U.S. Dialect survey: "kipe" or "kype"

In My Humble Opinion
21

Hey, go easy on me, I’m an engineer.

22

A) Yes (assuming it means “to steal”)
B) So Cal
C) 46

23

  1. Yes, meaning “steal” but also to grab anything quickly and stealthily, as in “I kiped my jacket off the hook and snuck out of the house.” Almost as often rendered as “kife.”

  2. Maine

  3. 41

24

A) Never heard “kipe,” but quite familiar with “kife.”
B) Northeast Iowa, I believe I picked it up from friends.
C) 27.

25
  1. Never heard it.
  2. Grew up in Arkansas, moved to Atlanta 18 years ago.
  3. 41
26

A. I have never heard this word before.

B. I’m 33. I’ve lived most of my life in the Southeastern U.S., plus stints in Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, and Japan.

27
  1. Never heard it.
  2. Western Kentucky
  3. 27
28

Heard it, use it. No idea from where or how long. Never heard “kife”.
45
BC Canada

29

A. Still use it to this day, and have been using since I was a kid to mean minor stealing: I kiped your pencil, man. I’ve heard other people use “kife” and they are just wrong! :wink:

B. Washington State; learned it in Central WA when I was a kid, used it in Western WA as a teen, use it now in Central WA as an adult.

C. 38

30

a) never heard of it.
b) lived in Southern Ontario all my life.
c) 41.

31
  1. Yes. Never heard of kife before.
  2. Tacoma, Washington.
32
  1. No
  2. Florida
  3. 37
33
  1. yes, usually meaning to go to a party and make off with some of the beer.
  2. Iowa
  3. 19
34
  1. Yes, when I was in 5th grade or so, living in Nevada.
  2. Grew up in Utah, had a stint in Nevada, now live in western Washington.
  3. 21
35

Yes; never heard “kife.”
So. California
41

36
  1. Yes, related to theft; never in print
  2. (then) northern Indiana
  3. 43
37

a) No
b) Sacramento
c) 20

38

Never
SW Pennsylvania
33

39

never heard it
Alberta
24

40

A. Never heard of it (neither kife)

B. Washington, Western Washington, specifically Olympic Peninsula (seems like a lot of Washingtonians are responding)

C. 26