# "Do what" and other regionalisms that make you see red (too mild for the Pit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616 "2011-03-22T15:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/61 "2011-03-25T17:34:18Z")
“Saturday” in Pittsburgh is generally treated as a one-syllable word. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/62 "2011-03-25T17:46:23Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > \ > So you can occasionally hear someone say “mash the splat”. > > \ I’ll take “Things that Sound Dirty But Aren’t Meant to be” for $200, Alex! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/63 "2011-03-25T18:13:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > A gazillion years ago when I was an active pilot, I got into the habit of using “Say again?” It’s perfectly acceptable in the cockpit but not so much in the real world, and I tried to be very conscious of it. > > As a kid, I had to endure all the neighbor kids who were going to "take an’ " do something. As in “I’m gonna take an’ wash my dad’s car for five bucks!” or “We’re gonna take an’ scare the little kids.” I don’t know how widely spread that expression was, but I haven’t heard it in decades. I also say “Say again” in normal conversation, it took a while to stop myself saying “Say again …over.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/64 "2011-03-25T19:13:49Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I notice in America it’s common to reply “uh huh” when you say “thank you”. It grinds my gears, I generally expect a “you’re welcome” or “no problem”. My Yankee husband and my Southern girl-child both do this. I’m trying to re-train them. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/65 "2011-03-25T21:16:05Z")
“I seen him taking pitchers of the mud, he said it was too wet to escavate.” No, no, you saw him taking pictures and surely you’re aware that there’s an x in excavate. Also, people tend to misuse bring and take. ---
**Author:** ![Soliloquy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Soliloquy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soliloquy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/66 "2011-03-26T04:10:45Z")
When I spent time in Utah, I couldn’t stand “Oh my heck”. I get not wanting to curse… but… really? ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/67 "2011-03-26T22:12:02Z")
Upper midwest (I think) or maybe just Minnesota: “come with”. I heard this one all the time from a college friend. “Hey, Normal Phase, we’re going into town, want to come with?” Aaaaahhhhh! I never got used to it. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/68 "2011-03-27T01:34:10Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Indiana is the only place in the world (that I know of) that refers to a vacuum cleaner as a “sweeper”, and this I cannot stand. It’s not a sweeper! It’s called a vacuum cleaner because it CLEANS using a VACUUM. > > On top of that they will use the word “sweep” as a verb just like normal people use vacuum. > > Them: “I’m going to sweep the carpet while you’re gone” > > Me: Oh really? I don’t think that will work very well because the broom and the carpet won’t work together. You should vacuum it. > > grrrrr My grandmother says this, and she’s lived in Oklahoma her whole life. Maybe it used to be more widespread. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/69 "2011-03-27T02:07:12Z")
> [@Normal\_Phase](#): > > Upper midwest (I think) or maybe just Minnesota: “come with”. I heard this one all the time from a college friend. > > “Hey, Normal Phase, we’re going into town, want to come with?” > > Aaaaahhhhh! I never got used to it. Very common in Chicago, and leaving the “with” off such a sentence sounds weird to me! ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/70 "2011-03-27T04:57:46Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I am also not a fan of “I’ve got to ‘fix’ dinner.” Your dinner isn’t broken. You don’t need to fix it. You are probably going to _prepare_ dinner. Huh. This is a phrase I don’t just tolerate but actively _like_ hearing. There’s something homespun and unpretentious about it without being cloyingly folksy. Not sure why, but it’s always seemed very pleasant to me. I don’t hear it often, though, so maybe that helps. Curiously, I just looked up the etymology and was surprised that “fix” as “repair” is an Americanism; the original usage is “fix” as “hold / fasten.” ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/71 "2011-03-27T07:03:45Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > umad snerk! zing, good one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/72 "2011-03-27T16:47:25Z")
To me, the “come with” phrase seems truncated- it should be “come with us” or similar. A couple things from south Georgia: “might could”, “might should”, and “might would”, as in “I might would go to the movies if I had a date”. A really annoying phrasing that seems to be widespread is pre-plan or preplanning. Come on, people- all planning is “pre-” by definition! The “pre-” is repetitiously redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/73 "2011-03-27T16:51:24Z")
Not a regionalism, just general bad grammar, but I LOATHE, “If I would have.” Ugh. “If I HAD. IF I HAD.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/74 "2011-03-27T17:58:51Z")
> [@Normal\_Phase](#): > > Upper midwest (I think) or maybe just Minnesota: “come with”. I heard this one all the time from a college friend. > > “Hey, Normal Phase, we’re going into town, want to come with?” > > Aaaaahhhhh! I never got used to it. Wisconsin too. I say this all the time. Better yet, “Do you want to come with, or no?” I also drink out of bubblers. No high-falutin’ “water fountains” for me. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/75 "2011-03-27T18:18:32Z")
Ugh. The “or no” should be “or not”! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/76 "2011-03-27T18:45:47Z")
After reading this thread I feel like it might be best if I just never talk again. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/77 "2011-03-27T19:40:55Z")
[Clasps hands] Excellent! Our goal here at the SDMB is to shame people out of being human. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/78 "2011-03-27T20:16:40Z")
Haters’ gonna hate! > [@tumbleddown](#): > > I have lived here my entire ~38 years and I have never once heard anyone say this. And I live right near the heart of Yinzerville. Me neither. **echo6160** , it’s YINZ. Not yunz. YINZ. I don’t know what jagoffs you hang out with – they musta been from Cleveland. 😉 **Sir T-Cups** – I don’t know if it’s a 'burgh thing, but I’ve always said “sweeper” an’at. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/79 "2011-03-27T22:56:29Z")
> [@echo6160](#): > > Also, a West Virginia thingy: “_Whenever_ I was in my car today, …blah blah blah”. No, it’s “WHEN I was in my car today”. Not whenever, just **when**. When and Whenever are two different words, and have different uses…different applications. “Whenever you find yourself in a car” is acceptable. “Whenever I find myself in a car” is acceptable. “Whenever I was 5 years old” is not. > > God I hate that soooo bad. Oooooh I had some friends from PA who did that and it would take all of my restraint not to correct them. Drove me crazy! > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > A couple things from south Georgia: “might could”, “might should”, and “might would”, as in “I might would go to the movies if I had a date”. I’m still working on my husband on this one. He’s from Atlanta and uses “might could” etc… I mock him mercilessly whenever I catch him. I think he won’t be taken seriously as a doctor if he doesn’t have a handle on such basic grammar. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-what-and-other-regionalisms-that-make-you-see-red-too-mild-for-the-pit/575616/80 "2011-03-28T18:25:18Z")
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