National Slang...

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by Ogre
is it prononced "beetee" (that's how i say it) or "beeahtee", team 71 that is

"BAY-tee"

- Katie

[Joel J]

bE (as in bee) and the ti in tick: "bE-ti"

[PsychoPhil]

Originally posted by srawls
mini-me is my favorite! I officially named our tether device 'mini me' (this was in the design phase, we don't actually have one), and it cought on in our team.

We called it always the "boom" Don't forget about that one...

I got some pretty weird faces while scouting in canada when i was asking "do you have a boom" lol

Yeah, and many people must have been amused by my accent, since i'm here as an exchange student from germany...

but yeah, it's cool to hear different american accents. And I heard a whole lot of 'em...

so long, Phil

[Amy Beth]

Originally posted by Ogre
is it prononced "beetee" (that's how i say it) or "beeahtee", team 71 that is

y don't you ask bill beatty?

It is always a good conversation opener to ask if they call it pop or soda. In socal, most everyone says soda, but many times i will just say coke. Purists will argue that you cannot say coke unless you refer to coca-cola, but the biggest advantage to coke is that everyone knows what you are talking about. I can't tell you how many times i've had someone ask me "What the heck is pop??"
Then of course, one time i met someone i think he was from boston who said "tonic". Any one else heard that one?

My favorite canadianism is hoser. I refuse to classify "eh" as a canadianism because i know too many americans who say it. I say it myself on many occasions.

I also enjoy noticing how people ask questions. Canadians (among others) say "You going to Florida, eh?" whereas Hawaiians and Floridians end with "yah?" New Yorkers will say "Going to Florida, yo?" and of course there's the nonspecific "You going to florida, hm?" What am i missing?

[Michael Murphy]

I live up kind of near Boston. Most of us don't use tonic either. It's soda. But then there's wikkid, pissah, and bizahh. The letter "r" has no place at the end of a word!

[Justin 188]

Lol, "aboot"? Personally I don't know anybody who says "aboot"... but practically everybody I know says "eh" whether or not they realize it (myself included)

AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe Matt]

It is pronouced bee-dee
My Cleveland accent, love it.

Sparky 3.0 is

Sp-are-kaye three-point-oh

[Madison]

Originally posted by Quain
Then there was "saccer" which is supposed to be soccer from a girl from Long Island... haha.. thats

Ha.

People from Long Island do *not* say 'saccer'. It's 'sock-er' all the way. Our neighbors to the north, however, are a different story.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Anne George]

To me it is usually soda but I will on occasion call it pop or Tonic. My Aunt always calls it Tonic and I will some times call it sodapop. But it is never Coke unless you want a Coca-Cola and only Coca-Cola not Pepsi. if you want a Pepsi say Pepsi. but that is just me

[Katie Reynolds]

Yea, I always call it "soda" never "pop". I only say "I want a coke" if the soda I am referring to is Coca-Cola I've never heard of soda (overall) being called tonic... strange...

- Katie

[Joe Matt]

Pop is the only way to go with me. Coke and Pepsi are used as brand names only if you buy the brand names (Go to the grocery store and get some Coke)

[Quain]

Dood.. its Soda all the way.. none of this pop stuff... its sounds so weird... and coke.. is coke... but I never ask for it anyway.. Pepsi is better... anyone ever hear us Philly-ite ever say.. "wood-er" for water.. or for towel.. it sounds like "tail".. i know NY people pronounce each syllable.. tow-el... and u ever notice how no matter who's typing something.. its get translated into your accent.. its kinda funny.. they speak in their slang and it gets mangled gettin translated into yours... but here, i'm a philly brotha.. "Dat jawnt be mad drawn b..." ok.. i don't talk like that... but some people here do.. hah

[purplehaze357]

Originally posted by Quain
Dood.. its Soda all the way.. none of this pop stuff... its sounds so weird... and coke.. is coke... but I never ask for it anyway.. Pepsi is better... anyone ever hear us Philly-ite ever say.. "wood-er" for water.. or for towel.. it sounds like "tail".. i know NY people pronounce each syllable.. tow-el... and u ever notice how no matter who's typing something.. its get translated into your accent.. its kinda funny.. they speak in their slang and it gets mangled gettin translated into yours... but here, i'm a philly brotha.. "Dat jawnt be mad drawn b..." ok.. i don't talk like that... but some people here do.. hah

OMG.....i cant believe this...

[Clark Gilbert]

My room-mates and i had some funny experiences with accents while we were at Nationals....(pretty funny) (HOSER!)
---DJ knows what i'm talking about ---


I think here in Indiana we say Beatty as "bay D" (say it like A, B, C, D)

Also here i think that "Coke" is the general term for any type of fountain drink.....i especially hate it when i go to Taco Bell and i say, "I want a medium coke" and then they reply..."Is Pepsi ok?"

Bill and Brian pronounce it Bay-D

Both are nice guys...

And now to the Soda/Coke/Pop

I only drink Dew...so its all "Dew" to me

Finally ya Hoser

Hoosiers can fake some good accents like i proved,