Words and meanings

[BigBaron]

Originally Posted by Weezer

Surprised you didn't get;

yain't frum 'round heeya aryuh

We can dectect that 'rat away.

I think we were asked that or sumthin' like it, but I can't remember. We were laughing too hard on the way back to our hotel to remember anything else!

Salt of the earth... Gotta love 'em!

[CSMRetired]

Bud: Small feathered crature that flies. "A robin sure is a pretty bud."

Bud: also short for best friend. "at'ers my Bud Hank"

[Ford Idaho]

A bud in ID.

[Mac 57]

Here's another Pa Dutch phrase, throw your grandfather down the steps his pants.
Enjoy the localisms.

[Weezer]

Just to be clear;

We down here in the south DO NOT have accents.

You folks north of the Mason Dixon have accents.

Bawston vs. Bahhston

[CSMRetired]

Originally Posted by Weezer

Just to be clear;

We down here in the south DO NOT have accents.

You folks north of the Mason Dixon have accents.

Bawston vs. Bahhston

AbsoLOOTLY!

[Arefbee]

In Boston they have wicked cool accents when they "Pahk the cah in Hahvad yahd."

I always had a problem with my buddy from Chicago asking if I wanted a pop. I thought he was going to hit me the first time.

Not sure, but I think this one is universal now. "It's lunch time. J'eat?"

[wmtire]

Originally Posted by Weezer

Just to be clear;

We down here in the south DO NOT have accents.

You folks north of the Mason Dixon have accents.

Bawston vs. Bahhston

Just to expound a little on Weezers post, up here in North LA, we talk much like our neighbors in TX, AR, and MS.

However, when you get south of I-10, the alphabet changes. 'Th" becomes "D".

This, That, and There.......become Dis, Dat, and Dere. The is Da.

Anything that should end in "ow" becomes "eaux" or "aux".

Here's more, to help you assimilate when you visit:

Années passées [a-nee pass-ay]
Years gone by.
Bayou [bi-yoo]
A slow moving stream.
Beaucoup (boh-KOO)
French for a lot.
Beignet [bin-yay]
A fried square French donut coated with powdered sugar.
Bon ami [bon ah-mee]
Good friend.
Boolye
Bright light used to blind prey while hunting.
Bourre’ [boo-ray]
A trick-taking gambling card game primarily played in Acadiana.
Buster
A crab that has recently shed its shell – a soft shell crab.
Ca c’est bon!
It’s GOOD!
Camp
A vacation home.
Catch me
“Get for me” or “Bring to me.”
chere (shaa, with an a as in cat)
French for dear: used by Cajuns, with their own distinctive pronunciation, as a term of endearment.
Come see
A verbal command, instructing or request asking someone to come near to “check this out.” A command to “come here.”
Crabbing
When Cajuns go crabbing, they try to lure a crab out of its mud hole with a piece of bacon or other bait tied to the end of a string.
Crawfish
“Mudbug” – Crustacean served boiled or fried.
Étouffée [ay too fay]
Smothered seafood, Cajun stew.
Fais Do-Do (fay doh-doh)
The French term literally means to “make sleep,” but in the Cajun culture, a fais do-do is a big party where dancing and festivities last long into the night. Babies sleep in a back room so their parents don’t have to leave early.
Fifolet [fee fo lay]
According to Cajun folklore, it is a bright light seen in swamp areas that is said to misdirect or disorient those who try to follow it as a perceived point of safety.
Gris-Gris
A spell using physical items, like a charm or talisman.
Gumbo
African word for okra, which is used as a thickening agent in a dark stew of seafood or meat, served over rice.
Jambalaya [jum-buh-ly-ah]
Well-seasoned mixture of rice, meat and vegetables cooked in one pot.
King Cake
Circular yeast cake decorated with purple, yellow and green sugars and containing a plastic baby (to represent baby Jesus) served throughout the Mardi Gras season. The person who gets the baby provides the next king cake.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! [lay-zay lay bon tom roo-lay]
Let the good times roll!
Lutin [loo-tan]
According to Cajun folklore, it is the spirit of a baby who died before it was baptized and engages in mischievous trick and pranks on the living.
Make a Grocery Bill
Go shopping.
Mardi Gras [mar-dee graw]
Fat Tuesday, the season that begins the twelfth night after Christmas and ends the day before Lent
Me
“Me” is often used as a secondary possessive to reinforce the primary possessive noun. E.g., “I’m gone to town, me” – meaning “I’m going to town.”
Nanny
Godmother.
Parish
A political division resembling counties in other states. Louisiana is the only state with parishes (dating back to Napoleon and a strong Catholic influence).
Pa-ran [pah-ran]
Godfather.
Pirogue [pee row]
A small, canoe-like boat.
Po po
The police.
Pshaw
“ain’t nuttin’ to it!”
Pope yaire
Butterfly shrimp nets.
Push/Pushing
The process of a shrimp boat navigating up and down a bayou or waterway with its nets dropped into the water.
Rougarou [roo-gah-roo]
According to Cajun legend, it is a creature that physically transforms from a man into a wolf or dog or even a bird.
Rougarouin’
Getting into trouble; causing trouble.
Roux [roo]
A classic Cajun concoction made by blending oil and flour and cooking them together. Used in Cajun Gumbo, stews, fricassees, etc.
Sauce piquante [saws pee-kaw(n)]
Tomato base; rich stew.
Skiff
Small boat for crabbing or shrimping.
Who dat?
Who is that? Who goes there?

[OldCoot]

And if 'n sombudy is skerd, "Who dat say who dat when I say who dat?"

[BigBaron]

Originally Posted by Weezer

Just to be clear;

We down here in the south DO NOT have accents.

You folks north of the Mason Dixon have accents.

Bawston vs. Bahhston

No, you are like so wrong. It's like a fact! Californians don't have an accent. Everyone else has like a major accent!

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by BigBaron

No, you are like so wrong. It's like a fact! Californians don't have an accent. Everyone else has like a major accent!

Do Californians speak English? Northeasterners sure don't.

[Ford Idaho]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Do Californians speak English? Northeasterners sure don't.

Yes people from Cali speak engrish, Cali is after all in the SOUTH.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by Ford Idaho

...Cali is after all in the SOUTH.

Never heard of Cali. California is sure not south in my geography book. You must use a "revisionist" version.

[BigBaron]

If this doesn't represent the average California pothead in the '80s, nothing does! LOL
And no, we didn't actually talk like this in Malibu. Not all of us, at least!

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

[Arefbee]

Originally Posted by wmtire

Just to expound a little on Weezers post, up here in North LA, we talk much like our neighbors in TX, AR, and MS.

However, when you get south of I-10, the alphabet changes. 'Th" becomes "D".

This, That, and There.......become Dis, Dat, and Dere. The is Da.

Anything that should end in "ow" becomes "eaux" or "aux".

Here's more, to help you assimilate when you visit:

Années passées [a-nee pass-ay]

Years gone by.
Bayou [bi-yoo]

A slow moving stream.
Beaucoup (boh-KOO)

French for a lot.
Beignet [bin-yay]

A fried square French donut coated with powdered sugar.
Bon ami [bon ah-mee]

Good friend.
Boolye

Bright light used to blind prey while hunting.
Bourre’ [boo-ray]

A trick-taking gambling card game primarily played in Acadiana.
Buster

A crab that has recently shed its shell – a soft shell crab.
Ca c’est bon!

It’s GOOD!
Camp

A vacation home.
Catch me

“Get for me” or “Bring to me.”
chere (shaa, with an a as in cat)

French for dear: used by Cajuns, with their own distinctive pronunciation, as a term of endearment.
Come see

A verbal command, instructing or request asking someone to come near to “check this out.” A command to “come here.”
Crabbing

When Cajuns go crabbing, they try to lure a crab out of its mud hole with a piece of bacon or other bait tied to the end of a string.
Crawfish

“Mudbug” – Crustacean served boiled or fried.
Étouffée [ay too fay]

Smothered seafood, Cajun stew.
Fais Do-Do (fay doh-doh)

The French term literally means to “make sleep,” but in the Cajun culture, a fais do-do is a big party where dancing and festivities last long into the night. Babies sleep in a back room so their parents don’t have to leave early.
Fifolet [fee fo lay]

According to Cajun folklore, it is a bright light seen in swamp areas that is said to misdirect or disorient those who try to follow it as a perceived point of safety.
Gris-Gris

A spell using physical items, like a charm or talisman.
Gumbo

African word for okra, which is used as a thickening agent in a dark stew of seafood or meat, served over rice.
Jambalaya [jum-buh-ly-ah]

Well-seasoned mixture of rice, meat and vegetables cooked in one pot.
King Cake

Circular yeast cake decorated with purple, yellow and green sugars and containing a plastic baby (to represent baby Jesus) served throughout the Mardi Gras season. The person who gets the baby provides the next king cake.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! [lay-zay lay bon tom roo-lay]

Let the good times roll!
Lutin [loo-tan]

According to Cajun folklore, it is the spirit of a baby who died before it was baptized and engages in mischievous trick and pranks on the living.
Make a Grocery Bill

Go shopping.
Mardi Gras [mar-dee graw]

Fat Tuesday, the season that begins the twelfth night after Christmas and ends the day before Lent
Me

“Me” is often used as a secondary possessive to reinforce the primary possessive noun. E.g., “I’m gone to town, me” – meaning “I’m going to town.”
Nanny

Godmother.
Parish

A political division resembling counties in other states. Louisiana is the only state with parishes (dating back to Napoleon and a strong Catholic influence).
Pa-ran [pah-ran]

Godfather.
Pirogue [pee row]

A small, canoe-like boat.
Po po

The police.
Pshaw

“ain’t nuttin’ to it!”
Pope yaire

Butterfly shrimp nets.
Push/Pushing

The process of a shrimp boat navigating up and down a bayou or waterway with its nets dropped into the water.
Rougarou [roo-gah-roo]

According to Cajun legend, it is a creature that physically transforms from a man into a wolf or dog or even a bird.
Rougarouin’

Getting into trouble; causing trouble.
Roux [roo]

A classic Cajun concoction made by blending oil and flour and cooking them together. Used in Cajun Gumbo, stews, fricassees, etc.
Sauce piquante [saws pee-kaw(n)]

Tomato base; rich stew.
Skiff

Small boat for crabbing or shrimping.
Who dat?

Who is that? Who goes there?

I was reading these in the wrong order and getting a bit "mal a la tete". Could not understand how a "who dat" could be a boat. Got it figgered out now.

[asquared]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Do Californians speak English? Northeasterners sure don't.

When I moved to north cackalacky (north Carolina) from jersey, one of my co-workers told me to quit speakin northernese. I told her I would quit speaking northerners when she quit speakin southernese. The biggest difference between northernese and southernese comes from the speed at which you talk. When I first moved down here I was allowed to live in Cary which is more commonly known as the containment area for relocated Yankees. I learned the language and was then allowed to move to mebane where I apparently joined some sort of cult as I am now referred to as a mebanite.


Here in the south, a bbq involves cooking a pig. A cookout is when you cook burgers and dogs on the grill. It is a grill as a bbq refers to a smoker.

In Jersey please understand that you are not from New Jersey. You are from north Jersey or south Jersey or just Jersey.

[asquared]

Originally Posted by Arefbee

I was reading these in the wrong order and getting a bit "mal a la tete". Could not understand how a "who dat" could be a boat. Got it figgered out now.

I had the same issue.

[asquared]

You live in Bawlmer Merlin not Baltimore Maryland. You don't go to the ocean, you go down the oshin hun.

[asquared]

In the south we git er done or we done did that. I done went to that there groshry stur a'ridy. And apparently everybody is related to everybody as they all have a cuzin who (insert idea here).

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by anaro

...You are from north Jersey or south Jersey or just Jersey.

And now y'all can say Jersey is a good place to be FROM!

Don't go ballistic, just messin' wit ya!