OT - signs you were born in the midwest
Friday morning fun stuff, especially the UM/OSU standoff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC_p1DzgN0U
GO BLUE!
Not a bbq.
Grillout.
It is indeed a cookout.
It's not a grillout.
It is indeed pop.
So True
POP!!
The thing I hate most about Wisconsin is "soda." Stop looking at me funny when I say pop! Also, it's a damn drinking fountain, not a "bubbler." Yes, seriously, bubbler.
I moved to Central WI about two years ago and I'm convinced this state exists in some weird dimension completely sperate from the states that surround it. The vernacular confuses me.
And I heard someone talk about "whippin' shitties" I wondered what planet I'd landed on and why they'd ever stir a pot of number two.
Also the skin tone of native midwesterners
(cue the "that's racist" kid in 3...2...1...)
The third meal of the day is supper, not dinner.
I work at Fords.
Most of my family works, has worked, or retired from Ford. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM REFERS TO IT AS "FORDS"!!! Drives me crazy, but what's even worse is when they talk about someone working for Chryslers!!!
I've thought about the "s" a bit, and I think it may be because these companies were for so long associated with their founders. I could be wrong, but personal identity seems to be related somehow.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-qui…
Took the quiz got Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Toledo. As someone who has lived in Metro Detroit my whole life, seems right.
Detroit, GR and Rockford for me.
Born in GR, undergrad in K-Zoo.
That's what I got as well - born and raised in SE Michigan, went to school in Ann Arbor, but wife from Chicago, which might explain the northern Illinois influence a little bit (although half of her family is also in the Cincinnati / Newport, KY belt). It also explains why I caught myself saying "soda" once and felt un-Michigan for a moment, very un-Michigan.
my answers linked me with GR, Toledo, and Rockford.
Lincoln and Des Moines as my top two cities. Which is interesting.
Which makes sense as I grew up on west side and went to school and currently live in SE Michigan. My wife, who has spent most of her life in SE Michigan had GR swapped with Rockford, IL, so there must be some small difference in our speech, which is interesting. We lived on the east coast (Boston, Providence, CT) for a few years, and it was fun to see some of the responses that were definitely meant for them.
Thank you so much for this link!
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Devil's night is Detroit and SE Michigan
I was born in Akron, lived in PA for a year or two when I was really little (which only impacts the way I say the word "wash"), been in Metro-Detroit or Ann Arbor since I was about 4. It pegged me perfectly.
It was interesting how the term "Devil's Night" is almost exclusively a Detroit thing.
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I got Aurora, Rockford and St Louis.
Aurora is crazy accurate, spent a lot of my childhood in Naperville and Oswego (bordering city/town) but I've only been to Rockford once and St Louis 3-4 times.
I wonder if there's a population cutoff that would put Rockford in place of, say, Schaumburg or Elgin as you're going northwest out of the city, and whether St Louis reflects living down in Florida for the past couple years.
Your Edit made me think of a "cool story bro."
I was traveling to Columbus, Ohio with my 15 year daughter this spring. Some dude with Ohio State window flags cut me off so he could pull into a Wendy's. My daughter immediately responds wiith "Hope he has a good night at work."
So very proud.
We always called them Tennis Shoes rather than sneakers
I always called it bags.
What about Hand and Foot?
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The cowtowns around Grand Rapids can be honk and wave friendly or militia wacko, depending on where you are and whether you're driving a truck.
Michigan things:
White Castle
Vernor's
Pop
Pronouncing things differently than the rest of the world. Example: city of Milan in Michigan is called MY-Len as opposed to the city in Italy being called Muh-Lahn.
Saline= Sah-Lean as opposed to Say-Lean
St. Ignace= St. Ig-NESS as opposed to Ig-NACE
There's a bunch.
Charlotte is shar-lot instead of shar-let.
Faygo Red Pop and Little Caesars Deep Dish!
That's for young whipper snappers.
For old-time Detroiters like me (born and raised in the 70's), the best gas burgers were from Top. Best Top resturant was on Gratiot near I-94.
double post
I spent 7 years in the Marine Corps, been all over the world and no one heard of or knew how to play Euchre other than those that grew up in the midwest. In my experience, I've never come across anyone outside the midwest that knew how to play euchre.
A bunch of transplants that I live near in Seattle have formed a Euchre Club. We play a couple times a month.