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

Specializes in Nursing assistant.

Yeah, Pa was a hoopy from brook county. loved to listen to wwva country music...scary stuff!

Specializes in Nursing assistant.

:imbar sorry! I quess my post have offended some of you, and I am really sorry!

Specializes in NICU.

I'm not offended the rest of my family is from Ohio and I've been called a hoopie by them all my life. It's pretty funny to me.

Kristen

Stella,

That is funny! I am a Buckeye...transplanted in WV...of course, I still say "excuse me" when I belch...I wondered why people down here never do and they look at me like I am WEIRD when I do! I guess it's an OHIO thing...they wouldn't understand!!! :rotfl:

Not necessarily. I'm from CT but my fiance from Cleveland & I've got to remind him to say excuse me after belching. Also my Boston twang gets him all the time. It's a wonder we can understand each other at all. Helps that we met & live in Florida.

very cute! i have lived in ohio all my life and i know what u mean, like today, i live near cedar point and like today it was almost 40 degree's we went from snow to rain and now its freezing outside!

You got it on the POP. My brother in cali corrected me on the pop thingy now it is soda.

renerian

Thats so funny! My brother just went off to college 6 months ago, and came back for the holidays...and started saying "soda". I was like "what the...??"

This list was emailed to me by a friend.. my husband and his parents and I laughed so hard we had tears in our eyes- it is so true!

When we travelled to SC on assignment, I got a LOT of teasing from saying "pop"

I must admit, I can tell those form Southern Ohio with your first few words you've said (written). I am from Cleveland of course. Having lived in FL, DC, Detroit, and a couple other states, most agree that the Southern Ohioans sound very much like they are from - Kentucky. Many people I have met from other states, especially NY, say we just have no accents at all!

Specializes in Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown.

'please?' for 'i didn't hear you' definitely throws people off, definitely an ohio thing....and what about 'boot' for the trunk of your car?

Specializes in med/surg, oncology.

Born in Phoenix but raised in Ohio. I too have heard "warsh" for wash. Has anyone heard "rinsh" for rinse. (Now, c'mon, if you're gonna warsh your clothes, you gotta rinsh them too!) I use the term "you guys" all the time. And yes, Diet Pepsi is my favorite kind of "Pop." I live in a really small village (approx 1500 people) and when I go to work in Toledo (the big city) I tell everyone that I live in "Podunk" since almost no one I work with has heard of my small town. I have also been called a "Hick" witch doesn't bother me one bit. I love to watch the 6 o'clock news (said nooooze) and when I say our it comes out like "hour". I think it is rude when someone does not say "excuse me" after they belch. However, if I didn't hear something that was said, I will say "pardon me" or "come again." I can't recall ever hearing some one say "please" when they have not heard what I said. I love this thread and just had to add my two cents.

Specializes in Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown.
Born in Phoenix but raised in Ohio.

I can't recall ever hearing some one say "please" when they have not heard what I said.

I was born in Phoenix and can remember my mom crying when we moved to small town ohio, 'please take me home, i can't live here with these people!'

:lol2: My, how she has adjusted now! And we remind her!

I think maybe the please is a southern ohio thing. They ALL do it around here. I've caught myself....

I have to say, the 'warsh' makes me crazy. And we live near 'warshington' court house (odd name for a town, isn't it?) so, i hear it a lot.

But I love ohio and I wouldn't have it any other way...

anyhoo, i love this thread.... it's good to connect :icon_hug:

Specializes in med/surg, oncology.

Just thought of one more. Do you guys ever go to the Li-berry (library)?

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