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Pretty much. This was brought up in an episode of Corner Gas...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Pretty sure everyone everywhere calls it that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
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This is not a Hacky Sack. This is my new footbag. Hacky Sack is a brand name like, uh... Kleenex. People call it Kleenex, even if the Kleenex they're using is some other kind of Kleenex.
Danielle rather hilariously calls it a 'Plonker'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
"You're 'avin a giraffe" = "you're kidding me"
I've mostly just blagged words from Dan's dialect, which is kind of guttedball imho.
Oh! I say totes & hella! and "Hellz yeah!"
I call motorcycle cops "Motorbike Cops" in a really redneck southern accent. Or sometimes I call them "The Law" - -that- is a very redneck thing to say. "I'ma call the law awn yew!"
I have my own bizarre language. Only Del Murder really understands what the smurf I'm saying. Sometimes it's little more than squeals and babbling.
This hasn't been my experience going out-of-state, but whatever. You guys have missed the point of my post, regardless. I still say it differently than other people.Quote:
Originally Posted by VærnPretty much. This was brought up in an episode of Corner Gas...Quote:
Originally Posted by PikePretty sure everyone everywhere calls it that...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
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This is not a Hacky Sack. This is my new footbag. Hacky Sack is a brand name like, uh... Kleenex. People call it Kleenex, even if the Kleenex they're using is some other kind of Kleenex.
I got curious and did a search and apparently Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionaries both have "Kleenex" in their dictionaries now xD
Oh Lord. x)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike
It's like when I went to the UK and they say "hoover" for vacuum.
On the subject of genericized trademarks and things you say, I use "photoshop" as a verb for any sort of photo manipulation regardless of what software was used. I use "google" similarly even though I search with DuckDuckGo.
I was going to say nothing until I saw this post. I use a few of these.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jowy
I say "legit" a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernChaosGodI was going to say nothing until I saw this post. I use a few of these.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jowy
Also I call everyone bro. Guy, girl, I don't care, if you're cool you're a bro in my book.
sidebar: i generally hate the use of brand names used in place of a generic term. even if you are using a Kleenex brand tissue, a Xerox brand photocopier, or searching the internet with Google
in my laziness i tend to slur some words. one that i've noticed that i do a lot is if i'm ordering, say, a coffee. I intend to say "Could I have a large coffee" and it comes out as "kdiavuhh large coffee" or something like that
saying hella is hella lame, brah
There is a difference between general area slang and your own words/dialect. Nerds.
example: a sentence in sarah's own words
You are the worst, nerds.