you might be from ohio if:

confused101 · Aug 30, 2005

try the opposite I went from Columbus to Adams county 2 years ago and let m just say Culture shock. I love it down here it is just so different, Not to mention people are RUDE. I was broke down on the side of the road and over 30 people drove by not one stopped. I couldn't get a signal on my cell phone and I had my 3 kids in the car. Thankfully a guy who was in the area for work stopped and gave me a hand. He wasn't even from around here. People are also NOSY.

I agree with everything you said. I tried not to paint a good picture. I HATED it down there. The rudness and the nosiness doesn't stop either. If I had a dollar for everytime I was asked, "Who are your parents?" I would be a rich woman. I would tell them you don't know them, considering that I lived with my aunt and uncle! :) My advice pack up and come back to civilization! :)

jsteine1 · Aug 30, 2005

I'd add the word "roof" to that list.----Born and raised in Cleveland

My best friend drinks "POP, not soda, Puts her dishes in the Cupboards, not the cabinets, also says "RUFF" when she means Roof, says "RUTTS" when she means roots. Im a new yorker now living in the midwest and wondering where "mizzura" is. Anybody know? Fun stuff.

jsteine1 · Aug 30, 2005

I love it when they say "Chimley" for chimney
I have lived all of my life in Ohio. Most of it in the Akron area, but lived 10 years in beautiful Southern Ohio. (Cambridge) I have to laugh though because my cousins were from upstate Michigan and when they talked about a cow, it took us fifteen minutes to figure out what they were talking about. I can't begin to tell you how they pronounced it!

Yea, see my previous post on this thread about my friend in Michigan. When she says POP for what I call Soda, it comes out something like "PAP". We love to tease each other about this stuff.

jsteine1 · Aug 30, 2005

GRITS. Love 'em. First time I had them, I thought they were mighty weird mashed potatoes.

essbee · Sep 22, 2005

YOU MIGHT BE FROM OHIO IF......
You've had to switch from AC to heat, in the same day.
You end your sentences with unnecessary prepositions, such as:
"Where's my coat at?"
You install security lights on you home and garage, but leave them unlocked.
You think the 4 food groups are, beef, pork, beer and Jell-O salad.
You know what "pop" is.
You have designed you kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Your idea of sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.
The local newspaper covers headline news in two pages, but uses 6 pages for sports.
You think all pro football teams are supposed to wear orange.
You know Ohio's 4 seasons: Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter & Construction.
You know what a Buckeye is, and have a recipe for candy ones too.
Your sense of direction, "toward the Lake" is the same as North, and "toward the river" is South.
You can tell if someone is from northern or southern Ohio as soon as they open their mouth.
You can spell words like: olentangy, cuyahoga, tuscarawas and wapakoneta.
"Vacation" to you means Cedar Point if it's summer, and deer hunting in the fall.
You measure distance in minutes.
Your school was closed due to cold.
Your school was closed due to heat.
And finally, you might be from ohio if:
you pronounce it "oh-hi-ya" and not "oh-hi-o"
Submitted by a life long resident of the Buckeye State!!! :rotfl:
Mike

My daughter and I just watched blue collar comedy special and this was soooo right on time, an hilarious end to my grueling day thankyou, thankyou thankyou.

mcmike55 · Sep 22, 2005

Thanks for all your input to this thread,,,I love it!!!!

Like I said, I work part time in radio, so I find it facinating the way words are pronounced by people from different parts of the county.

I was reading posts on a New England message board,,,here is a WHOLE 'nother ball game here!!!!!

New Englanders seem to forget about the letter "R", while other parts of the country lean very hard on it. Remember the old line from the movie "Jaws".

The kids are in the yawd, by the caw. Something like that. I love listening to it. That, and a good old slow southern drawl, it's great!!

Back to some words to consider....take the word "our",,,mostly comes out like the letter "R". One I try to watch is the the word "news",,,,if you're not careful it comes out "nooooze" a former radio news guy told me to really lean into the word,,,,when I do it on the air, I try to make it sound "News", kind of like the sound a kitten makes,,,mews, I guess.

Hey,,,,what do you call the meal you eat at noon???? I always called it lunch, but my grandmother, from Western Pa, called it dinner. Then the 5 pm meal supper. I think that's an old farming term, when they ate big at noon, but not sure.

Mike

crjnursewarrior · Sep 24, 2005

Thanks for all your input to this thread,,,I love it!!!!
Like I said, I work part time in radio, so I find it facinating the way words are pronounced by people from different parts of the county.
I was reading posts on a New England message board,,,here is a WHOLE 'nother ball game here!!!!!
New Englanders seem to forget about the letter "R", while other parts of the country lean very hard on it. Remember the old line from the movie "Jaws".
The kids are in the yawd, by the caw. Something like that. I love listening to it. That, and a good old slow southern drawl, it's great!!
Back to some words to consider....take the word "our",,,mostly comes out like the letter "R". One I try to watch is the the word "news",,,,if you're not careful it comes out "nooooze" a former radio news guy told me to really lean into the word,,,,when I do it on the air, I try to make it sound "News", kind of like the sound a kitten makes,,,mews, I guess.
Hey,,,,what do you call the meal you eat at noon???? I always called it lunch, but my grandmother, from Western Pa, called it dinner. Then the 5 pm meal supper. I think that's an old farming term, when they ate big at noon, but not sure.
Mike

Okay, Mike...those are some good ones! I say lunch...the meal you eat at noon IS lunch...not dinner! Dinner is at 5 or 6 in the evening! Here's some others...what do you carry your lunch in? Well, if you are from Northern Ohio, like me, you carry it in a lunch box...here in WV they carry their "dinner" in--what else?--a dinner bucket!! Also...what does a woman carry all her stuff in...Northern Ohio...a purse...here in WV...a "pocketbook". My kids love to hear me say words like "car" "party" because of the "funny" way they say I pronounce my "R". They were all born in Ohio, but have adopted a slight southern "twang" and the local dialect.

Other things I find interesting...down here in WV, jr. high school starts in 5th grade (in the county I live in). What's that about? Jr. high for us was 7th and 8th grades. And down here they say "middle school" instead of jr. high and they look at me like they do not understand what I am saying when I call it that. And my kids can hardly fathom that I walked to school...and I lived about 45 minutes away from the high school. The only bussed kids in our neighborhood were the special needs kids. How was it in your neck of the woods?

I'll keep you posted if I think of any more!!!!! :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

mcmike55 · Sep 26, 2005

Warrior,,,,I forgot about purse, pocketbook.. I've heard that as well.

What do you keep in there??? Wait,,,,I know.....this is a whole 'nother subject...What I was thinking of was Kleenex. Didn't matter if the brand was something else...it was a kleenex. Isn't it funny how a specific brand name attaches to an item, no matter who makes it, by another name even.

Walking to school, for me was no biggie. I went to a city school, and walked until I was able to drive. Six or eight blocks to elementary, about twice that to "jr high", then nearly that to high school.

Until a couple of years ago, when the city school built new buildings, we used the term "junior high", which was only grades 7 and 8. Now it is called a middle school, and houses grades six thru 8.

We live outside of town, and my kids rode the bus. It was a new experience for me, since I walked most of my days.

Just to jerk their chains, when they were small, I told them a classmate of mine died waiting for the bus....said a T-Rex got 'em, and the bus had holes in the floor for our feet to pedal, like the Flintstones. Cruel, somewhat sick, and not PC, I know, but for about a heartbeat....I had 'em! Hey they thought I was "soooooo old", I had to fight back!! :chuckle

Mike

Christie RN2006 · Oct 6, 2005

Your second car is completely dissolved by salt by the time April rolls around

The phrase "lake effect" strikes terror in your heart

Tourists ask you what time the river catches fire

You know you don't really have an accent, the rest of the world does.

You hear there are always famous people in town, but you have never seen one.

You hate country music, don't know anyone that does like country music, and yet WGAR just won the country music station of the year.

You take credit for Cedar Point even though it is 2 hours away.

You have never ridden in a taxi.

You wear shorts the first day of the year it isn't below 30 and snowing, just because you can.

You know who the Jake really is

It's too cold in the winter, and too hot and humid in the summer, to ever stay outside for very long.

City council members hold debates on whether or not they should debate in the first place.

You can accurately judge people's social status by which Kroger's store they frequent.

If the temperature hits 45 degrees, and the sun comes out in any month between November and April, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets.

You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

crjnursewarrior · Oct 7, 2005

Your second car is completely dissolved by salt by the time April rolls around
The phrase "lake effect" strikes terror in your heart
Tourists ask you what time the river catches fire
You know you don't really have an accent, the rest of the world does.
You hear there are always famous people in town, but you have never seen one.
You hate country music, don't know anyone that does like country music, and yet WGAR just won the country music station of the year.
You take credit for Cedar Point even though it is 2 hours away.
You have never ridden in a taxi.
You wear shorts the first day of the year it isn't below 30 and snowing, just because you can.
You know who the Jake really is
It's too cold in the winter, and too hot and humid in the summer, to ever stay outside for very long.
City council members hold debates on whether or not they should debate in the first place.
You can accurately judge people's social status by which Kroger's store they frequent.
If the temperature hits 45 degrees, and the sun comes out in any month between November and April, people walk around downtown wearing shades and no jackets.
You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.

Christie,

Those are great! :wink2:

Altra, BSN, RN · Oct 10, 2005

Great thread!

Many of these apply in western PA too.

The "install security lights on your house & garage but leave them unlocked" just cracked me up! :rotfl: So true ...

Saying hello to Ohio neighbors Thanks for the laugh.

chadash · Oct 10, 2005

Go Oh Hi Ya!