You get teased for this? I say it all the time. I never knew it was something odd..

I ALWAYS do this. More so when I've had a few drinks. People kind of laugh at me for it. A lot of times, my texts sound very much like I talk, so I frequently start texts with, "Dude,.." .. especially if it's a CRAZY story... Kind of like starting a sentence with, "Get this.."

Funny story... the computer program that I train in at work is an electronic filing and workflow system. In a user's "To Do List" they find all of their work they have to do. The button that you have to push to make all of your tasks show up reads, "Fetch". The company that owns the product is in Conyers, GA, and the developers are Russian and they took the way that people speak in Georgia VERY literally, so they just assumed that everyone "fetched" stuff. We get a good kick out of it. As everyone here in the north says as I'm training, "What are we, dogs??"

I say that I want "jimmies" on my ice cream. People are usually confused.

I say "oh my goodness". I've never really been laughed at because of it, though. And of course they're called bubblers! :) But when I went to school in PA, I definitely got a few weird looks when I asked about them. One kid even said, "You want a hit from a bong? It's only 2:30 in the afternoon!" lol

This brings me back to my jimmies on my ice cream. Apparently in some areas, "jimmies" is another word for.. well, you know... rubbers. :D

My mom grew up in RI, and my aunt and cousins still live there. They all have really strong RI accents. It's very similar to a Boston accent, but with some differences.

Oh, and in RI, a milkshake is called a "cabinet". In a lot of other places in New England, we say "frappe". LOVE them.

I can't get away from calling a shopping cart a "carriage". It's what I've always known, and I'd rather call it that than a "buggy", which yes, I heard quite frequently living in PA.

And my remote will always be the "channel changer"


A few other things I say...

Jughandle. Which is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle

It's a pretty common term in New England, but when I moved to PA, people really didn't know what I was talking about. However, now that I live in New Jersey, where left turns are literally unheard of, everyone knows what I'm talking about again. Well, most people anyway..

A few other New England terms... pockabook. Yes, I know how you actually spell it, but it's a definitely a pockabook.

Wicked is a must. Wicked pissah is even better.

Fudgicle. I know that you'll all argue and say it's a fudgesicle.. but you'd be wrong. :D

And one thing that my mom used to always say to me and my brother when we were younger, and I definitely still call them this now... when we were in the grocery store, she'd ask, "Do you two want red chewy things?" In other words... fruit snacks. It didn't matter what color they were (because as we all know, they started making them in numerous colors and flavors), they were always called "red chewy things"... and they always will be!

Another thing I thought of is something we always tease my boy's mom for haha

"Jeet yet?" Did you eat yet
"No, jew?" No, did you?

"Juhlockit" - Did you lock it? all one word

There are others but they've slipped my mind and they are always picking on each other for how they say things

Yeah, apparently it's weird in Texas...

And speaking of jughandles, I definitely get tired of explaining Michigan Lefts when I reference them (or point out the new one in front of my house in Texas). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Left

ETA: Oh hey! Speaking of my house:

I use "like" a lot, too. My parents tried so hard to stamp it out of my speech when I picked it up as a preteen, but it's still there, lurking. It comes out when I get excited or overwhelmed.

"Like" comes out for me when I try to explain [what my brain thinks are] foreign concepts to people.

Like (damn it) if I start talking about how concrete breaks in tension, I will use the l-word a lot.

It also comes out when I say a follow up thought like the one above.