Re: Language oddities especially when amusing
Reply #6 –
Do you really want to go there? Really? Words that mean one thing in Boston might mean something else in Glasgow, Kentucky. Might not mean anything at all in Billings, Montana.
Think about it: I can't park on the parkways in Kentucky, nor can I drive very far in my driveway here in Illinois. Build a house with a basement in Florida? Are you daft, man? Your basement would be flooded all the time. Houses there are built either on the slab or on pillars. But you'll find few house here that don't have basements in the Upper Midwest. Speaking of "upper" and "dialects"--- having listened to some of the stuff people from the UP say, I fancy you'll have a hard time understanding much. Sure, it's English--- well, sort of, anyway--- but it's UP English. Yuppers are almost an entity of their own.