what is a word/phrase/thing that is only used in the area you live, but you didn't know it's not normal until you went elsewhere.
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""Now then" and "How do?" are how you open a conversation in North Yorkshire, basically means "Hello there old chap, how are you this fine day?" but it doesn't really require an answer, conversation just goes from there. A ginnel is a corridor between two houses which share a common door then have their own separate door inside, a snicket is a path between houses usually bordered with a hedge and used to cut between streets. Snap is a meal/food/snack, spice means sweets. Theres an old saying that goes "tha dusnt thee thar them tha dusnt thee thar thee" basically meaning you wouldn't use "thee" to refer to someone (such as "tha dusnt want a pint?") who wouldn't use the same familiarity with you, sort of like tu and vous in French. The Yorkshire dialect is an odd one! "
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*e.g. Is used for examples, i.e. means the same as, for future referenxe
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""Rotary." I lived in Massachusetts. You might know it by "traffic circle" or "roundabout." Little did I know that I'd be eternally misunderstood and made fun of for saying it this way. But every sign I ever saw for the things said "rotary"!" How was I supposed to know?! "
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As a Dutch person, I didn't know only people from the Netherlands cursed with diseases.
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""sick!" Here in Massachusetts the word "sick" is used as "cool", didn't know that. Also, we say "rock, paper, scissor, shoot." I found out from my cousin New Yorkers say "rock, paper, scissor says shoot!" I mean, what the hell? "
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"My parents grew up in the southern U.S., but moved to the north before they had me. I grew up hearing a lot of phrases at home that were considered either odd or outright racist when I ended up moving to the West Coast. For example: "Coon's age" - an expression that means "a long time" but is generally considered racist in parts of the country. "monkey-fisted" - to clumsily attempt to complete a task that requires finesse or dexterity. Considered racist. and the worst one, Brazilnuts were always referred to as "niggertoes" and I'd never heard them referred to as anything else, and naive young me had no idea that it was very racist until the first time I used that word outside my home. "
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In the Pacific Northwest (Oregon and Washington, screw you Idaho) Hazelnuts are called filberts, but the name is dying out.
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