you might be from ohio if:

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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

I loved the list. As a tried and true "Buckeye" there are a few other things I have noticed. Those of us from south of I-70 are sometimes referred to as hillbillies (but that is ok) Hi to all you other southerners! I lived 125 miles east of Cincy on old US 52. I have lived for the last 2 years in Baltimore, Md :p It sure isn't home.

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Those of us close to WV are hoopies....yous guys...

Hoopies???? I am from the Ohio, WV, Ky area and never heard that term before!

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Hoopies???? I am from the Ohio, WV, Ky area and never heard that term before!

:rotfl: A term also used here in western PA.

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Hoopies may be more of a WV term, I know my grandpa was one....at least that was what they called him....

anyone in Ohiya red up their house when company comes, or was that just my family?

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Oh yeah, and we had a sweeper, not a vaccuum....

Yes, I heard "red up the house" LOLOL My family didn't use that term though. As for the vacuum thing. My husband STILL laughs when he hears me say "I'm going to sweep the carpet" Havta forgive him, he can't help he was raised in "Balmer" (Baltimore). I'm sure my twang and some of my euphenisms have been a subject of discussion among my peers in the MICU here. LOL:rotfl:

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yeah that twang...noone can ever place me....we lived in Illinois, and they thought I was from canada, and down south they just think I talk funny...

Ok I have couple to add...

When people say "SIMULAR" when they are meaning "SIMILAR"

When People say "WAL-MARTS or J.C. PENNIES" Instead of "WAL-MART/ JC PENNY"

As far as POP goes.. I live in TN I know how that one goes.. I have been to a Resturant before, Im pretty sure it was Golden Carral in Nashville and I was asked what kind of Coke I would like.

There's also "Krogers" instead of Kroger.

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MLOS, where in West. Pa are you talking about. I spent a lot of my time in the Beaver Falls area. That's were I really noticed some of the things we have been talking about.

Hoopies........that is new to me.

Just when you thought you have heard them all!!:chuckle

Mike

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If you are never more than three yards from a lawn ornament, you are probably in eastern Oh Hi Ya

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I'm originally from West Virginia. Hoopies are what West Virginians are called. Just thought you'd like to know.

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