LauraGB Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) 1. You see people walking around in sandals, jeans/shorts, and winter jackets in anticipation of The Thaw. 2. You've been served the most amazing chicken soup from a burn barrel, stirred with a boat paddle...aka Booyah. 3. Your corn on the cob comes with a coffee can filled with melted butter as a condiment but takes up more area than your actual meal on your plate. You're next... Edited May 2, 2011 by LauraGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMamaBird Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You order Pop and the waitress asks you if Pepsi is okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 certain words have random 'R's thrown into them ~ like warshroom, where one warshes her hands :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You wouldn't think of eating a hot dog, because Brats are everywhere! And ditto for ice cream, because of frozen custard! And the term 'a little lunch' is largely ironic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 1. You see people walking around in sandals, jeans/shorts, and winter jackets in anticipation of The Thaw.2. You've been served the most amazing chicken soup from a burn barrel, stirred with a boat paddle...aka Booyah. 3. Your corn on the cob comes with a coffee can filled with melted butter as a condiment but takes up more area than your actual meal on your plate. You're next... Our Booyah always had fish, fresh from the lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Our Booyah always had fish, fresh from the lake. I wasn't familiar with "booyah" so I googled it. Earlier today I had to google beanie weenies. I totally feel like this is my personal American Foods 101 class, and I have so much to learn LOL. Booyah sounds interesting; the concept behind it (per the ever-reliable wiki) in particular. It kind of reminded me of Stone Soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Our Booyah always had fish, fresh from the lake. Ooh! Ours always had (ssshhh...don't tell a soul...) oxtail in addition to the chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 certain words have random 'R's thrown into them ~ like warshroom, where one warshes her hands :) My FIL does this - but he grew up in Worshington state, and spent much of his adult life in Worshington DC. :lol: I've been told there's a midwest "accent" but didn't think this was part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 My FIL does this - but he grew up in Worshington state, and spent much of his adult life in Worshington DC. :lol: I've been told there's a midwest "accent" but didn't think this was part of it. My dad does this - he also says "zink" when he means "sink". I think it's an Americanized French thing...lots of French explorers came here to settle. I think it's similar in the south, around Louisiana and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The lakes accent is more pronounced in the 'o' and 'oo' sounds. They are impossible to describe, but unmistakable. You know you're in the Midwest when you say to a local person, "It's so flat here," and he leans back in surprise and says, "This is the HILLY part!" You know you're in the Midwest when you see 4 Lutheran churches in 3 blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the Midwest when you hear people dropping "to be" out of phrases (ie, "The grass needs mowed," or "My hair needs cut."). Or when you're startled by the notion that someone would grill and eat something that sounds like it more properly belongs in a kleenex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the Midwest when you hear people dropping "to be" out of phrases (ie, "The grass needs mowed," or "My hair needs cut."). Or when they drop 'is' as in 'in it?' for 'isn't it?' Or when Friday is Fish Fry Night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Or when Friday is Fish Fry Night. Wait. You mean it's not Friday Fish Fry everywhere? Not even just during Lent? Honestly, I did not know that. (I believe it, though! Crazy! :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Or when they drop 'is' as in 'in it?' for 'isn't it?' Or when Friday is Fish Fry Night. Oh yeah, but my real pet peeve is that here (and in the next state north) they don't call it a Fish Fry, they call it a Fish Feed. C'mon, does that make ANY sense? Literally, we've seen all these signs: Fish Feed Catfish Feed Shrimp Feed Pancake Feed That last one always gets me. I mean, what DO you feed a pancake? What do they like to eat?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the Midwest when you say to a local person, "It's so flat here," and he leans back in surprise and says, "This is the HILLY part!" Hey, I resemble that remark :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 A hot dog only needs Mustard, relish, cucumber, tomato and onion.....oh and celery salt. or we need to goto "the Jewels" as in Jewel Osco. maybe that's more of a Chicago thing tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I remember commenting to my dh that it was really windy that day. He replied, "It is always windy here!" :001_smile: Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in a small town in the midwest when churches and bars are the main non residential buildings. And there's always a Dairy Queen or Stuckey's if you're in Missouri. Also, when Illinois has an s at the end, but Missouri has an A at the end. Fish Fries were not something I grew up with though, I think that's more of northern thing. I'm from Kansas but was born in Illinois-near Chicago. When we first moved there everyone told my parents they could tell we were from "up north" because of the accent. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Took me years to adapt to the way midwestern folks say 'come with'. I'm going to Target- want to come with? I read that it's actually correct grammar but it just sounded weird to this southern girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the midwest when the AC and the furnace will both run on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the midwest when the AC and the furnace will both run on the same day. So true, so true! It is that time of year right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You go to the opera and they sing the Star Spangled Banner before it starts. Does not happen at the Met, no no no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the midwest when the AC and the furnace will both run on the same day. Yeah, what IS that??? Gotta love those thunderstorms, though (not the tornados. Ugh.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You go to the opera and they sing the Star Spangled Banner before it starts. Does not happen at the Met, no no no. Wow, do they really do that? That is so cool. Out here it's only before athletic events. And hardly anyone sings along. (I do, though. Loudly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Oh yeah, but my real pet peeve is that here (and in the next state north) they don't call it a Fish Fry, they call it a Fish Feed. C'mon, does that make ANY sense? Literally, we've seen all these signs: Fish Feed Catfish Feed Shrimp Feed Pancake Feed That last one always gets me. I mean, what DO you feed a pancake? What do they like to eat?!!! Huh. We only have crab feeds, and only once per year per sponsoring charity. They are really something, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Wait. You mean it's not Friday Fish Fry everywhere? Not even just during Lent? Honestly, I did not know that. (I believe it, though! Crazy! :lol:) Never heard of it out here. At all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Yeah, what IS that??? Gotta love those thunderstorms, though (not the tornados. Ugh.) I think we did have a couple days like that in April. One day it was in the 30's-40's in the morning and by afternoon it was 87. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My dad does this - he also says "zink" when he means "sink". I think it's an Americanized French thing...lots of French explorers came here to settle. I think it's similar in the south, around Louisiana and such. There are definitely "R"s in the warsh in TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My dad does this - he also says "zink" when he means "sink". I think it's an Americanized French thing...lots of French explorers came here to settle. I think it's similar in the south, around Louisiana and such. My grandmother always said zink and she was German and lived her whole life in southern Indiana. I have no idea why that's relevant, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The lakes accent is more pronounced in the 'o' and 'oo' sounds. They are impossible to describe, but unmistakable. Yes, my hubby and at least one of my children say y-uwa and t-uwa for you and two. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ks-sunflower Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 How about at the grocery store you're asked if you want a "sack" for your groceries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know that you're in the midWest when you say that yes, you'd love some salad, and they plop green jello on your plate! (dh's grandmother did this to me over 20 years ago, and I still have not recovered from the experience) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know that you're in the midWest when you say that yes, you'd love some salad, and they plop green jello on your plate! (dh's grandmother did this to me over 20 years ago, and I still have not recovered from the experience) Did that green jello have marshmallows, nuts and celery in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Did that green jello have marshmallows, nuts and celery in it? Hey! I know that jello! (Barf!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 A hot dog only needs Mustard, relish, cucumber, tomato and onion.....oh and celery salt. or we need to goto "the Jewels" as in Jewel Osco. maybe that's more of a Chicago thing tho. And sport peppers. Don't forget the sport peppers. Jewel went out of business here, but I saw some open in Chicago, so maybe it's just a Chicago store now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 And sport peppers. Don't forget the sport peppers. Jewel went out of business here, but I saw some open in Chicago, so maybe it's just a Chicago store now. I grew up thinking it was only a chicago thing...I went to Iowa and saw ONE jewel.....I was amazed. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 can you say...... "White Castle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 can you say...... "White Castle" Not while throwing up in my mouth a little. :lol: No White Castles around here, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Freezer jam. Too many tomatoes. Too much zucchini. And Ketchup. Lots of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The prayers and concerns at church center on the weather co-operating for planting and harvesting and you always tell your young drivers to watch out for the tractors and the deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 can you say...... "White Castle" Belly Busters :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We had White Castles in the south, too. In the Midwest only (far as I know), you can pick up a Runza from a drive thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Did that green jello have marshmallows, nuts and celery in it? Yes, it did! I don't like Jello in the first place, and I had never seen it with . . . stuff in it. I don't know what was worse, having to eat some of it, or restraining myself from asking why she called it salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 ... you have to sit through ten minutes of "soybean futures" on the morning news just to get to the weather report, which is wrong anyway. ... your high school yearbook is 50 pages long, and 40 of those are FFA photos (not mine, but I've seen some like that!). ... garage sales are held on Wednesday mornings and Saturday mornings. I have no idea who goes to a Wednesday garage sale. If you don't like the weather... wait five minutes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Is it everywhere or just here where people say "folks" a lot? My husband refers to his parents as his "folks" and people often greet you "hey folks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RahRah Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know you're in the Midwest when you say to a local person, "It's so flat here," and he leans back in surprise and says, "This is the HILLY part!" Too funny! My sister recently visited and as we were driving around back roads, roads that were in fact the "hilly" part of our county, she remarked how flat it was.....and I replied back that we were in the hilly area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Yes, it did! I don't like Jello in the first place, and I had never seen it with . . . stuff in it. I don't know what was worse, having to eat some of it, or restraining myself from asking why she called it salad. :lol: This is a midwest family reunion staple I think! ewe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arghmatey Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 When you see people purposely setting fire to their land. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Isn't Friday Fish Fry night because of Catholics? Growing up (TX) the school only served fish on fridays, and there was always a Fish fry at the KC Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 You know that you're in the midWest when you say that yes, you'd love some salad, and they plop green jello on your plate! (dh's grandmother did this to me over 20 years ago, and I still have not recovered from the experience) Yep. You know you're in the Midwest when the main ingredient in "salad" is either mayo or jello. Freezer jam. Too many tomatoes. Too much zucchini. And Ketchup. Lots of it. And when you find these in your car, which you never lock because it is small-town Midwest, with a note saying "I had too much. Enjoy!" The prayers and concerns at church center on the weather co-operating for planting and harvesting and you always tell your young drivers to watch out for the tractors and the deer. Our pastor (Yes, a Lutheran pastor) always prays for the farmers and harvest. We had White Castles in the south, too. In the Midwest only (far as I know), you can pick up a Runza from a drive thru. That's a Nebraska thing. Runza is what sold me on living in Nebraska. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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