Locals versus Out-of-Towners

[Damelon]

Has no clue what a PBR is.

I don't know what that is by you, but around here that's Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

[Cail]

That's exactly what it is, guess it's more of a national thing.

[dANdeLION]

Here, you can tell foreigners by the cars they drive (usually rusted out), their silly accents (Canadien, eh?, Nooyakk, Bastan), their stupid jerseys (especially the dumbass Bears jerseys), the way they drive (if you can even call that driving; they practically park on the interstate when we get a little rain. I mean, WTF? Haven't you idiots ever driven in the rain?), stupid northerner bathing suits that look more like what we wear in the winter, etc.......

[Damelon]

Here, you can tell foreigners by the cars they drive (usually rusted out), their silly accents (Canadien, eh?, Nooyakk, Bastan), their stupid jerseys (especially the dumbass Bears jerseys), the way they drive (if you can even call that driving; they practically park on the interstate when we get a little rain. I mean, WTF? Haven't you idiots ever driven in the rain?), stupid northerner bathing suits that look more like what we wear in the winter, etc.......

I'll be sure to pack my 54 Bears jersey when I'm back in Clearwater. I wouldn't want to be thought of as a local.

[CovenantJr]

Hmm, I'm not sure there are any Nottinghamisms... I suppose if you go up to the north end of the county (where I used to live, eurgh) there are a few. In north Notts:

"Youth" is pronounced "yoaf" (to rhyme with "loaf") and used to address anyone younger than oneself

"Water" is pronounced "watter" (to rhyme with "mad hatter" )

When talking about "nothing" or "something", the Yorkshire words "nowt" and "owt" are used, but pronounced to rhyme with "oat" rather than the usual "out"

Also, anyone who isn't a miner, an ex-miner or the relative of a miner is always an outsider.

[dANdeLION]

I'll be sure to pack my 54 Bears jersey when I'm back in Clearwater. I wouldn't want to be thought of as a local.

Heh, I'll be looking for the geek wearing the entire Bears team jerseys, then.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

Hmm, I'm not sure there are any Nottinghamisms...

Surely someone has asked to see the Sherriff about those dastardly forest dwelling involuntary wealth redistributors.

dw

[CovenantJr]

You'd think so, but that's only ever happened to me in other countries, as far as I remember.

Besides, we do have a Sheriff. You might need an appointment to see her though.

[dANdeLION]

And perhaps a reason, too.

[CovenantJr]

I don't know about that. The Sheriff doesn't seem to do anything. I remember her predecessor was so busy that he frequented theme parks during office hours.

[Waddley]

I'll be sure to pack my 54 Bears jersey when I'm back in Clearwater. I wouldn't want to be thought of as a local.

Isn't Clerwater where all the Scientologists are?

I can understand not wanting to be thought of as a local...

[Menolly]

I dunno about Scientologists, but there sure are a lot of retirees there!

[Holsety]

-doesn't know what Old Bay is, or has never put it on french fries

That's terrible! Old bay is great.

I'm a teenager. You know how they talk about colonization and imperialism destroying local lifestyles and cultures? Well, the internet has done that to us; we have slang, in-jokes, and so forth that don't even fit our area anymore. For example, 'Beirut', a beer-pong game that's supposed to be uniquely our own, is well known on the net all over.

I know that I was totally bewildered by "cornhole" when I went up to Cincinnati. And even more bewildered when Donaldson used it as a euphemism for buttsecks.

[Cheval]

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... -Oh, and anyone who laughs at someone wearing socks with sandals. (It's comfy AND warm!!)

In Florida, the people who wear those are the tourists!

Also, the city is pronounced "Keh-simmy", not "Kiss-a-me". (Kissimmee)
And the best way to tell the out-of-towners from the locals is:
They sunburn in the middle of February.

[CovenantJr]

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... -Oh, and anyone who laughs at someone wearing socks with sandals. (It's comfy AND warm!!)

In Florida, the people who wear those are the tourists!

Also, the city is pronounced "Keh-simmy", not "Kiss-a-me". (Kissimmee)
And the best way to tell the out-of-towners from the locals is:
They sunburn in the middle of February.

Fortunately, I was forewarned about the pronunciation of Kissimmee when I went there. From what I remember, though, the way to identify this outsider is cries of "Oh dear god, the HEAT!" even in the middle of the night.

[stonemaybe]

Check out the following link for a completely accurate Dubliner piss-take on the Northern Irish accent...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mekofQWyJb0&mod ... ed&search=

More specifically, if you're from Derry like me, every sentence is ended with 'hi', as in 'you' (I'm speaking to YOU), for example how are you doing becomes 'arright, hi?' Someone from the country round about will always end their sentences with 'sir' in the same way. A few years ago, it caused great hilarity when someone graffiti-ed the sign to a local village which said 'Welcome to Dungiven' by putting a 'sir' on the end.

Current location is very easy. If you're from Cheltenham ('cheltnum'), you speak very posh queens english with long 'a's, from surrounding gloucestershire you have short 'a's (so grass rhymes with ass) and speak like all the local characters in 'Hot Fuzz'.