Thread: Northern expressions

Originally Posted by John

Ohio - pop
Texas - soda water
everywhere else - soda

Northern Illinois -pop
Southern Illinois- sody

Originally Posted by Lindaeverchanging

I learned worsh? (like wore with a sh) to make it sound right. Mom learned it from her mom so I followed. It is really wash, Washington...."Mom, it is not Worshington". I could not figure out "offda". I do not know how to spell it but I learned it when we spent 3 weeks in Red Wing MI one summer. I finally asked someone what it meant...."it means whatever, replaces a cuss word etc".

Where is Red Wing Michigan at? I cannot find it. All I found was a Red Wing Minnesota, and that would explain the strange language.