Lulabel Seitz
5/18/2015 05:00:18 am
I think it is very interesting to see all of the different colloquialisms in the different states! Most of these terms from other states I have either not heard before or I have never heard that particular use of the word. It is especially interesting that slang terms can mean one thing in California and mean yet another thing in a different state (while still being slang). It is additionally interesting that I have never heard the term "make the riffle" which supposedly is from California. Overall though, this is an interesting article!
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Kathryn Wood
5/21/2015 03:49:15 pm
A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.This article was very fascinating to see all of the various sayings in the states. Although these are suppose to be "well known" I only recognized a few. I thought that the one from California was quite interesting because I had never heard anyone say it before. I recognized West Virginia, Delaware, and Arkansas. I never had heard of "make the riffle" and I had no idea that it was so popular! Either way, I thought that this blog post had some very entertaining fun facts and I enjoyed it!
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Annika Schmid
5/22/2015 04:19:32 am
I found this article very interesting. I believe local languages and the English languages should be set apart. I especially liked the part about hella and hecka because I have noticed this in my own life. I also found this quiz online that can tell you where you are from. Surprisingly accurate! Here's the link http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
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Krista
5/23/2015 07:56:55 am
Thank you for the link, Annika!
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Emily Norwood
5/25/2015 01:38:20 pm
I thought this article was interesting because I have lived in two states where they really do have different regionalisms! When I moved to California I was surprised to find out no one used the term "lower forty eight". This is an extremely common regionalism used in Alaska to refer to the continental U.S. and is used by almost everyone in Alaska.Many Alaskans are also familiar with the term "the mainland" which is a term Hawaiians use to refer to the continental U.S. After reading the list I realized I hardly recognized any of the regionalisms including "skijoring" (Alaska) and "make the riffle" (California). I did recognize regionalisms from Maine and New Jersey.
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Samantha Martin
5/29/2015 03:05:40 am
I found this article very interesting because when you travel you get to learn and experience many different kinds of slang used. It is also interesting how you are always hearing new slang through television and also through older or even younger generations. There also isn't only slang throughout the English language, but also throughout many different languages.
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Madeline Abramson
5/29/2015 09:01:11 am
This article was very fascinating! It was very interesting to learn about the many different terms that the various states use. I have never heard most of the slang words. What surprised me was that I have never even heard the one from California! It is interesting to think about how the English language changes so much over time. I'm excited to find out how it will change in the future!
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Grace Spaletta
6/3/2015 01:23:46 pm
I thought this article was very interesting! I have thought of slang before but not comparing and contrasting it to the other states. I haven't heard of most of the slang they were talking about in the article. it was interesting to know that sang changes over time. We, as teenagers, always use slang but we never always realize what it means or how we are changing the word. Anyway, this was a very intriguing post!
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Morgan Hartman
6/4/2015 02:09:14 pm
I wondered about slang when I was younger, but as I got older I didn't take notice to how people from different areas even in the same country say different phrases and talk differently. I thought this article was very interesting. I learned that slang and phrases change over time which I now, looking back, can realize. I did not hear any of the terms they were talking about in the article. It was interesting to learn about the past slang. I also think about my family that live in Oregon and my family that lives in Idaho and how different we all talk. Even our accents are somewhat different when we say certain words.
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Kameron Grant
9/17/2015 09:46:28 am
I thought that this article was very intriguing as well as entertaining. But something that I noticed is that for almost all of the slang listed, I had never heard them before. Even the slang listed for California was unfamiliar to me. It is possible that this, in a way, proves the localization of these words and phrases. A lot of slang words I use and hear are spread by word of mouth, as well as on social media. That can spread these phrases on a wide scale, but it can also restrict it to a group of friends or a community.
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Camille Flynn
9/17/2015 10:09:34 pm
I found this article very interesting. The article stated a common slang word for each state. However, most of the slang words were foreign to me, even though the article supposedly said that they were "common slang" words. I have never heard words such as "huhu" or "colchon". If I heard someone say one of the words from the list, I would most likely become confused. How are such strange words (in my opinion) used in everyday language? I certainly have never heard them before. How can these slang words be commonly used if people my age have never heard them before? My conclusion is that my generation might use slightly different slang words, which could be the reason why I don't understand the words on the list. I can predict that in fifty years, many people won't understand the slang words that I used from when I was younger. Each generation grows up with their own set of slang words, and as the generation grows older, the slang words become outdated and no one uses them anymore.
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Griffin Epstein
12/17/2015 04:57:56 pm
I think it's interesting to see how many different colloquialisms there are across the United States. However you wonder if many of the examples are fading because no longer can we be confined in small regions. As mentioned in the article, the increased popularity of media which allows us to talk to anyone across the country instantly, makes it so the use of these colloquialisms is harder to use because most people won't understand them. Even the one for California "make the riffle" I've never heard before. This shows that because of media communication with people in your community is becoming less.
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Ethan Shahbazian
4/20/2016 08:11:09 pm
I fins this article amusing just because i get to learn about some of the "slang" words from other states, even ones that I've never heard anyone say before. It's also interesting how some of the words such as "sneak" and "laggy" make sense, or at least have definitions that are able to be guessed, but some, like "huhu" and "ridy-bob" seem like random combinations of letters. Although this may not be the most serious article, it was still interesting to see these different colloquialisms. I will definitely keep an eye out for these if i ever visit these states! It does really put into perspective how quickly language can change just by where you are in a country during a certain generation.
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