Canadian and American colloquialisms
New Member
Joined: 07-05-2007
Posts: 27
From: Massachusetts
Getting a bit more regional: Some southern New England ones:
How about a cabinet? (hint: it's not a piece of furniture)
If I say I'm going to the Registry, what am I likely to do there?
A grinder anyone?
Anyone want to play dots? Or a how about some cods?
Can you tell me where I might find quahogs? Or Little Necks?
How does one make coffee milk?
Making a run to the Packy, whadda you want?
What kind of fish is a Scrod?
What about a Stuffie?
How about a cabinet? (hint: it's not a piece of furniture)
If I say I'm going to the Registry, what am I likely to do there?
A grinder anyone?
Anyone want to play dots? Or a how about some cods?
Can you tell me where I might find quahogs? Or Little Necks?
How does one make coffee milk?
Making a run to the Packy, whadda you want?
What kind of fish is a Scrod?
What about a Stuffie?
Senior Member
Joined: 03-19-2007
Posts: 670
From: Port Huron, Michigan
You Might be a Michigander......
...If you define Summer as three months of bad sledding.
...If your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake.
...If your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game (any sport!).
...If snow tires come standard on all your cars.
...If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
...If you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
...If you can identify an Ohio accent.
...If owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your home town.
...If you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.
...If you think Alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.
...If you point at the palm of your right hand when telling people where you grew up.
...If you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
...If someone aks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor".
...If "Down South" to you means Toledo.
...If you have any idea who Bob Ufer was.
...If octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
...If traveling coast to coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.
...If you think "going up north" would be a great vacation....in January.
...If you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".
...If the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceasar's and Hungry Howie's.
...If a Big Mac is something you can drive across.
...If you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.
...If you had to get a passport to go to Ohio.
...If you have as many Canadian coins in your pockets as American ones.
...If your kid's baseball and softball games have ever been snowed out.
...If the trees in your backyard have spigots.
...If you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.
...If you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".
...If you know what a pastie is.
...If you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
...If your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.
...If you have a favorite hockey team.
...If you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.
...If you know how to play Euchre.
...If you define Summer as three months of bad sledding.
...If your definition of a small town is one that doesn't have a lake.
...If your family breaks into violence during the UM-MSU game (any sport!).
...If snow tires come standard on all your cars.
...If at least 50% of your relatives work for the auto industry.
...If you have ever gotten frostbitten and sunburned in the same week.
...If you can identify an Ohio accent.
...If owning a Japanese car was a hanging offense in your home town.
...If you learned to pilot a boat before the training wheels were off your bike.
...If you think Alkaline batteries were named after a Tiger outfielder.
...If you point at the palm of your right hand when telling people where you grew up.
...If you don't understand what the big deal about Chicago is.
...If someone aks you if you've been to Europe and you answer, "No, but I've been to Ann Arbor".
...If "Down South" to you means Toledo.
...If you have any idea who Bob Ufer was.
...If octopus and hockey go together as naturally as hot dogs and baseball.
...If traveling coast to coast means going from Port Huron to Muskegon.
...If you think "going up north" would be a great vacation....in January.
...If you refer to your relatives in southern Michigan as "trolls" or "lopers".
...If the "Big Three" can mean either Ford, Chrysler and GM or Domino's, Little Ceasar's and Hungry Howie's.
...If a Big Mac is something you can drive across.
...If you have no problem spelling Mackinac Island.
...If you had to get a passport to go to Ohio.
...If you have as many Canadian coins in your pockets as American ones.
...If your kid's baseball and softball games have ever been snowed out.
...If the trees in your backyard have spigots.
...If you know that a place called "Kalamazoo" really exists.
...If you bake with "soda" and drink "pop".
...If you know what a pastie is.
...If you drive 70 mph on the highway and pass on the right.
...If your favorite hockey team's mascot is an octopus.
...If you have a favorite hockey team.
...If you don't have a coughing fit from one sip of Vernor's.
...If you know how to play Euchre.
Senior Member
Joined: 07-26-2006
Posts: 903
From: Soon to be Longview, Texas
Hey, just reviewed my post regarding Sambo's. I think that could be viewed in an improper way. If anyone took offense I apologize
.
I was referring to the restaurant chain that was much like a Denny's or Ihop. They are now out of business with the exception of one that is still open and operating in Santa Barbara, I believe. It's on the National Registaer of Historic Buildings.
.I was referring to the restaurant chain that was much like a Denny's or Ihop. They are now out of business with the exception of one that is still open and operating in Santa Barbara, I believe. It's on the National Registaer of Historic Buildings.
Senior Member
Joined: 07-26-2006
Posts: 903
From: Soon to be Longview, Texas
I'll take a grinder but it might ruin my dinner (grilled submarine sandwich)
I think you find quahogs and Little Necks in the ocean (shellfish: I know a quahog is a type of clam, not sure about Little Necks.)
Get me a fifth of tequila and a bucket of limes.
(Packy = liquor or "package" store)
Senior Member
Joined: 05-25-2007
Posts: 181
From: Ontario
That would be cleidh 
Bowmanville isn't east enough :)
Grits is the nickname for people in the Canadian Libral party... not the food from the south
How about hooch, hydro (really just an Ontario-ism) and Joe Louis
Myself, I'll be picking up a poverty pack and working on my Molson muscle after work
Bowmanville isn't east enough :)Grits is the nickname for people in the Canadian Libral party... not the food from the south
How about hooch, hydro (really just an Ontario-ism) and Joe Louis
Myself, I'll be picking up a poverty pack and working on my Molson muscle after work
Senior Member
Joined: 12-28-2005
Posts: 2,531
From: Worcester County, MA
Getting a bit more regional: Some southern New England ones:
How about a cabinet? (hint: it's not a piece of furniture)
If I say I'm going to the Registry, what am I likely to do there?
A grinder anyone?
Anyone want to play dots? Or a how about some cods?
Can you tell me where I might find quahogs? Or Little Necks?
How does one make coffee milk?
Making a run to the Packy, whadda you want?
What kind of fish is a Scrod?
What about a Stuffie?
How about a cabinet? (hint: it's not a piece of furniture)
If I say I'm going to the Registry, what am I likely to do there?
A grinder anyone?
Anyone want to play dots? Or a how about some cods?
Can you tell me where I might find quahogs? Or Little Necks?
How does one make coffee milk?
Making a run to the Packy, whadda you want?
What kind of fish is a Scrod?
What about a Stuffie?
Registry - The last stop before hell, or, where you renew your license or register your cah.
Grinder - sangwich
Quahogs - RI clams, littlenecks are everyone else'
Coffee milk - Coffee syrup (can't remember the brand but was in a glass bottle) and milk
Packy - Beer !
Scrod is a whitefish that is in the cod family, but it's no haddock either
See post #28
New Member
Joined: 07-05-2007
Posts: 27
From: Massachusetts
Cabinet - the booze safe
Registry - The last stop before hell, or, where you renew your license or register your cah.
Grinder - sangwich
Quahogs - RI clams, littlenecks are everyone else'
Coffee milk - Coffee syrup (can't remember the brand but was in a glass bottle) and milk
Packy - Beer !
Scrod is a whitefish that is in the cod family, but it's no haddock either
See post #28
Registry - The last stop before hell, or, where you renew your license or register your cah.
Grinder - sangwich
Quahogs - RI clams, littlenecks are everyone else'
Coffee milk - Coffee syrup (can't remember the brand but was in a glass bottle) and milk
Packy - Beer !
Scrod is a whitefish that is in the cod family, but it's no haddock either
See post #28
But for Cabinet we were looking for milkshake. So sorry, we have some great parting gifts for you on your way out.
From Quahog.org: Cabinet
A drink made from milk, flavored syrup, and ice cream. In other parts of the country it's called a milk shake or a frappe. A liberal interpretation of the entry for cabinet in the Oxford English Dictionary might suggest that the term originated from the English Newcastle or cabinet pudding, "a pudding made of bread or cake, dried fruit, eggs and milk, usually served hot with a sauce." Or it might not.
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