Time to learn a new word!

Just wondering what kind of words you guys have that is unique to the area you stay in.. hopefully we can all learn a new phrase or a new word each day...I'll start..

in singapore, due to our different races, we have words like
alamak!- means oh brother!
wah lau!- an exclamation for oh my!
kiasu- an act of being afraid of losing out
buey tahan- cannot tolerate anymore

only singaporeans use them and very frequently we add these words to the back of our sentences
lah..
lor...
hor...
meh...
they have no special meanings, just something which makes our language special and we call it Singlish... what's unique in your own language?

Being the southern country girl that I am, my family has the normal southern words like: ain't, yonder, holler, y'all, reckon (example: "I reckon y'all gonna ride up yonder atter while, ain't ya? Gimmie a holler when ya' git back an we'll go out an git some Co'colas to drank on" ). Maybe it's time for me to go to bed now that I've shown my hillbilly idiot side . Besides, doesn't this sound like a person who is in need of some sleep? Some people get cranky when they're sleepy - I get silly .

I'm with you georgia girl, I am originally from Augusta, GA, right on the GA-SC, line. How 'bout we have us a Moon Pie and and RC Cola sometime, iff'n I ever get back down yonder? I am in NC right now.

wow! i wonder if I ever meet you guys would I even be able to understand it?

I live in MN and there are a lot of Norwegians in my area. I have two new words that I hear all the time and they are both names of ethnic Norwegian foods:

ludefisk
lefsa

Since I am not Norwegian myself, I have never eaten either one of these foods, and have no plans to do so in the future, so I can't tell you much about them.

My mom's family is from the Pittsburgh area. They say you'ns (or yu'ns) instead of y'all.

cwch - cuddle
bosch(sp?) - My grandma's generation used this for a sink.
potch - mashed potatoes and swede.
boyo - usually used at the end of a sentance 'where are you going
boyo'.

I guess we say things differently rather than have lots of different words though.

My grandma always used to say 'Look you know!' which generally means 'look at that'.

Even though the majority of people where I live don't speak welsh, a lot of welsh words find their way into everyday speech. You can buy books on the use of 'Wenglish'!

Kateang - how are the words you've written pronounced?

Here in Newcastle, we say 'Aye' for yes!.

No one would understand me if i spoke a sentence from my home town, honestly!!. LOL

Susan

I am part Maori so here are some words:

Kia Ora - Hello
e noho rä - goodbye
aroha - love
mörena - good morning

and in terms of kiwi slang


"he's a bit of a dag" - a hard case, a comedian, a joker

"Bob's your Uncle" - 'there yah go'

"cuppa" - cup of tea, cup of coffee, etc

Warning to americans - NEVER say fanny to a kiwi - it does not mean butt - it actually means the female genitals.

Two Philly specialties are "scrapple" (a kind of spicy ground pork that you slice and fry) and "hoagies" (a.k.a. submarine sandwiches or grinders). Most people say "Gesundheit!" (German for health) instead of "God bless you!" when somebody sneezes. In the area of Germany I live in, the names of the different kinds of rolls and lunch meat seem to change every 25 km or so. My very favorite "Swabian" word is "Kehrwoche" - tenants have to take turns cleaning the halls, stairways, sidewalks, etc., so it is their "week to sweep".

Originally posted by okeefecl
My mom's family is from the Pittsburgh area. They say you'ns (or yu'ns) instead of y'all.

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I'm from Chicago and we say "yous" (or "yous guys") install of you'ns or y'all.

The plural of y'all is "all y'all".

Kellye, told ya some good kiwi ones..

I'm not sure if you say "Spud" over there for potato? But we do.

Shot, means well done, or excellent.

and geeze alot I can't remember at this time.. oo I sussed it out, it means it's been sorted, I have beena asked that alot of times..

It's great learning new words.

Originally posted by jeeperscat

Kateang - how are the words you've written pronounced?

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alamak!- means oh brother! * ah-la-mud*
wah lau!- an exclamation for oh my!
kiasu- an act of being afraid of losing out* kia so*
buey tahan- cannot tolerate anymore

i can't find a way to pronounce the two dialect words....

Originally posted by jcat
Two Philly specialties are "scrapple" (a kind of spicy ground pork that you slice and fry) and "hoagies" (a.k.a. submarine sandwiches or grinders). Most people say "Gesundheit!" (German for health) instead of "God bless you!" when somebody sneezes. In the area of Germany I live in, the names of the different kinds of rolls and lunch meat seem to change every 25 km or so. My very favorite "Swabian" word is "Kehrwoche" - tenants have to take turns cleaning the halls, stairways, sidewalks, etc., so it is their "week to sweep".

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Oh I LOVE scrapple! No one else I know has ever heard of it! When I made it (just a few times) I used sausage and other ingeredients, then sliced it thin and fried it. It is kind of like "mush" ( something my grandparents ate years ago) which we have here in the US but many people have never heard of it either, combined with sausage. MMMMM! Good with syrup on it!!!

I'm from California. We do have a few words that I guess would be considered California speak. But, that would be either Valley talk, or beach talk. I don't know. We don't have any quaint sayings like the people from the South.

Originally posted by kateang
Just wondering what kind of words you guys have that is unique to the area you stay in.. hopefully we can all learn a new phrase or a new word each day...I'll start..

in singapore, due to our different races, we have words like
alamak!- means oh brother!
wah lau!- an exclamation for oh my!
kiasu- an act of being afraid of losing out
buey tahan- cannot tolerate anymore

only singaporeans use them and very frequently we add these words to the back of our sentences
lah..
lor...
hor...
meh...
they have no special meanings, just something which makes our language special and we call it Singlish... what's unique in your own language?

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ROTFLMAO!!

Singlish...I LOVE speaking it. It sounds completely nonsensical but once you get the hang of it no worries. Pronounciation....hmmm let's see if I can come up with something.

alamak!- means oh brother! "Allahmuck"
wah lau!- an exclamation for oh my! "wah liao" About as close to it as I can get.
kiasu- an act of being afraid of losing out
buey tahan- cannot tolerate anymore

Last two ones I can't figure out.

There are plenty of Australian ones.

Here's a link to a dictionary.

Aussie Slang Dictionary

But I do have to point out this one. G'Day Mate! No one I know says this EVER. Though it is meant to mean hello. And frankly, more tourists say it than anyone else.

Originally posted by georgiagirl8
Being the southern country girl that I am, my family has the normal southern words like: ain't, yonder, holler, y'all, reckon (example: "I reckon y'all gonna ride up yonder atter while, ain't ya? Gimmie a holler when ya' git back an we'll go out an git some Co'colas to drank on"

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That was great! My ex was a Texas gal and that brought back a lot of good memories about visiting the South.

Hey Sid, you mean you were dating a country girl and actually stopped seeing her? What's up with that? We country girls can be pretty fun, ya' know .

I do a very good singlish impersonation

I'm from Taiwan, a lot of those slangs are taiwanese.

he last two, the an easier romanization is

Gia Soo

and Bei Dan Ah