Questions for my America friends!

[Amy Eileen]

I know that most of you, until I came along, didnt know what a poutine was... but now I have more questions!!! :D Please humor me. lol

Can you buy milk in bags?
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?
Do you say soda? Or pop?
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)
Sofa or couch?
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Poutine? Never heard of it.

Can you buy milk in bags? No
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Candy bars
Do you say soda? Or pop? It's POP. But it's a regional thing. I'm from the midwest where everyone calls it pop. Here in New England it's soda or even tonic. Down south everything is Coke, even when they are asking for a Pepsi
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) Say what?
Sofa or couch? Couch. My grandma called it a davenport.
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Nope.

Do you say purse or pocketbook or handbag?

[Amy Eileen]

Poutine? Never heard of it.

Can you buy milk in bags? No
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Candy bars
Do you say soda? Or pop? It's POP. But it's a regional thing. I'm from the midwest where everyone calls it pop. Here in New England it's soda or even tonic. Down south everything is Coke, even when they are asking for a Pepsi
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) Say what?
Sofa or couch? Couch. My grandma called it a davenport.
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Nope.

Do you say purse or pocketbook or handbag?




LOL I say PURSE! :)
Poutine is SO YUMMY! I made Mags try it when she came to visit me! French fries with gravy and covered with melted mozzarella cheese. Sometimes people add other things to them, like peas and carrots for Irish poutine, or turkey and stuffing, etc....
I buy my milk in bags! (or cartons)
I say chocolate bar.
I say couch.
A toque is a hat.
I say pop.
A mickey is a small bottle of liquor and a 2-4 is a case of beer.

[Debb Cozzi]

Can you buy milk in bags?No
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Candy Bars...in our house "chocolate" is only known as "Sees" because they make the BEST chocolate in the world and if you are gonna splurge you might as well splurge with the best!
Do you say soda? Or pop? Soda
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)...nope, in sunny San Diego we just always need to make sure we have our "shades" ;) :p :D :D
Sofa or couch? Sofa
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Way back in the day a "mickey" was NOT a good thing! It was when somebody would slip a narcotic into an unsuspecting person's drink.

[Debb Cozzi]

oh...and I'm always forgetting where I put my "purse"

[Amy Eileen]

Our mickey is much nicer. ;)

Stacey, do you say purse???

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

I do say purse. It seems like "pocketbook" is a New England thing for ladies over 50.

I have some funnies: my grandpa used to call his red bandanna in his overalls his "snot rag." :eek: :eek: :eek: Those silly farmers.

When I was little my grandma used to say, "Do you have to go toiley?" instead of "Do you have to go to the bathroom?"

Which leads me to this: do you say restroom, bathroom, toilet room, powder room? I say bathroom.

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

oh...and I'm always forgetting where I put my "purse"
I am sincerely surprised that you don't have a regular spot for your purse! I thought I was the only one who left it where ever and then had to do a search and rescue when I needed it.

[Debb Cozzi]

I am sincerely surprised that you don't have a regular spot for your purse! I thought I was the only one who left it where ever and then had to do a search and rescue when I needed it.

Oh, it isn't just my purse!! It is the keys...my glasses....my Bible....MY HEAD!!!!:eek: ;) :p :D :D :D :D Mario teases me and says it is one of my most "endearing" qualities....I just walk into a room and start dropping my belongings and "pieces of me" where ever whim takes me. ;) :p :D :D

We have "bathrooms" and Mario too has a "snot rag!" When the boys were little their pacifier was a "dee" (I have NO idea why?!!) and when my baby brother was little he used to call kisses "minkos" :confused: and salad was called "turtle num num" because my grandma had a desert turtle that they rescued and we used to feed it lettuce. Yes, we are weird....but lovable all the same. :) :) :)

[Debb Cozzi]

oh....and we have some fun family words from my hubbies Italian heritage too. Most of these are dialect and I'm sure I'm spelling them wrong but here goes....


knick knacks and little things that make something more pretty (like parsley on a plate, flower petals floating in the pool, etc.) are called "bella vi day." So when one of my boys look at a layout and ask why I put an element in an "odd" place to their eyes I might reply, "oh, you know, it is just for bella vi day!"

A left-over that is too small to save but seems like too much to throw out is called "meduno" which happens to be the dialect name for the tiny town in Italy where my hubby's family came from originally. So when we are clearing the table you will inevitably hear, "SOMEBODY has to finish this, its just meduno!"

[codys]

Can you buy milk in bags? No but I remember doing so during my brief stint in Quebec
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?Candy bars (even though I have given them up and I bet you can get my old Fav- Coffee Crisp- we can't get it here)
Do you say soda? Or pop?Soda
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)Say What?
Sofa or couch?Couch
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are?Nope

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Oh, it isn't just my purse!! It is the keys...my glasses....my Bible....MY HEAD!!!!:eek: ;) :p :D :D :D :D Mario teases me and says it is one of my most "endearing" qualities....I just walk into a room and start dropping my belongings and "pieces of me" where ever whim takes me. ;) :p :D :D :) It's no wonder we are friends. We share the same brain!

[Bek, aka opeysmama]

I know that most of you, until I came along, didnt know what a poutine was... but now I have more questions!!! :D Please humor me. lol

Can you buy milk in bags?
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?
Do you say soda? Or pop?
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)
Sofa or couch?
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are?

No clue what a poutine is...
No milk in bags that I've ever seen anywhere in the states.
Candy bars unless its pure chocolate then we might say chocolate bar...but usually always candy bar.
We call everything coke, even if its not a Coke product, is a southing thang :)
I don't know what a toque is either??? Coat?
We say couch, rarely a sofa, may be another southern thing...not sure.
To me a mickey is a drug you get slipped in your drink for sinister purposes, and 2-4 is counting by 2s :) LOL...

Answers may vary because different regions of the country have different customs.

Hope that helps!

[Bek, aka opeysmama]

I carry a purse, but have used pocketbook sometimes...younger years...

I say bathroom, I'm trying to retrain myself from saying potty, I believe my kids are old enough now to start using bathroom instead of potty, its irking me too! LOL...

[Susan - s3js]

Can you buy milk in bags? Not now, but we did when I was a kid in California - actually it was a bag inside a box with a spout.
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Both. If I want JUST chocolate, it's a chocolate bar.
Do you say soda? Or pop? Soda, but my boys say pop or soda pop
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) No
Sofa or couch? Both
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Taking the mickey out of someone is sort of like deflating their over-sized ego and a 2-4 is that a twofer - 2 for the price of one?

I say purse - and mine gets lost too, ladies, along with the keys, the cat...

[Jan Walker]

Poutine.... YUM!!!! Send some my way!

Can you buy milk in bags? - No, but boxes, yes...
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? - Candy bars
Do you say soda? Or pop? - Soda
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) - Hat
Sofa or couch? - Either one... though some people call it a divan or davenport (no idea why!)
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? - Nope... not a clue! :)

I say purse, sometimes bag .... restroom, and sometimes loo!

[Amy Eileen]

Can you buy milk in bags? No but I remember doing so during my brief stint in Quebec
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?Candy bars (even though I have given them up and I bet you can get my old Fav- Coffee Crisp- we can't get it here)
Do you say soda? Or pop?Soda
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)Say What?
Sofa or couch?Couch
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are?Nope


Coffee Crisp are my FAVE TOO! :)


We say bathroom for the most part. If we are out in public, I sometimes say restroom.


TRY POUTINE!!! lol Fries, gravy, melted mozza cheese.

Toque is a winter HAT!

I lose my purse and glasses DAILY! Mostly my glasses though. I take them off whenever I do anything... which doesnt really make sense. I cant wear them when I eat, read, am on the computer, wash the dishes, bowl, play pool, ... well I generally only wear them when I have to go outside, while driving and watching tv...


OOOHHHH do you say STEPs? Stairs? Stoop? Porch? Patio? or Bridge?? We usually say steps or porch but in Newfoundland they say bridge. Unless its big, then we say patio....

[BGDesmet]

Can you buy milk in bags? Nope
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Candy bars
Do you say soda? Or pop? soda
Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) Didn't know what that was until I read this thread.
Sofa or couch? I use both
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Didn't know this either

Do you say bag or sack?

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

Stairs and Bag.

[Amy Eileen]

Bag! :) :cool:

[sunshine]

Can you buy milk in bags? No, we get ours in 1/2 gallon cardboard cartons or 1 gallon plastic jugs
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Either, interchangeably
Do you say soda? Or pop? Soda or Coke (and you can imagine the confusion this causes when working in a concession stand or restaurant)
Do you say toque? maybe...only because of our Canadian friends and family...but we only use it to refer to a toboggan or stocking cap kind of hat, my winter hat isn't a toque, but my husband has one.....and I would have spelled it "tuke" before today
Sofa or couch? Either
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? I agree that mickey is something that gets slipped into your drink, but in our house it typically applies to a large mouse and 2-4 could be an expression of how long you might be in jail.
I say purse and it is probably in the trunk of the car where I seem to store it
we say bathroom or restroom if trying to be polite
and steps if there are only 2 or 3, stairs if there are a lot
porch if it is small, a patio is bigger than a porch if it is made of concrete and deck if it is made of wood....never heard bridge used this way
and plastic or fabric bags, paper sacks
And I may live in Texas, but we say you, not ya'll, not you all, not you guys so much (but occasionally) and certainly not yous or yous guys (which my friends in NJ did use regularly)

[Frani_54]

Can you buy milk in bags? Carton
Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars? Candy bar unless it's a chocolate, then chocolate bar
Do you say soda? Or pop? I say coke, even when it's a pepsi. The vendor always asks is a pepsi okay....of course...Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR) Hat
Sofa or couch? Couch as in couch potato
Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Not until I read what it was, wasn't going to try and guess on that one.

I say purse, and I always know where it's at. I drop it in the same place when I get home.....did I tell you guys I was a creature of habit....oh yeah that's me.......



I say Bathroom or pottie, depends on who I'm talking to.

[ina]

I have 2 different perspectives since we spoke English in the Philippines even before I moved to California.

Can you buy milk in bags?
CA - Nope, but I've seen them packaged in bags at schools.
PH - Nope, but when we bought soda from the corner store, they would pour it into a bag and put a straw into it so we wouldn't have to pay for the glass bottles

Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?
CA - candy bars
PH - chocolate

Do you say soda? Or pop?
CA - soda
PH - softdrinks :)

Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)
I don't know what that is!

Sofa or couch?
CA - couch
PH - sofa

Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are?
Nope!

Purse or Handbag?
CA - purse
PH - bag

Bathroom or Restroom?
CA - restroom
PH - C.R. (meaning comfort room)

[Whisper Pink]

Can you buy milk in bags?
We usually buy it in 1 gallon plastic containers (jugs)
but I do remember from my childhood my mom buying them in boxes that had a bag in it, kinda like wine in a box!!!

Do you call them chocolate bars? Or candy bars?
Candy Bars...unless it is a Herseys bar!!!

Do you say soda? Or pop?
Coke ... even for Pepsi... when you go to a fast food place and they carry Pepsi products and you ask for a Coke they will say, is Pepsi ok!!! If it is other than a cola product I call it soda, ie orange soda, grape soda etc.

Do you say toque? (I wore mine today because it is -22C with the windchill! BRR)
Never hear of it!!! Once explained...
I say Hat or if it is a knit cap I will say beannie

Sofa or couch?
depends on my mood I think, I refer to is as both, but probably couch more

Do you know what a mickey or a 2-4 are? Not before explained,
but I do remember after Debb's description of a Mickey as
"you slip someone a Mickey to take advantage of them".
We have six packs and Cases (beer or coke/pepsi/soda)

Purse or Handbag?
Purse, which is always missing, cause I put it somewhere and then lay something on top of it like my coat. my keys I have started clipping to the outside of my purse, if they aren't there I go check the lock of the front door :O

Bathroom or Restroom?
at home I use Bathroom, in public I use Restroom or Powder room
Marc uses Washroom

A few things from when my kids were small and actually we still sometimes say them...LOL!!!

Gonna smack you... kiss

Broccolli... Trees

[Amy Eileen]

We say "you guys" Tammy, as you might have noticed. I talk the same way I type. lol

Ina, I love how you could show the differences! This thread is great for learning!

[Stacey Jewell Stahl]

"Yous guys" in not a Jersey thing - - - I heard it back in Michigan, but it was rare. "You guys" is big everywhere I have lived. Reminds me of "The Electric Company" - - - HEY, YOU GUYS!!!!

I do have to say I have a pet peeve about the word the letter T, specifically when pronouncing the word "important." After so many years of choir, I have been trained to enunciate. It's "im-por-tant." Not "im-por-dint." I've heard news anchors say this as well as little kids and lots of people in between. I get teased a lot for saying water, not wahder. I have a friend, Anita, and everyone calls her Anida.

Sometimes I think kids can't spell because people's diction is so bad. With Alannah and her friends doing spelling each week, I see the trouble they have spelling words that have a T but almost everyone pronounces with a D.

[Amy Eileen]

Yeah, my area is really bad for that Stacey. You dont really understand how bad it is though, until you listen to a Cape Bretoner doing the hockey play by plays on the radio. It hurts to listen.... lol I know I am just as guilty because it took me forever to convince Connor that water was spelled with a t and not a d.

[MomtoEVE]

Milk in bags-- We CAN at our regional convience store (1/2 gal bag of orange juice, or any kind of milk) - however I don't but I should it is a lot cheaper.

Chocolate bars if they are mostly chocolate candy bars otherwise or just plain candy?

Soda definately! I don't mind soda in the can but prefer fountain drinks...LOL

Toque? didn't know what that was but my DH calls them "beanies" I just call them hats

we have couches -- sofas are MUCH nicer than my couches (it was always a formality thing)

a mickey is a drug...

cases of beer or soda

Purse

at home I go to the bathroom, in public I go to the restroom (I know I am strange)

bags

bucket or pail?

speaking of formality defining words... we had a living room where the nice furniture was and guests were welcomed and a famiy room where the tv was and the everyday furniture was.... (and they were right next to each other)

[Amy Eileen]

speaking of formality defining words... we had a living room where the nice furniture was and guests were welcomed and a famiy room where the tv was and the everyday furniture was.... (and they were right next to each other)

I know a lady who has a "formal sitting area" and then a tv room. When we were kids, we were NEVER allowed in her formal area, now that we are adults, she welcomes us in but I still feel uncomfortable. lol

[nancyr]

Amy this is very cool
I have never eaten french fries that way
I eat candy bars
I only drink Dr. Pepper LOL but the rest drink soda
I would love a Canadian Touque - we call them beannies and my son has at least 5, my favorite was when the hockey players wear them during outdoor games
I sit on a couch
A mickey is a drink with an illegal substance
I carry a purse and go to a bathroom
My mom always said "snot rag"

[Amy Eileen]

Amy this is very cool
I have never eaten french fries that way


You should try it.

I will convert you all to love poutine! lol