In Ohio we use pop, so I get smacked down when I say soda. Also, my family says crick for creek...I think that came up from West Virginia with my great-grandparents. There are so many "only here" idioms that I cannot possibly list them all. I belong to a writers group and I'm used to editing others' books, so it carrys on to my book reading. I've been noticing misused or overused phrasing and as such it takes away from the story.
In Ohio we use pop, so I get smacked down when I say soda. Also, my family says crick for creek...I think that came up from West Virginia with my great-grandparents. There are so many "only here" idioms that I cannot possibly list them all. I belong to a writers group and I'm used to editing others' books, so it carrys on to my book reading. I've been noticing misused or overused phrasing and as such it takes away from the story.
Yeah, my wife got “crick” from her upbringing in montana. That one has always weirded me out.