Where do you stay??

AlphaFrog · #1 12-30-2005, 02:34 PM

I've never heard that phrase until I moved her to Metrolina. To me, I "stay" at a hotel, or when I was little I "stayed" over at a friend's house for the night. To me, it implies a short term arrangement. Whenever anyone asks me here where I "stay", I reply that I LIVE in Indian Trail, where do you live?

Two other things I've only heard here in Carolina:
"Plug up" your cell phone...I plug my cell phone IN

"Call out" from work....when I'm not going to be at work, I "Call in" to work.

Is this one of those 'pop' or 'soda' things???

AchtungBaby80 · #2 12-30-2005, 02:45 PM

The girls I used to work with would always say "call out" instead of "calling in"...I always thought it was kind of weird, too.

One thing I kept hearing that I thought sounded funny was when I moved to town, everybody kept saying stuff like, "What are you trying to do tonight?" or "I'm not trying to hear you." I'd be like, "Um...I'm not trying to do anything...I am doing something." It was like they used "trying" to mean what you were definitely doing. Took me a while to figure that one out.

winnieb · #3 12-30-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
I've never heard that phrase until I moved her to Metrolina. To me, I "stay" at a hotel, or when I was little I "stayed" over at a friend's house for the night. To me, it implies a short term arrangement. Whenever anyone asks me here where I "stay", I reply that I LIVE in Indian Trail, where do you live?

Two other things I've only heard here in Carolina:
"Plug up" your cell phone...I plug my cell phone IN

"Call out" from work....when I'm not going to be at work, I "Call in" to work.

Is this one of those 'pop' or 'soda' things???

I also plug IN my cell phone-- you plug UP a leak (or a toilet!)

I also call IN to work, I calling OUT when i am trying to pick up an outside line from the office.

The "where do you stay" thing- I agree, it seems to be a temporary arrangement. I LIVE at 123 main street.
And the live/stay thing (around here) is more of a suburb vs. inner city thing.

PlymouthDZ · #4 12-30-2005, 04:49 PM

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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80

One thing I kept hearing that I thought sounded funny was when I moved to town, everybody kept saying stuff like, "What are you trying to do tonight?" or "I'm not trying to hear you." I'd be like, "Um...I'm not trying to do anything...I am doing something." It was like they used "trying" to mean what you were definitely doing. Took me a while to figure that one out.

One of the girls in my World History class always says "I'm not tryin' to be here" and it confused me for the longest time, until I finally realized she meant "I can't be here today." (as in, in class) I always thought to myself "You're here - you're not trying very hard"

tinydancer · #5 12-30-2005, 04:53 PM

That's like my students saying "cut off the lights" meaning turn them off, but also saying "cut on the lights" to turn them back on.

I worked with a woman who always said she was going to "call off" sick from work, rather than call in or call out.

I'm used to "where do you stay?" since I hear that - always thought it was regional.

carnation · #6 12-30-2005, 05:45 PM

When I moved to Georgia, my future mother-in-law asked me, "Do you want me to carry you to the other side of campus?" I didn't know she meant "drive"!

Another thing they say here that I'd never heard--getting "shut" of someone is getting rid of them.

Also, in Texas we say sucker, purse, and grocery store but here you hear lollipop, pocketbook, and supermarket.

Glitter650 · #7 12-30-2005, 06:10 PM

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Originally posted by carnation

Also, in Texas we say sucker, purse, and grocery store but here you hear lollipop, pocketbook, and supermarket.

I say purse;pocket book really confuses me because I think of the check book sized wallet or writslet when someone says that, and most of my purses wouldn't come close to fitting in my pocket.

I just started a new job that says "called out" sick... which I found odd.

'cut out the lights" I've heard... but I think it's odd.

When I went to New York to be a counselor the children made fun of me for calling all athletic shoes "tennis" shoes instead of "sneakers" like they did.

Tom Earp · #8 12-30-2005, 06:44 PM

OMG, To Funny!

WennieB We in the Middle Part of The Country Talk Sense!

Turn Off The Light.

Drive Me over.

Can I get a Ride.

I am going to Stay=at a hotel or a friends house.

Billfold for guys.

Purses (Large) for Women or a Pocketbook just a little smaller. Clutch is like carry small things, Check Book, Credit Cards, and Money!

RH Macy Training!

AchtungBaby80 · #9 12-30-2005, 08:07 PM

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One that really drives me nuts is the "buggy" versus "cart" debate. It's a shopping cart, not a buggy. A buggy is something that's motorized, like a dunebuggy.

Hee hee...my boyfriend gets on me all the time for this one! I can't help saying "buggy," because that's what I've always called it. He thinks it's weird when I call the vacuum a "sweeper," too, but again, that's just what I grew up calling it!

Sister Havana · #10 12-30-2005, 08:41 PM

It's a purse to me too.

I wear gym shoes, not sneakers.

In Chicago, you don't go TO a place, you go BY it. Example: "I'm going to go by the store to get some milk."

Here is a good Chicago vocabulary page.

Jill1228 · #11 12-31-2005, 02:40 AM

That gets me too! I work in Bellingham, WA and we get a lot of British Columbia, Canada shoppers.
They call the grocery cart "buggy" I call it a cart or basket
They call sneakers "runners"
They call bathroom is the "washroom"
When I asked my Canadian mother in law to "hand me my pocketbook" she looked at me like I was nuts
They call yarn (for knitting) "wool" (the stuff is made of acrylic!)

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Originally posted by AXiD670
One that really drives me nuts is the "buggy" versus "cart" debate. It's a shopping cart, not a buggy. A buggy is something that's motorized, like a dunebuggy.

CarolinaCutie · #12 12-31-2005, 03:49 AM

Oh my God. Y'all would not want to be friends with me. I say most of this shit.

"Plug up", "call out", "cut on/off the lights", "carry", AND I say "buggy".

I hadn't realized I was that country, but I suppose I am.

uksparkle · #13 12-31-2005, 03:52 AM

I don't think I've ever had a more heated debate than the one my freshman year roommate and I had over gum bands vs. rubber bands.

BobbyTheDon · #14 12-31-2005, 06:24 AM

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Originally posted by uksparkle
I don't think I've ever had a more heated debate than the one my freshman year roommate and I had over gum bands vs. rubber bands.

The biggest argument I ever got into was when I told some girl that I was good looking, while she thought I was ridiculously good looking.

I banged her anytime I called her. She was what you children would call. A Boo? A Boo ....perhaps T? A Call? A Boo T Call?

Ohhhhhh a Booty Call. Got it.

Optimist Prime · #15 12-31-2005, 02:29 PM

I'm trying to go out tonight...untill we all make plans to meet at a certian place and time and then I am going out tonight.

I think people originaly meant "stay" as in "not really home" because sometimes places don't feel like home.

Although I did say I lived in draper hall, but that's because Radford felt like home after three weeks.

The woohoo i'm in collage part of colloge is the best. Better than when learn to spell colage...collage? University!