would be silly. Not like chockas. Chockas is full. Got a spare seat ? Nah mate we're chockas. We used to get milk delivered by a milko because who would want their milk delivered by a milky?? It's perfectly simple.

 

[falco_femoralis]

Same. It's always entertaining, even when they're not actually saving syllables. E.g, "brecky" for "breakfast".

One that saves a mouthful, though, is "sunnies", which I think will eventually catch on in English worldwide.

Speaking of mouthfuls, probably the only aussie expression I can't stand is "have a feed."

 

[falco_femoralis]

who would want their milk delivered by a milky??

 

[genXslacker]

From your perspective, how would you rank Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana?

On what criteria?

 

[gonzo]

Almost every language tends to get shortened for Miss used over time. Since first living in Japan, I've noticed the slag getting shorter and shorter here. Shorter than the life of this guy's pedal scam.

 

[genXslacker]

I'm not from that part of Georgia.... okay, I'm probably from exactly that part of Georgia...

For the record, I was born and reared into Southern culture, but I've lived in a few different places over the years. I heard more white adults casually drop the N-bomb in Chicago than in any Southern locale I've spent much time in.

 

[tegendemuur]

Been thinking too long, searching the sites I tend to gather my casual knowledge from... To no avail! So, maybe one of you guys know it. It's an amusing language quirk common in a large American city, where they use a certain single word as a replacement for nous and verbs when the context is clear, which may even lead to a sentence using that words a couple of times.

 

[genXslacker]

Been thinking too long, searching the sites I tend to gather my casual knowledge from... To no avail! So, maybe one of you guys know it. It's an amusing language quirk common in a large American city, where they use a certain single word as a replacement for nous and verbs when the context is clear, which may even lead to a sentence using that words a couple of times.

Synecdoche? Metonymy?

 

[Aentons]

Been thinking too long, searching the sites I tend to gather my casual knowledge from... To no avail! So, maybe one of you guys know it. It's an amusing language quirk common in a large American city, where they use a certain single word as a replacement for nous and verbs when the context is clear, which may even lead to a sentence using that words a couple of times.

Fuck is the word you are looking for

 

[Aentons]

That's the correct way to say it in the US, too, we just have a lot of folks who mess it up.

My favorite way to say it is "It don't make me no nevermind"

 

[tegendemuur]

Fuck is the word you are looking for

t'was Philadelphia... with Jawn.

I misremembered, thinking it was also used for verbs, but whatever.

"The word “jawn” is unlike any other English word. In fact, according to the experts that I spoke to, it’s unlike any other word in any other language. It is an all-purpose noun, a stand-in for inanimate objects, abstract concepts, events, places, individual people, and groups of people. It is a completely acceptable statement in Philadelphia to ask someone to “remember to bring that jawn to the jawn.”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-enduring-mystery-of-jawn-philadelphias-allpurpose-noun

 

[Robert]

Fuck is the word you are looking for

Isn't it always?

 

[tegendemuur]

Fuck is the word you are looking for

Where you guys use fuck in all its forms, we use cancer. It's very common, but it makes you look like an asshole most of the time though.

 

[genXslacker]

t'was Philadelphia... with Jawn.

I misremembered, thinking it was also used for verbs, but whatever.

"The word “jawn” is unlike any other English word. In fact, according to the experts that I spoke to, it’s unlike any other word in any other language. It is an all-purpose noun, a stand-in for inanimate objects, abstract concepts, events, places, individual people, and groups of people. It is a completely acceptable statement in Philadelphia to ask someone to “remember to bring that jawn to the jawn.”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-enduring-mystery-of-jawn-philadelphias-allpurpose-noun

... confirming my bias that Philadelphia is fucking weird. And I think the "City of Brotherly Love" nickname is supposed to be a joke, like calling the 6'6", 300-pound guy in the friend group "Tiny".

 

[jessenator]

Americans have jumpsuits, for... Jumping?

Some prefer the term "speedsuit"