# That's How I Roll **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605 "2010-06-26T15:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/41 "2010-06-27T20:04:56Z")
I think it’s a small joke on being rotund and therefore rolling… A very small joke. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/42 "2010-06-27T20:12:10Z")
Gag me with a spoon. Totally. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/43 "2010-06-27T21:17:40Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Excuse me??? If you see me coming your way, better give me plenty space. If I tell you that I’m hungry, then won’t you feed my face? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/44 "2010-06-27T23:07:16Z")
I’m obviously of limited experience with American slang (well, my wife keeps me up to date a bit), but the “Right?” thing is something I experienced a LOT when I visited Philly last year. For a day and a half. It was all over. Is this a local thing? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/45 "2010-06-27T23:25:15Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > I’m obviously of limited experience with American slang… but the “Right?” thing is something I experienced a LOT… KIRK: That’s peanuts to an outfit like the Federation. Right? SPOCK: Unquestionably. KIRK: Riiiiight? SPOCK: Right. … KIRK: Who’s interfering? We’re taking over. Check? SPOCK: Right. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/46 "2010-06-27T23:26:04Z")
YOU know WHA–AT. Emphasis on the words “you” and an elongated “what”. It may just be a border thing, but I’ve heard that for years along the border. So much I preface a lot of statements with it. Like “You know wha’at–I think I’ll have another drink”. Or “You know wha’at–I have to get gas in the car”. Is that used a lot in other places? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/47 "2010-06-27T23:31:40Z")
I know someone who says that phrase, but I don’t want to throw him under the bus. Seriously though, don’t even go there. Phrase FAIL! It sickens me so much to hear that phrase, it makes me throw up in my mouth a little. It needs to put out to pasture. **NOT!** (My bad. Don’t think I’m douchey.) All kidding aside, this message board is free, memberships cost only a few bucks a year, but never hearing that phrase again … PRICELESS! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/48 "2010-06-28T00:03:53Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > I’m obviously of limited experience with American slang (well, my wife keeps me up to date a bit), but the “Right?” thing is something I experienced a LOT when I visited Philly last year. For a day and a half. It was all over. Is this a local thing? I am telling you. (that used to be the phrase that ended quite a few sentences a few years ago. I consider “right?” a step up… It probably is regional, since I don’t hear “right?” much around Chicago. Then again, I don’t get out much). BTW: Philly is kind of its own little universe. Don’t judge all of America based on Philly (or any other one place, really). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hougaswd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hougaswd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hougaswd)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/49 "2010-06-28T00:37:54Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > YOU know WHA–AT. Emphasis on the words “you” and an elongated “what”. It may just be a border thing, but I’ve heard that for years along the border. So much I preface a lot of statements with it. Like “You know wha’at–I think I’ll have another drink”. Or “You know wha’at–I have to get gas in the car”. Is that used a lot in other places? That’s the first I heard it. I don’t get out much, obviously. In rural Wisconsin, it’s possible to say something like “Let’s go over by dem dere” without raising an eyebrow. Walt ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/50 "2010-06-28T02:11:15Z")
If you come by my area, holla at me! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/51 "2010-06-28T02:30:31Z")
It’s the bee’s knees! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/52 "2010-06-28T02:32:41Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > This is how I roll: _does somersault._ Try doing a barrel roll! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/53 "2010-06-28T05:09:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Try doing a barrel roll! That’s easy. To barrel roll press Z or R twice. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/54 "2010-06-28T11:27:26Z")
That “right” thing is pretty recent around here and mostly the province of teenagers. Its become a way of agreeing with someone, usually used like this: “Man, that movie was _awesome_!” “I know, right?” ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605/55 "2010-06-28T11:38:27Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > It’s the bee’s knees! I used to go to a nightclub called The Bees Knees. One of my most memorable nights ever was spent doing a Madness conga to “One Step Beyond”, one of the only dances I was ever good at! Those were the days. ::sigh!:: It closed down in the early 80’s and became a Methodist church!?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-i-roll/544605.md?page=2)