Same thing different names

[J Birder]

When I moved from the Chicago area to the suburbs of Pittsburgh, there were few new words that I had to learn:

gum band = rubber band
red up = to clean, as in "it needs redding up"
plan = a housing development
yinz or yunz = plural of you

There were loads of others, but after 30 years, the memory fades.

Joel

[pops2]

garbage dump..................nusiance ground
grader ................motor scraper..............maintainer

[Dog Folks]

Originally Posted by jettyjock

Hero- Hoagie- Slider

Hero-Hogie-Slider-Sub-Submarine

[Romeo]

Originally Posted by Dog Folks

...
Band-Aid, and Aspirin are two brand names that have become synonymous with the product....

...and Kleenex.

[CLIFFTALL]

And scotch tape

[Capn_Dave]

Originally Posted by Route 66

A paper bag is not a sack.

It's a poke. Sauce gravy, in the South it's all gravy. Red light Stop and go light (Midwest), In Cajun and deep south a Sub is a Poor boy or poo boy

[rgvtexan]

See my avatar!
hood=top
bonnet=hood
windscreen=windshield
dyno=generator
shifting spanner=crescent wrench
distance piece=spacer
and so forth.

[sdennislee]

Bag vs sack vs poke
Pop vs soda vs coke

[plasma800]

My fav - a guy from my air force days called a water fountain a "bubbler"

Then he promptly picked on me for saying that i was "Fixin'" to do XYZ, like.. "I'm, fixin to get ready"

[terryallan]

Originally Posted by burfurd

Pop is your dad! Soda is carbonated beverage! Soft drinks or Cokes are what we call em!

burfurd

What the Yankees call Pop, or Soda. Southern Folks called it Dope. Or Soda dope. Mostly when referring to Coke. It was because of the Cocaine in Coke. Which is why it is called Coca Cola
It would settle an upset stomach. Well until they took the Cocaine out. And how about a Hose pipe. Y'all call it a garden hose.
Then there is the ever popular "Dinner". In the South Dinner was always around 12:00. Supper was in the evening. But Northern Folks call supper, dinner, and dinner lunch.

[BigBill3111]

Lots of people say, "let's get into the Jacuzzi" meaning the hot tub. Jacuzzi is a brand name, just as Coke is for soft drinks.

[WheelingIt]

Having spent a good deal of my life with the British I call the vacuum cleaner a Hoover, and still refer to the back of the car as the boot.

[CLIFFTALL]

Originally Posted by WheelingIt

Having spent a good deal of my life with the British I call the vacuum cleaner a Hoover, and still refer to the back of the car as the boot.

A subway ride is a tube journey.

[Lloyd in S.C.]

Garden Hose = Hose pipe.