^In RI we use grinders for grinders. And steamers for steamed clams.
Also, around Boston we say supper instead of dinner.
^We always say supper also. South of you.
Rhode Island accents do sound like Boston accents.
@gearmom not unless they’re from Vancouver 
And dinner here.
@ams5796 Actually you spelt supper wrong. It’s sup-pah.
We call them jimmies in CT, too. Also grinders. In upstate NY they are sprinkles and hoagies.
You’re right @gearmom! It is sup-pah.
“Escrow account” versus “impound account” for the account that is sometimes required by lenders for paying property taxes on the real estate that secures a mortgage loan.
Not American, but my son and I were watching a show in which it was stated that someone disposed of a dead body in a “wheelie bin.” We were perplexed until they showed the perp pulling a suitcase on wheels, which we in NY refer to as luggage. When we loaned my D and her Australian born bf a piece of rolling luggage for their trip Down Under, my son put a sign on it that read “wheelie bin.”
I am a lifelong NY’er (downstate) and I also say “you guys” to a group, even if it’s all women.
I say soda, my H and sons eat heroes and going to Manhattan is referred to as “going to the city,” even if you are starting in one of the other boroughs, which are, of course, also “the city.”
Regular coffee is milk and sugar.
Warshing machine, Warshington…my dad and cousins say this all the time (Kansas and Missouri).
I joke that if Shakespeare was from Ohio his soliloquy would be “or not”. We seem to forget the verb “to be”.
A regular coffee has milk and sugar. Jimmies are what I call sprinkles - those tasteless things they cover soft-serve ice cream with. My NH nieces and nephew say wicked all the time - their parents not so much. (They aren’t natives.) Never heard of staties.
I say I’m all set.
Just came back from a party. We had this same conversation about French! (And one of the guys was a Canuck - only on his mother’s side - it sounded very cute en français!)
Sofa = divano, In Italian. There is the English word, divan, but I’ve only ever seen it in books.
@emilybee where in Connecticut?
As I recall, in New York City a “coffee regular” was with cream only, but in Boston a “coffee regular” was with cream and sugar.
Until I lived in New York I’d never heard the word “stoop” to describe the front porch stairs to a house or apartment building. It’s said to come from the Dutch word “stoep” (also pronounced stoop) and has been used in NYC and the Hudson Valley since Dutch colonial days.
When I was growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we would “pank” the soil or the snow by striking it with a broad flat object (like the back side of a snow shovel) to flatten and compact it. I later learned that was a Cornish word, brought to the region by Cornish miners who were brought in to work the iron and copper mines in the 19th century. I’ve recently learned that word is also used in northeastern Pennsylvania—historically another mining region, probably also populated in part by Cornish miners.
Minnesotan: “Oof-da!” It’s a Norwegian expression indicating shock or amazement, usually in a negative way. As in reply to “Mom has cancer,” the only appropriate response is “Oof-da!” You don’t hear it much among younger people, but it’s still out there.
Also Minnesotan: “Duck, duck, gray duck” is the Minnesota version of the children’s game known elsewhere as “Duck, duck, goose.” “Duck, duck, gray duck” is the literal translation of the Swedish name for the game, which was invented in Sweden.
I’ve lived in 9 states. I speak all these languages and can translate for others. My mother ONLY speaks Bostonian, so we have to tell people what tonic, dungarees, sneakers, frappes, etc are (she’s lived in other parts of the country for 55+ years). Even words that are the same (car) have to be translated because people don’t understand her. Khakis and Car keys sound exactly the same. Her first and last names have 'R’s in them. No one understands her.
My daughter didn’t speak English until she was 3, and it infuriated her that there were two (or more) words for THE SAME THING. Why jelly and jam? Why sofa and couch? Why does Nana call jeans dungarees? Poor kid.
In NJ, regular coffee is milk and sugar.
@Wellspring, New Haven.
Coffee regular in NYC is with milk & sugar.
When I moved to NYC after college I had to learn how to order coffee. I drink coffee light no sugar.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/order-coffee-like-a-new-yorker-2819057
carriage, buggy, cart, trolley–all convey your groceries around the store and to your vehicle