Milwaukee Lingo

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:22 pm

It has come to my attention that my new girlfriend is from a different area of the state, and it bothers me that they call certain objects different names. Here are some examples:

Key: Name = Milwaukee Termanology

Drinking Fountain = Bubbler

Parents = Rents

Remote = Clicker

Game Console = Station

Any Sugary Beverage = Soda (not pop)

If anybody else can think of any, I think it is interesting.

AfroLH · Post by **AfroLH** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:26 pm

Where I am from they call any Nintendo Console a Nintendo,
Any Playstation Console a Playstation
And Any Xbox Console an Xbox.

Oh and they call the DS the Gameboy DS.

pisses me off.

Post by **Skyone** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:15 pm

Turknatr12 wrote:Any Sugary Beverage = Soda (not pop)

Grape juice == soda?

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:33 pm

I guess if you need a money transfer (ATM Machine) you ask for the Time(tyme) Machine

that and during MGC I went with my folks to a Speakeasy and was asked if we wanted a beg (bag) for our leftovers.

Turknatr12 · Post by **Turknatr12** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:04 pm

Skyone wrote:
Turknatr12 wrote:Any Sugary Beverage = Soda (not pop)
Grape juice == soda?

I guess, I can't see why not.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:34 pm

Rhode Islandede Crash Course (It's kinda similar but with a different accent

):

Quahog (ko-hog) - Clam. You probably figured this out from Family Guy.

Chowdah - Thick soup made from clams. Rhode Island's second-favorite liquid food, behind lemonade slush. It has to be the white kind, not the thin red New Yawk kind, That isn't chowdah, that's warta.

Bubbla - Ceramic or stainless steel fixture that dispenses warta for drinkin.

Grindah - You get them at Subway or Quizno's.

Woosta - The town of Worcester. Contrary to popular belief, it's NOT "Wor-chester".

Cah - Lodge metal vehicle, used to display vanity plates.

Lodge - Not small.

Prizna - Most former mayors of P'tucket.

Fye-uh - What you get when you strike a match.

Warta - The oceans are made of it.

Cabinet - Cawfee.

Soda - Cahbinated beverages, like Pepsi and Sprite.

AfroLH · Post by **AfroLH** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:41 pm

Oh yeah

My favorite words from where I am at is:

FYA or Fiya (Fire)- Some Good Stuff (ie: Food, Drugs, Music)

House - To eat REALLY REALLY Quickly, As in To House Something.

Edit: Oh yeah some Examples:

FYA- "Man, This Is Some FYA Noodles
House- "Man, YOU HOUSED THEM NOODLES"

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:02 pm

It's not I who has lingo, it's the rest of the world.

Canada Geese = Geese?

erm...

I wouldn't know anything I say is weird unless somebody told me so.

We've been over this, but aparently in the states rockets are smarties, and smarties are nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(Ce_De_Candy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties

You're really missing out. M&M's are a pile of cheap crap. Smarties are godly.

Uhmmm...

Yeah I got nothing. Insult my Canadian ways, and I'll rebuttle.

Twilight Wolf · Post by **Twilight Wolf** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:07 pm

Your first link is broken, y'know.

I like the Ce De Smarties a lot, actually. Even if they all taste the same, they're still good.

I call soft drinks "sodas," but to my knowledge, it's the only word I say that has regional variations as discussed in this thread.

typamc95 · Post by **typamc95** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:37 pm

AfroLH wrote:Where I am from they call any Nintendo Console a Nintendo,
Any Playstation Console a Playstation
And Any Xbox Console an Xbox.

Oh and they call the DS the Gameboy DS.

pisses me off.

Were I'm from

Any console or handheld- Nintendo

eurddrue · Post by **eurddrue** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:09 pm

typamc95 wrote:
AfroLH wrote:Where I am from they call any Nintendo Console a Nintendo,
Any Playstation Console a Playstation
And Any Xbox Console an Xbox.

Oh and they call the DS the Gameboy DS.

pisses me off.
Were I'm from

Any console or handheld- Nintendo

Where I'm from. Gameboy. It sucks, because I never know what console they are talking about when they say, "I sat down and played my gameboy last night."

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:25 pm

Kurt_ wrote:We've been over this, but aparently in the states rockets are smarties, and smarties are nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(Ce_De_Candy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties

You're really missing out. M&M's are a pile of cheap crap. Smarties are godly.

Uhmmm...

Yeah I got nothing. Insult my Canadian ways, and I'll rebuttle.

But on the contrary... your candy is awesome compared to ours. We're also lacking Aero bars, and our Kit Kats aren't as good. Damn those Aeros are good, though! I stock up whenever I cross the border.

I miss Canada. I wanna go back. Sometime this summer, I'll have to go to Sault Ste Marie, Thunder Bay, or Winnipeg: the only major cities a reasonable distance away.

Twilight Wolf · Post by **Twilight Wolf** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:29 pm

My cousin in Ireland sent us some Aero bars with a bunch of other candy. They were awesome.

DJ711 · Post by **DJ711** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:23 pm

Let's see what I can say

Blackberry: Cell Phone
Geek: Anyone who knows how to use the computer besides facebook and myspace
Poor: Anyone who can't afford a nice car as a senior or designer clothes
Sheep: Someone who blindly follows anyone else

I'll think of more later

AfroLH · Post by **AfroLH** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:30 pm

DJ711 wrote:Sheep: Someone who blindly follows anyone else

Thats a universal term.

It's not really a cultural thing

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