My parents grew up in Illinois, I grew up mostly near Detroit, I spent 10 years on the East Coast of the US, six months in Montreal, and over 20 years in California.
We have the Kraft brand of boxed foods, but I say "mac and cheese."
I used "pop" in Detroit; when I moved to the East Coast I switched to "soda" and have used it ever since.
"Coriander" is the spice in the bottle, "cilantro" is the leafy stuff.
I pronounce "cot" and "caught"/"dawn" and "don" differently.
I pronounce "whale" and "wail" differently (the vowel is the same, but I pronounce the "h" in "whale"). But I pronounce "do" and "dew" the same, although I can hear it when people pronounce them differently.
I've never even heard the term "eavestrough" before, although I grew up in the same area that jae did. I use "eaves" or more commonly "gutter."
I've never heard of cooking onions, keener, laneway, deke, fire hall, or Jesus Murphy. I've heard of knapsack and whitener.
I've used "corner store" for a long time.
I "get in line" when I am waiting for something.
"Housecoat" and "dressing gown" have different meanings. "Dressing gown," "robe," and "bathrobe" might mean the same thing but have slightly different connotations ("dressing gown" feels like it should be used for something formal or fancy, and a white terrycloth thing with a belt is a "bathrobe").
I've heard of Nanimo Bars but haven't had one. I have had butter tarts. I don't know what sugar pie is. I've never seen a chip truck but I've seen a hot dog stand, a taco truck, and a street food vendor.
I use "banking machine" and "ATM" interchangeably.
I use "window" or "service window" instead of "wicket."
I'm surprised so many USians don't know about electric kettles.
"Thank you kindly" sounds like something a woman from an earlier generation.
I think that my trifocal glasses, with three areas of focus separated by lines, might be multifocals, but progressives are glasses where the areas of focus shade into each other.
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Date: 2011-08-22 06:02 am (UTC)My parents grew up in Illinois, I grew up mostly near Detroit, I spent 10 years on the East Coast of the US, six months in Montreal, and over 20 years in California.
We have the Kraft brand of boxed foods, but I say "mac and cheese."
I used "pop" in Detroit; when I moved to the East Coast I switched to "soda" and have used it ever since.
"Coriander" is the spice in the bottle, "cilantro" is the leafy stuff.
I pronounce "cot" and "caught"/"dawn" and "don" differently.
I pronounce "whale" and "wail" differently (the vowel is the same, but I pronounce the "h" in "whale"). But I pronounce "do" and "dew" the same, although I can hear it when people pronounce them differently.
I've never even heard the term "eavestrough" before, although I grew up in the same area that
I've never heard of cooking onions, keener, laneway, deke, fire hall, or Jesus Murphy. I've heard of knapsack and whitener.
I've used "corner store" for a long time.
I "get in line" when I am waiting for something.
"Housecoat" and "dressing gown" have different meanings. "Dressing gown," "robe," and "bathrobe" might mean the same thing but have slightly different connotations ("dressing gown" feels like it should be used for something formal or fancy, and a white terrycloth thing with a belt is a "bathrobe").
I've heard of Nanimo Bars but haven't had one. I have had butter tarts. I don't know what sugar pie is. I've never seen a chip truck but I've seen a hot dog stand, a taco truck, and a street food vendor.
I use "banking machine" and "ATM" interchangeably.
I use "window" or "service window" instead of "wicket."
I'm surprised so many USians don't know about electric kettles.
"Thank you kindly" sounds like something a woman from an earlier generation.
I think that my trifocal glasses, with three areas of focus separated by lines, might be multifocals, but progressives are glasses where the areas of focus shade into each other.