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I miss Piggly Wiggly (where do you shop for groceries?)

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by wedgewood, May 24, 2007.

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  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    You said on line. Here we say in line.
    For some stupid ass reason, that's a regional difference that has always fascinated me. Weird.

    Carry on.
     
    Moderator1, May 25, 2007
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  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I don't want to out Leo even by location but there's a region of the country where they say on line.

    You are not ON the line, you are IN the line.
    They see it another way. No right/wrong, I've just always found it curious.
     
    Moderator1, May 25, 2007
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  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Kind of like regional differences in sandwiches: some say subs, others po'boys, others grinders.
     
    Songbird, May 25, 2007
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  4. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    I say shopping cart. My southern wife says buggy.

    Dumb wife. :)
     
    Write-brained, May 25, 2007
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  5. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    W-b, that reminds me of the Andy Rooney piece on 60 Minutes about 10 years ago about him always getting the one cart with a bum wheel. It was rather funny.
     
    Songbird, May 25, 2007
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  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    My wife just snaps her fingers and her grocery bitch wheels the thing behind her. Yes, dear.
    Grinder is a New England thing, right? I cover a game up there years ago and SID asks me if I'd like a grinder. I said no but those subs look good.
     
    Moderator1, May 25, 2007
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  7. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Oh shit, Mod, that's funny.
     
    Songbird, May 25, 2007
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  8. tyler durden 71351

    tyler durden 71351 Active Member

    Threadjack:

    What do you call the meal you eat in the evening? In the South, if you live in a rural area it's "supper", but in the cities it's "dinner". It amused my Mom to no end that after my first semester of college, I started talking citified.
     
    tyler durden 71351, May 25, 2007
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  9. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Pop, soda or coke, Moddy?
     
    zeke12, May 25, 2007
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  10. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    sub/hoagie, pop, dinner and I will not be argued on these.
     
    dreunc1542, May 25, 2007
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  11. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    My experience is that everything on a po'boy is fried - that's why I don't like 'em very much - and grinders are toasted while subs are not.
     
    Write-brained, May 25, 2007
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  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Dinner.

    To that end, in some places at the store they'll ask, "What kind of sack do you want?" Where I grew up it was "bag."

    NOT POP! DO NOT POP!
     
    Songbird, May 25, 2007
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