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MR. RAWOT CALLS HIS SPOON A SHOVEL AND THIS HAS BEEN PASSED
THROUGHOUT THE FAMILY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MR. RAWOT CALLS HIS KNIFE A SAW AND THIS HAS BEEN PASSED
THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ICE CREAM IS CALLED FREAM, FREAM.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN LITTLE, I CALLED CONVERTIBLES "BROKEN CARS" AND MY
FAMILY STILL USES MY TERM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IN DONNA'S FAMILY, THEY CALL A CABOOSE A CABBAGE BECAUSE OF
ONE OF HER SISTER'S MISPRONUNCIATIONS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
STEALING WATERMELONS WAS OFTEN CALLED "COONING" IN
THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR WOODPILE RELATIVES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT GAVE ME THIS WHEN HE WROTE ME THE LETTER.
THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, THE OUTHOUSE IS CALLED THE "DAISY," AND THE
CONTENTS ARE CALLED "HONEY," WHICH MUST BE BURNED ONCE A WEEK.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED FROM HER CHILDHOOD HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BATHROOM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
MARVY
WORD OR EXPRESSION USED TO DENOTE SOMETHING THAT IS DELIGHTFUL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER AUNT USE THIS EXPRESSION OVER THE PHONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
COMMON WORD
MRS. SALUTES SAYS "HAINT" FOR THE WORD, "AIN'T IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-11-1969
CONEY ISLANDS
WHAT IS KNOWN IN MICHIGAN AS A CONEY ISLAND HOT DOG IS CALLED A
"MICHIGAN DOG" IN THE EAST AND A CHILI DOG IN THE WEST. AT CONEY
ISLAND, NEW YORK CONEY ISLAND IS A HOT DOG WITH 'KRAUT AND MUSTARD.
Where learned: OBSERVED WHILE TRAVELING
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
FOOD
MAGGOT BURGERS: A NAME GIVEN TO TOP-HAT AND WHITE CASTLE HAMBURGERS
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SMALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
IN AUSTRALIA, IF A PERSON IS A VERY GOOD FRIEND, HE IS CALLED A
"MATE." IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SEX THE PERSON IS, JUST THAT HE
BE A GOOD FRIEND.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00001966 SUMMER
NAMES
"GAS" - SHORT FOR GASOLINE/AMERICAN SLANG ABBREVIATION.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
FAIRIN' OFF
DOWN SOUTH A COMMON EXPRESSION IS "FAIRIN' OFF," WHICH DENOTES
"IMPROVING." AN EXAMPLE IS: "THE WEATHER'S FAIRIN' OFF, EH,
JALSE?
Data entry tech comment: THIS COLLECTOR WROTE IN AN EXTREMELY SLANTED, LEFT-HAND MANNER,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
LOBLOLLY: WORD USED TO DESCRIBE THE STATE OF ICE CREAM
WHEN A PERSON
STIRS IT UNTIL IT IS IN A SEMI-MUSHY STATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SNIGLET
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
COMMON WORD
"GROOVY"IS THE IN-WORD ESTABLISHED BY A NOTED DISC-JOCKEY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RADIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
IN BRITAIN, THEY SAY "TORCH" FOR FLASHLIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TENNIS SHOES ARE CALLED "RUNNERS" IN CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
IN CANADA, THE SHORT "RIB-TICKLER" BLOUSES WERE CALLED
"POP TOPS".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-00-1969