Royale with Cheese

Justinpie · Post by **Justinpie** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 9:11 am

I talked with Sarah from Squidship a little yesterday about the Canadian "Kraft Dinner." Whereas I thought it was an actual DINNER, like Hamburger Helper or TV dinners, it turns out that it's just a fancy name for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Why the different name? Because Canadians use the Metric system and don't have a word for "macaroni".

Here in the Midwest we have a lot of our own slang, such as "pop" instead of soda. Exclusive to the Mad City is the "bubbler" which is what everyone else calls the drinking fountain. I'm not sure why this is, but it's such a strongly used term that if you ask for a drinking fountain they'd either point you to a wishing-well type fountain or ask why the hell you'd want to drink from a fountain.

It's weird, but I didn't grow up here. I grew up in Minnesota, where casserole is called "hotdish," and you can find one in every oven.

What are some regional slang terms that you have where you live?

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Sarah Huntrods · Post by **Sarah Huntrods** » Fri Mar 29, 2002 6:24 pm

Nope, the real reason is cause macaroni and cheese takes longer to say than Kraft Dinner and we are all lazy.

Ok ok, I don't really know why...but that's what it says on the package "Kraft Dinner: maracroni and cheese" Eh, whatever...

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:00 am

But what if you want to have it for lunch?

KathleenJ · Post by **KathleenJ** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:50 am

You just don't, because it would be wrong!
A special task force of Canadian mounties will come and take you away.
...as for strange regional slang, I have a friend who calls a hoodie sweater a "bunny hug", and claims that's what people say back where he comes from.
And "pop" instead of "soda" is a Canadian thing too...

KingofSnake · Post by **KingofSnake** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 10:06 am

REally? I thought "pop" instead of "soda" was a southern thing because i'm in Maine and it's soda and i've been to montreal and i don't know what they call ti because they all speak french but i think i would remember if they called it "pop" because thats just wierd

Justinpie · Post by **Justinpie** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:23 pm

Down in the Southern US, I've found they just call everything "Coke," as in "I'd like an orange Coke." Even Pepsi, which is a "Pepsi Coke."

I remember during the SATs, in the reading comprehension section, there was this story about the only two guys in the world who knew the top-secret formula to Coca-Cola, and how they were never allowed to be in the same building or airplane, since a disaster would destroy the secret forever. This has nothing to do with regional names, it's just cool.

Here's another regional thing: the Metro. Here in Madison the Metro is the bus, in Chicago it's the train, and in Washington DC it's the subway. Fun-kee.

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:55 pm

On 2002-03-30 13:23, justinpie wrote:
Down in the Southern US, I've found they just call everything "Coke," as in "I'd like an orange Coke." Even Pepsi, which is a "Pepsi Coke."

Now that's just crazy talk.

Here's another regional thing: the Metro. Here in Madison the Metro is the bus, in Chicago it's the train, and in Washington DC it's the subway. Fun-kee.

Bostoners call their subway "the T". And then I murder them.

Ferik the Red · Post by **Ferik the Red** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 2:15 pm

Where I come from, we call everything "ale". Then again, we don't have anything else...

KingofSnake · Post by **KingofSnake** » Sat Mar 30, 2002 9:59 pm

I believe the proper term is "Bostona" and we New Englanders lok out for our own so you best be watchin what your sayin yo. Snoogans

Jpfuel · Post by **Jpfuel** » Mon Apr 01, 2002 6:38 am

Get Deep enuf in da south(louisiana) and you run into da Cajuns. They say pop too just like us damn yankees.
What is the difference between a yankee and a damn yankee?????
The Damn yankee stays.

Justinpie · Post by **Justinpie** » Fri Apr 05, 2002 11:25 am

Isn't that a band?