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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
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.
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Where, exactly, are you from? I spent a few years there for grad school, and could never get used to the phrase: "That needs fixed." (instead of "that needs to be fixed," or "that needs fixing"). Do you say that? People from around Pittsburgh also tend to say "wooter" instead of "water," which amuses me... being from Seattle, where I don't think we have any weird accents/phrases. Except that ktsp makes fun of me for saying "ruff" instead of "rOOf" but I think he's wrong, hahahaha.
I also dislike a few phrases that I heard my parents use a lot...
Mom: "in cahoots" (what does that actually mean?)
Mom: "English is not my mother's tongue." (which was true, actually...)
Dad: "in the hoosegow" (which, I found out, actually comes from Spanish for jail... jugado, I believe?)
An annoying ex: "Well, color ME surprised..."
Same ex: "Holy _insert term_, Batman!" (for EVERYTHING... one reason he was really annoying)
That's all I can think of, for now.