What does the way you speak say about where you’re from?

[sigmagirl2000]

There are really words for the grass between sidewalk and road?

I thought that was just where dogs do their business. Who needs a word for this? Who talks about this grass?

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

There are really words for the grass between sidewalk and road?

I thought that was just where dogs do their business. Who needs a word for this? Who talks about this grass?

Seconded! I had no idea there was a word for that. I didn't know there was a word for the grassy strip in between two highway roads either, but when I was in New Orleans I heard it called the neutral ground a lot.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

There are really words for the grass between sidewalk and road?

I thought that was just where dogs do their business. Who needs a word for this? Who talks about this grass?

When our city replaced our roads (dug out completely, new concrete), they replaced the grass in that section because the process completely destroyed it. That's the only time I've ever really discussed that section of the grass...lol. Here, it is technically city property and the trees on that section are city trees, so if those trees fall and hit a car, the city is responsible. It could be useful to know what to call it in that circumstance!

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by sigmagirl2000

There are really words for the grass between sidewalk and road?

I thought that was just where dogs do their business. Who needs a word for this? Who talks about this grass?

I have always called it....grass.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

I have always called it....grass.

[Sciencewoman]

I'm feeling artistic, and shall compose a verse that pays homage to this neglected, nameless grass. I shall call my poem, Ode to the Strip of Grass Between the Sidewalk and the Road.

Oh! Lovely strip of grass that lies (or should it be lays?) between the sidewalk and the road, long have you been neglected.
Attended only by desperate dogs and city maintenance workers, you lie (or lay) unwatered and uncared for.
Left to burnish under the summer sun, until winter's snowplows gouge your delicate surface.
Who will give you the recognition you seek?
Who will name you and save you from obscurity?
Who cares?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I'm feeling artistic, and shall compose a verse that pays homage to this neglected, nameless grass. I shall call my poem, Ode to the Strip of Grass Between the Sidewalk and the Road.

Oh! Lovely strip of grass that lies (or should it be lays?) between the sidewalk and the road, long have you been neglected.
Attended only by desperate dogs and city maintenance workers, you lie (or lay) unwatered and uncared for.
Left to burnish under the summer sun, until winter's snowplows gouge your delicate surface.
Who will give you the recognition you seek?
Who will name you and save you from obscurity?
Who cares?

Ok, I just laughed out loud!

[pinksequins]

Priceless!

[NinjaPoodle]

lol

[TPA85]

My most similar cities were: Denver, Omaha, Lincoln.

Least similar: Yonkers, New York, Jersey City.

I've lived in Ohio my whole life and have never been to any of my "most similar" but have been to 2 of 3 "least similar".

ETA: when I re-did it with several different questions I got
MS: Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha
LS: New York, Jersey City, Newark/Paterson

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

I have a question for any Coloradans reading this thread: How do you pronounce the city named "Pueblo"? (A neighbor, who is from southern Colorado, surprised me with her pronunciation. I'm curious whether it is the norm or not.)

NOT a native Coloradoan, but living there now. I pronounce it "pweb-lo". I have heard radio commercials where they say "pwayb-lo". How does your neighbor say it?

I got Chicago first then Rockford and Aurora (two towns outside of Chicago). No surprises there. My coworkers tell me all the time they hear my accent. LOVE IT!

I was pretty impressed with my husband--he attempted answering it to try guess the answers for New Orleans since he lived there for a year and was spot on! He got New Orleans, Baton Rogue and then somewhere else nearby.

[pinksequins]

I pronounced it as a Spanish word and was quickly corrected that it is pronounced ... Pyoo-blo. What??


That pronunciation just sounds cringe-worthy to me. From a business marketing perspective, would you want to invest in Pyoo-blo? Plus that isn't correct as a Spanish word.

Coloradans, please say it isn't so!

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

I pronounced it as a Spanish word and was quickly corrected that it is pronounced ... Pyoo-blo. What??


That pronunciation just sounds cringe-worthy to me. From a business marketing perspective, would you want to invest in Pyoo-blo? Plus that isn't correct as a Spanish word.

Coloradans, please say it isn't so!

Wtf! Again I'm not native, but everyone I have met out there says like the Spanish pronunciation.

[SWTXBelle]

Jackson, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

No Texas?!

[amIblue?]

I got Birmingham, Montgomery, and Jackson, MS. I guess I speak deeper Southern than I thought.