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I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. I have many idioms that are unique to that region. I intentionally had to drop many of them, as no one from outside of that area had any clue what I was talking about.
For example;
I had to stop ordering "dippy" eggs in restaurants because the waitress did not know that I wanted them "sunny side up".
If I told someone to stop "rutsching around", what I really wanted was them to stop squirming or fidgeting.
It took a little bit to understand that if I said that it was going to "make wet" I was really saying that it was about to rain. And then, when it started to "spritz" meant that it was beginning to drizzle.
Few ever understood, and many still don't, that to "red up" a room means to clean it.
If I say "Outen the lights"...it means turn off the lights.
And yet, when I visit back home, I fall right back into it.
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus
It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.
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