Expressions

AlexiaANDRobert

My coworker has a few expressions that always catch my attention:

Her: I have fever.  Me: I have a fever.

Her: I'm standing on line.  Me: I'm standing IN line.

and there was another one this morning that I can't remember now... but anyway, I always just notice these things.

jajph1974

One of my co-workers says "yous", as in:   "Did yous get the fax that I sent?"

Every time she says it I want to kick her in the face. I don't really care for her, so that might have something to do with it.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

One of my coworkers consistently uses bad grammar. As in, her verb doesn't agree with the rest of the sentence. And she pronounces concierge as "conci-air." Drives me insane.

She's also the executive assistant. So, you know, she screens the president's phone calls and such.

sweetpea0911

YINS GUYS.  It drives me nuts when people walk into the radio station and say, "hey, YINS GUYS need anything?"


AUGH

SwedishChick2011

My boss has so many things that he says a lot, but now I can only think of a few.

"No sweat"
"Does that sound reasonable?"
"But on the same hand" - in context, I actually think he means "on the other hand."

And he pronounces "other" like "nether" without the "n." 

bbyckes

What is yins guys?  Why would someone say that?

Anyone who uses "mines" and is seriously about it - needs to be put out of their misery.

jajph1974

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[QUOTE]One of my coworkers consistently uses bad grammar. As in, her verb doesn't agree with the rest of the sentence. And she pronounces concierge as "conci-air." Drives me insane. She's also the executive assistant. So, you know, she screens the president's phone calls and such.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

Yous-girl is the same way. I cringe when I hear her on the phone with a customer ... and then the urge to kick comes ...

janedoe1113a

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[QUOTE]My coworker has a few expressions that always catch my attention: Her: I have fever.  Me: I have a fever. Her: I'm standing on line.  Me: I'm standing IN line. and there was another one this morning that I can't remember now... but anyway, I always just notice these things.
Posted by AlexiaANDRobert[/QUOTE]

Is English her first language?  I used to tutor students in English and a lot of foreign students had those same problems.

sweetpea0911

sweep is definitely a central PA thing.  my grandfather says it all the time.

And yins guys is Pittsburgh's answer to "ya'll".  Gives me a headache daily.

janedoe1113a

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[QUOTE]An old coworker of mine would say 'My kids are sleep" not asleep or sleeping. It drove me crazy. FI tells me to sweep when he means vacuum but I think thats just a PA thing. That doesn't bug me, I just didn't know what he was talking about at first because I was using a broom and sweeping the kitchen floor when he said "are you going to sweep the carpet too?"
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

My grandmother says sweep when talking about vacuuming, but she's British.

jajph1974

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[QUOTE]sweep is definitely a central PA thing.  my grandfather says it all the time. <strong>And yins guys is Pittsburgh's answer to "ya'll".</strong>  Gives me a headache daily.
Posted by sweetpea0911[/QUOTE]


I think "yous" is the same thing for Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs.

And ditto bbycakes @ "mines"

MyNameIsNot

My "boss" says carry.  As in "Can you carry me up to the shop to pick up my car?"  It gives me a strange mental image. 

CCBelle

My old coworker used to say "dollars to donuts."  I think she was originally from Atlanta... 

mandybear7

"da" instead of "the" really is used in Chicago.

Stackeye210

One guy at work says, "Are you in my way?" - he says this whenever he's blocking up the hallway (he's a big guy) and not funny at all.

My dad used to say, "Melk and Pellow" instead of MILK and PILLOW 

JanoBean75

FI calls toilet paper and tissues "tissue paper."

I'm a crafter. Tissue paper is something else entirely.

Nebb

I always say I have to "bop" out to such and such place, im not even sure where I got that or when it started, but I always say it.

sweetpea0911

I'm from NNY, and they say stuff like "fer" and "ter" and "her" for "fire", "tire", and "hire".

I left with things that drive people nuts too - "ORange", "SORE-Y" (sorry) are two examples

SwedishChick2011

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[QUOTE]I'm from NNY, and they say stuff like "fer" and "ter" and "her" for "fire", "tire", and "hire". I left with things that drive people nuts too - "ORange", "SORE-Y" (sorry) are two examples
Posted by sweetpea0911[/QUOTE]
I say ORange, or maybe it's more like ornge without the "a."  I can't stand it when people say ARange.

sweetpea0911

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Expressions : I say ORange, or maybe it's more like ornge without the "a."  I can't stand it when people say ARange.
Posted by cocoreo3[/QUOTE]

Both my mom and my sister say Range and get pissy when I say ORange.  It's entertaining to me.

bbyckes

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[QUOTE]My old coworker used to say "dollars to donuts."  I think she was originally from Atlanta... 
Posted by CCBelle[/QUOTE]

I say that too!  But, not because I'm from Atlanta (although I live here now), I got it from a Stephen King book, I think it was IT or Needful Things.

sweetpea0911

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Expressions : I got it from a Stephen King book, I think it was IT or Needful Things.
Posted by bbyckes[/QUOTE]
 IT definitely. One of my favorite books.

jennylee753

My mother and FMIL say "Warshington" or "I'm going to warsh my face." Where the heck did the R come from?

One of my co-workers when she tells a story says this:  "So I was sitting with Jane and I says, I work more than 8 hours a day."  Um, you don't say "I says"... in any context....

A lot of people in my area pronounce words like tag, bag, rag, etc. really odd.  Example "bag" would be pronounced "bayg", "tag" - "tayg", etc.

Jaytee501

"That's a whole 'nother story."

'Nother?' Do you mean it's a whole, other story or perhaps another story?

Jen:  Drives me crazy that many New Jerseyans (including my educated in-laws0 think "yous" is fine to use as a plural of "you."

NOT. A. WORD. PEOPLE. Yous is not an English word.

thesuninherhead

My current acting director at work says, 'interesting enough' rather than 'interestingly enough'. Always bugs me, but what's worse is that I've ended up saying it by accident since hearing it so frequently, arggh.

brookelynpaisley

I have a super adorable Afghani coworker who gets slang wrong all the time, like "catch 20/20" and "kill two birds at the same time."  Her husband actually has a FB page where friends can post them. We love her spin on American slang.

What I hate is when my boss says things like "touch base," "low hanging fruit," and "bucks" instead of "dollars." For some reason, I hate "bucks."