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Sat Oct-07-06 08:20 PM
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Poll question: Do you put your groceries into a "bag" or a "sack"? |
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Every other place I've lived, people said "bag." Here in Oregon, people say "sack." I have to say, it sort of bugs me ... My native-born Oregonian kids say "sack." Noooooo!
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Sat Oct-07-06 08:24 PM
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1. The baggers are in the lead! |
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What, no sackers? :shrug:
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Sat Oct-07-06 08:26 PM
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Sat Oct-07-06 08:30 PM
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3. My dear Oregonian......... |
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BAG!
Sorry about your kids........:hug:
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:29 PM
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:hug:
Well, I guess it could be worse ... At least they don't say "warsh," as in "I'm going to warsh the car." :rofl:
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Sat Oct-07-06 08:32 PM
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Sat Oct-07-06 08:33 PM
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5. Paper bag, plastic sack. |
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:30 PM
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7. Bag when they provide, sometimes sack when I use my canvas NRDC |
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:32 PM
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:33 PM
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9. I put my groceries into the pantry, refrigerator and freezer. |
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Some dweeb puts them in bags or sacks.
:P
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:50 PM
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For the record, it's a sack, dammit!
:9 backatcha!
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:55 PM
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19. in your panties? don't they get sweat, hair, and ass dandruff on them? |
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:37 PM
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:44 PM
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11. Paper is bidegradable |
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:50 PM
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12. I say bag, but everyone else here in central Illinois says "sack". |
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Sat Oct-07-06 09:52 PM
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13. Oregon was largely settled by Midwesterners. |
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That must be the source of this scourge!
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:01 PM
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14. Bag. I use 'sack' for other things. |
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Though not many nor often. :rofl:
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:32 PM
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15. I bag my groceries... |
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then later, hit the sack.
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:53 PM
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17. Are the workers at the store called Sack Boys? |
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:54 PM
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18. put them in a bag then carry the sack. |
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:56 PM
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20. Both words make me giggle. |
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Sat Oct-07-06 10:56 PM
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21. sack is also slang for a polyurethane condom in the Oregon/CA border |
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region.
"put a sack on your grossery"
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Sat Oct-07-06 11:01 PM
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22. bag--as in canvas totebag |
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Sat Oct-07-06 11:53 PM
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23. Bag, my Grandmother from WV called it a poke. |
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Sun Oct-08-06 12:00 PM
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24. "Poke" -- That's even funnier than "sack." |
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I guess "pig in a poke" refers to a porcine animal in a bag? I always pictured a poke like some sort of little corral or pen.
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Sun Oct-08-06 02:59 PM
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Sun Oct-08-06 03:15 PM
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26. paper bag/sack -- water bucket/pail -- seesaw/teeter-totter -- etc |
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These are all vocabulary pairs that used to be used to determine the geographical region of the country the speaker was/is from. Now people move/have moved so much these pairs are much less valid.
Other vocabulary questions
--do you say fry pan/skillet/frying pan/spider (supposedly originally Maine and NE?)
--soda/soda pop/pop/soft drink?? In TX, parts of OK, and ?? people ask 'what kind a coke do you want? 7-Up, root beer,....?'
--glove compartment/glove box?
--the boonies/the boondocks/the tuilies (?)/??
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I remember the fun I had the summer of 1961 when I was with students from around the country. There I learned the 'strange' vocabulary around Boston-----tonic for pop, some strange word for milk shake, etc.
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Anyone know what 'pie plant' is?? It's used by older people from NE, IA, ?? for rhubarb.
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'I'll pick you up for church' may be said as 'I'll carry you to church' by older people who grew up in MS. (I remember the pleasure I had when I heard someone actually say this 'in captivity' as it were.)
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Sun Oct-08-06 09:02 PM
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29. Couch/sofa/davenport also vary |
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I use couch, mostly, but sofa isn't completely foreign to me. My Ohio-born grandmother always said "Davenport." I guess it stems from the furniture-making industry in Davenport, Iowa.
Grandma also said "oleo" instead of butter, but that's a generational thing dating from WWII.
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Sun Oct-08-06 03:34 PM
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27. Plastic Sack or Paper Bag. |
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Sun Oct-08-06 04:44 PM
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28. plastic bag, paper sack. n/t |
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