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| Posted by: maryellen 03-Oct-2003, 12:49 PM |
| I was just wondering how diverse this celtic radio community is. Post where you are from -- and perhaps some local sayings! See how far around the world we can pass the beer mug! |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 03-Oct-2003, 01:14 PM |
I am from Ohio. |
| Posted by: Briana 03-Oct-2003, 01:20 PM |
| I'm from Nebraska. It's basically in the middle of the US (midwestern region) |
| Posted by: lolly 03-Oct-2003, 02:11 PM |
| Im from Richmond, VA Take Care, Lauren |
| Posted by: Xander 03-Oct-2003, 02:12 PM |
| Edinburgh Scotland. *laughs* My local sayings are far , FAR too numerous to list. I was attempting to show a lass( from the states) more about my culture and stumbled into this place. Any place that has more than 10 renditions of Scotland the Brave is alright by me |
| Posted by: maryellen 03-Oct-2003, 03:40 PM |
I forgot to put mine! I'm in Kirksville, Missouri, USA. Nearest big city is St. Louis. Our phrases up in these yonder parts are : cricker (white trash) and Wally World (Wal-mart).  |
| Posted by: Crebain 03-Oct-2003, 03:47 PM |
Sala, Sweden. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 03-Oct-2003, 04:09 PM |
| I'm from the South Side of Chicago. <------now passing the (believe me, that is tough!) |
| Posted by: Gaelic Bread 03-Oct-2003, 06:13 PM |
| Audubon, Pennsylvania (home of the John Audubon mansion - Audubon Society) Located next to Valley Forge... yup the george Washington encampment Located in the Northwest suburbs of Philadelphia. Local sayings? 1). New York Rangers Suck 2). Dallas Cowboys Suck 3). Atlanta Braves Suck 4). Yo 5). Shat Ap! (shut up) 6). We're goin' down the shore. (going to the Atlantic beaches) 7). We're goin' to the mah-uns. (going to the mountains) 8). Gimme a cheese-steak, a side of cheese-fries and a DIET Coke. 9). Erin Go Bragh... since Philadelphia has THE LARGEST percentage AND number of Irish Americans in the entire country! That one shocked me too at first. 10). The top phrase heard in Philadelphia: There was another drive-by shooting... anyone seen Allen Iverson? |
| Posted by: ranger 03-Oct-2003, 06:15 PM |
Hello, Maryellen. I'm from Henderson, KY., @ 3 and 1/2 hrs drive from St. Louis along the Ohio River. Just across the river from Evansville, IN.  |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 03-Oct-2003, 06:50 PM |
| I'm from Norfolk, Virginia. (Or what's left of it after the Hurricane.) On the coast, at the mouth of the Cheapeake Bay. Lauren, my daughter lives in Richmond. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 03-Oct-2003, 07:44 PM | ||
I know where that is. My buddy used to work there. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 03-Oct-2003, 08:04 PM |
| Local sayings: 1. Packers Suck! 2. Yankees Suck! 3. Cubs Suck! (only for White Sox fans like me )4. Ah(jeez*)! (Oh no!) 5. (Chicago Bears owner Michael) McCaskey McSucks! 6. He's my guy! 7. Heysup? (What's up?) 8. Jolly-ette (Joliet, a suburb of Chicago) 9. Hizzoner, Da Mare (or a combination Hizzoner Da Mare) when referring to the mayor. 10. DA COACH! (Former Chicago Bears Head Coach Mike Ditka) *-any four-letter expletive may be substituted. Also, when you say which side of the city you are from (North, South or West-there is no recognized east side of Chicago), the direction is abbreviated, so grammatically it would look like this: Nor', Sou' & Wes'. |
| Posted by: ranger 03-Oct-2003, 08:42 PM | ||
We have the John James Audubon Museum and Audubon State Park here in Henderson. He lived here for @ 12 years. Where he did most of bird paintings. I believe they have almost all of his originals here. He started several businesses here, also. The ruins from one of them, a grist mill, can still be seen along the banks of the Ohio River here. They are actually having a fairly big arts and crafts festival at Audubon Park this weekend. Pulls them in from as far away as Virginia. Pretty neat if you like that stuff. I'm sure that I won't be so lucky and my wife will drag me to it.   |
| Posted by: fireflyr72 03-Oct-2003, 08:52 PM |
| Where in the (#?!*%) is Tylersport PA. Well we may be just a small town, but we do have our own albino kid on a bridge playing a banjo. [SIZE=7]  Top Ten Local Sayings 1. One'st as in, I went to school one'st, a long time ago 2. Whatdahek as in, Whatdahek is youse boys dune one'st eh? 3. Ya groundhog 4. Ya corncob 5. Throw the cow over the fence some hay ( proper Dutchy grammar ) 6. Yaup, this here is one ov dem oletimey energy efficient SUV's, runs on oats and hay...dont step in the exhaust! 7. Time to squeeze the chickens ( now I know what your thinking... but the locals make their own eggs, 90 cents a dozen, bring your own carton) 8.Too much rain, cant make no hay 9. Not enough rain, nothin'll grow 10. ten as in, time to ten the cows |
| Posted by: Swanny 03-Oct-2003, 09:00 PM |
| I'm from http://www.norwestcompany.net/tworivers.htm, about 20 miles northeast of Fairbanks. Common sayings in our little community include: "Hike", "gee", "haw", "whoa", and "goooood dogs" ("go, turn right, turn left, stop and thank you"). Also frequently heard at the local watering hole (http://www.tworiverslodge.com/web_files/lounge.htm) is the ever popular "Hey Aily (or Jane), how 'bout a pitcher of Alaskan Amber ale?" Swanny |
| Posted by: Elspeth 03-Oct-2003, 09:02 PM |
| Ohio, but my relatives all talk like fireflyr72. You forgot.... Did you warsh that jug or jist wrench it? Youns from DEtroit? Onest youns is married youns better not get parted. |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 03-Oct-2003, 09:19 PM |
| Addendum to mine. Tawawa, Ohio Top ten sayings. 1. The Park is in Sidney 2. Go to the stop sign and turn left. 3. The Park is in Sidney 4. Go to the stop sign and turn left. 5. The Park is in Sidney 6. Go to the stop sign and turn left. 7. The Park is in Sidney 8. Go to the stop sign and turn left. 9. The Park is in Sidney 10. Go to the stop sign and turn left.  |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 04-Oct-2003, 09:04 AM |
| Hey Richard, Where do you end up if you go to the stop sign and turn RIGHT? |
| Posted by: outlander 04-Oct-2003, 10:08 AM |
| I'm from Montreal. |
| Posted by: RavenWing 04-Oct-2003, 11:14 AM |
| I am from Jeffersonville, IN - which is directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY. The biggest thing one needs to learn here is no matter what flavor of soft drink you are referring to, it is still a Coke. the other thing is to pronounce Louisville as "loo-a-vul". Pronouncing it another way will get you a lecture. |
| Posted by: Killthraka 04-Oct-2003, 11:15 AM |
| Calgary Alberta Canda, |
| Posted by: joy 04-Oct-2003, 12:08 PM |
I'm from Germany; live in a small village  which is situated almost in the middle between Frankfurt and Cologne. |
| Posted by: ranger 04-Oct-2003, 03:08 PM | ||
Go through there quite often, Ravenwing. Henderson, my hometown, is less than 2 hours away. |
| Posted by: tartangal 04-Oct-2003, 03:46 PM |
| I'm from Glasgow in Scotland.I wouldn't even start to try to repeat some of the sayings as even I have problems with the translation sometimes! |
| Posted by: Catriona 04-Oct-2003, 04:37 PM |
| I am from the capital of Scotland |
| Posted by: Herrerano 04-Oct-2003, 04:49 PM |
| Nowadays I'm from a little town called Pesé, about twenty kilometers west of Chitré on the Azuero penninsula in the Republic of Panama. Sayings and other things around here, there are about a million, but they are all in Spanish of course. One of the most confusing things for gringos down here is to learn that when someone here says, "Panamá" , they mean the city of Panamá. Sorta like saying New York. So, if I need to go into the city I say, | Tengo irme a Panamá. | Other sayings, ¿Y mio? (used by bums in a cantina when someone buys a beer ("and mine?"). ¡Ay ya la maquina! pronounced Ai ja la makeena (y has a sound like g as in gee), an expression of surprise like Holy Cow! in english ¡Chuleta! (literaly means pork chop, but is used as an expression of surprise when one wants to refrain from using the dirty version) Soda (any soft drink) Huele como un gringo viejo. (It smells like an old gringo. My boss uses that one.) Oh, not really sayings but worth noting, people are addressed often by their racial characteristics or skin color, here it is not usually perceived as being insulting or rude unless it is said in a tone to indicate that. Gringo any white person from anywhere. Chino any person with remotely asian features example commonly heard in the small stores, - Oye china, dame una galleta. - (Hey chinese lady, give me a cookie.) Chombo a black person, usually means carribean type, also the word used for the habañero type peppers. Cholo mixed indian (indigenous type, see below) Hindu East Indian as in Resterante Hindu (if you want to eat curry). If I think of more I'll let y'all know. Hasta luego, Leo |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 04-Oct-2003, 07:49 PM |
| 3Ravens, If you turn right, you end up at Kiser Lake. For those who did not know. Tawawa Park is in Sidney not Tawawa.  |
| Posted by: ocel 04-Oct-2003, 09:47 PM |
Hola  Newbie here, born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, I currently live in Orlando, FL |
| Posted by: Herrerano 05-Oct-2003, 09:54 AM |
| Hola Ocel, ¿Cómo estas? Bienvenido al grupo. Espero que te gusta comunicarse y comparte con nosotros. Disculpe por la gramática mal, pero soy mejorando. Hablo mejor que escribo. Jaja Ciao, Leo, aquí en Azuero, en un Domingo tranquilo, pero tengo pasar un tiempo haciendo unos informes para mi trabajo, y quiero terminar e ir a la casa antes comienzan el juegos de fútbol americano hoy en la tarde. |
| Posted by: Aon_Daonna 05-Oct-2003, 12:58 PM |
| Born & Bred German, living in sunny (well atm dark) Fife, Scotland. hmm I could give some things my grandma's and such ppl said but they are far too numerous and in weird german dialects (Noch eenen obbe druff, my Ggrandma Elisabeth "Lisbet" from Schlesien). |
| Posted by: ocel 05-Oct-2003, 07:02 PM | ||
Hola Leo, Thanks for the greeting in Spanish, made me feel (more) welcome Watching football??? Hmm, I prefer Soccer and Rugby of course! Hasta luego!! |
| Posted by: Annabelle 05-Oct-2003, 08:25 PM |
| Hi Mary Ellen, Thanks for starting this one...it's interesting to see where everyone is from or are. I'm from Pensacola, Florida home of the whitest beach sand in the south thanks to the Gulf of Mexico. Pensacola has many sayings: Cracker Crab (only used when you were born and raised there) Redneck (they call us L.A. (Lower Alabama) Redneck reviera(cause we sit on the coast) Fla airheads (cause all of the Navy Pilots go thru P-cola to get their wings) The best thing the have there are the shrimp (anyway you like it) and of course the world Famous Blue Angels are home based there and have been since they first began flying as an organized tactical flight group... Go Navy, Beat Army!!! Yea ! In All things Scottish, Annabelle Gordon Gordon Clan |
| Posted by: valpal 59 05-Oct-2003, 09:06 PM |
| Spearman, Texas |
| Posted by: scottish2 06-Oct-2003, 06:01 AM |
Souhtern tip of South Caolina here.  |
| Posted by: RavenWing 06-Oct-2003, 10:19 AM | ||
It sure is! We're practically neighbors! |
| Posted by: High Plains Drifter 06-Oct-2003, 11:45 AM |
| I hail from Windsor, Colorado on the plains north of Denver and just east of the Rocky Mountains. I'll forgo most of the local sayings from around for fear of offending our neighbors from Wyoming and Nebraska.  |
| Posted by: barddas 06-Oct-2003, 11:53 AM | ||
LMAO!!!! That is SOOOO true!!!!! ON BOTH ACCOUNTS! AHHHHHhahahaha.... I'm only an hour or so from louisville, and I grew up in kentucky, and lived there for 21-22 yrs. Ive been in Ohio, for 10 yrs or so... Geeezzzz that was funny... |
| Posted by: ranger 06-Oct-2003, 10:28 PM |
| About like that old joke - How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky- Looooavul or looisveel? |
| Posted by: ranger 06-Oct-2003, 10:30 PM | ||
HOWDY!!!!! (Never said that before in my life!) |
| Posted by: barddas 07-Oct-2003, 06:49 AM | ||
Frankfort.  |
| Posted by: RavenWing 07-Oct-2003, 08:16 AM | ||
I say it all the time |
| Posted by: craig 07-Oct-2003, 03:19 PM |
| Greetings from Rochester, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario. The place I call home. Craig |
| Posted by: FireStormReel 07-Oct-2003, 04:49 PM |
| Hey there, I'm from South Portland, Maine, though I am currently attending the University of Maine (in Orono). Sayings: you can't get there from here (of course, said in the Maine accent, which I can't do even typing) - the saying is usually very applicable in Maine ayuh = yes (when my French class went to France, we said a-oui) wicked = very, extremely, sometimes it means really cool, awesome - depends on the context Northern Maine = varies with who you are talking to but it's usually anywhere beyond Augusta (look on a map - it's not that far north compared to the rest of Maine) of course there are plenty more, but that's enough to start with quick fact - Portland is the only place in Maine big enough to qualify as a city by the rest of the U.S. |
| Posted by: FireStormReel 07-Oct-2003, 04:51 PM |
| how could I forget? Maine is the only place you can get red hotdogs and Moxie (a type of soda) |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 08-Oct-2003, 09:49 PM |
| IS NOT!!!! I've had Moxie in New Hampshire AND Beantown! And you mean to say Newport isn't big enough to be a city? Wait til I tell my uncle and cousins that! (Course my uncle and cousins are most of Newport.....!) |
| Posted by: ranger 08-Oct-2003, 11:05 PM | ||
- Barddas That's the joke. Ask most non-Kentuckians and see what they say. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 09-Oct-2003, 12:37 PM |
| Me Too! I've had Moxie in Newport, RI, good stuff Annabelle |
| Posted by: Madweasel 09-Oct-2003, 04:09 PM |
| Currently Belmont, MA - t'other side of the river from Bahstin. Mind you, grew up in Maine (and a few other places besides). Area sayings: "Tha' was a wicked pissah of a Bruins game last night!" "Yankees S---" (I'll let you fill in the blank) "Grady Little couldn't find his bullpen with both hands" From up in Maine, (yay FireStormReel! ) You get things like:"Ayuh, Bah Hahbah is abowt 40 miles up apiece. Buht ye cahn't get theyah from heeah." Moxie - ugh. That's a drink that rates about 18 cats warm, and 26 cats chilled (ask me about the Cat Rating System sometime. ). Should only be taken for medicinal purposes, an' then only if you're going to die anyway. I used to use it to clean engine parts.Also, Aroostook County is just called "The County" by locals, as if the rest of Maine doesn't exist. I have this theory that folks living up there were planted there by alien spacemen who abducted people from the deep south. After the aliens were finished their experiments, they didn't know what to do with them. So they ended up dropping them off in The County. |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Oct-2003, 05:10 PM |
| I'm from Canada's capital, Ottawa, Ontario. Sayings from Ottawa: "Step on the gas, it's a politician!" "Oops, I missed" "Throw it in reverse, there is still a chance" |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 09-Oct-2003, 06:47 PM |
| I live in the foothills of WV. Some people still are not aware that we become a seperate state from Va. in 1863. Either state has some beautiful mountains and the most spectacular scenery they are. My opinion!!! Ya'll Come! maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: ranger 10-Oct-2003, 09:29 AM |
| I agree totally! But please don't leave Eastern Kentucky out if you're talking Appalachian. |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 10-Oct-2003, 10:18 AM |
| I grew up in a little Virginia town so close to West Virginia that you could spit and have it land accross the line when the wind was right. Now I live on the coact at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. I'd be hard pressed to decide which is more beautiful. |
| Posted by: barddas 10-Oct-2003, 10:25 AM | ||
I know...I just couldn't pass up the chance to be a bit of a smart a**...... LOL! |
| Posted by: scottish2 10-Oct-2003, 10:27 AM | ||
Man I had forgotten all about those. Use to live in Bath about 45 minutes up the coast from Portland. Maine's also the only state you can get REAL Lobersters dirt cheap off the boats. I rememeber once my folks and I were in Boothbay Harbor down on some docks just south of there actually and we bought some lobster right off the boat for like 2 or 3 dollars for good size lobster. Was so fun then cooking then over a campfire back at camp. |
| Posted by: scottish2 10-Oct-2003, 10:30 AM | ||
What part of Maine? Spent about 5 years up there before moving to South Carolina. |
| Posted by: AhilissaMay 10-Oct-2003, 11:52 AM | ||
Farmington, Missouri. close to you about 50 miles south. ahil |
| Posted by: RavenWing 10-Oct-2003, 12:17 PM |
| Since I live in Indiana, yet the metropolitan area is for a Kentucky city, I get to hear plenty of jokes about me being a "Hoosier" |
| Posted by: Madweasel 10-Oct-2003, 04:08 PM | ||
Scottish2 asked:
I grew up in York County, went to college in The County as well as Portland. Made my home in Brunswick for a while before moving to Beantown for a better tech job. I'd be living in Maine still, if it weren't for two things: 1) the economy up there, which seems to fear high tech in every aspect 2) the tax rates, which have ballooned out of all proportion to income - much higher than MA or NH. How did you end up in the land of vinegar BBQ? (can you tell I'm hungry?) I have other friends from Maine living in exile "down south", in VA - one's in the Navy, though, so he doesn't really have much choice . |
| Posted by: scottish2 10-Oct-2003, 04:19 PM | ||
FunnY I was living in Bath just up the road. My brother married a gal that went to Brunswick Schools. And came down here for tenis and stayed. Gave up 4 years in Italy best move I ever did as I have seen a lot more then I probably would have if I went the Italy route. No disrespect towards Italy just saying where I am now in life compared to if I had gone to Italy for 4 years Army. And don't get me going on taxes. |
| Posted by: ranger 10-Oct-2003, 09:21 PM | ||
- Barddas I followed you Jason. I think it's just sad though when a joke can hit so close to the true state of affairs of today's public education system. |
| Posted by: ranger 10-Oct-2003, 09:26 PM |
Sorry,guys. Back on topic.  Next rounds on me.  |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 10-Oct-2003, 11:09 PM |
| Well I THOUGHT I posted a reply on here about my Maine relatives, but I can't find it! Cyberspace ate it! My uncle, auntie, cousins, and their kids(2nd cousins, I guess?) make up a good portion of the town of Newport. Anouther cousin and his family live in Auburn, and there's some more vaguely related people in Presque Isle (or is that all one word?). One of my aunties lived in Bath, but she moved to Corinna. I have a cousin in Concord, Mass. he's probably the closest to you where you are now. |
| Posted by: Eawyn 11-Oct-2003, 07:45 AM |
| Charleston in the Sovereign state of South Carolina here. Seems to me that Scotland and Dixie have the are in the same predicament.. They both need their independence. That is why I have such a love of both. Also, Celtic blood is thick in the South. I wish to say hi to all my Celtic brethren everywhere. May Scotland be free. |
| Posted by: scottish2 11-Oct-2003, 01:23 PM | ||
You should join us in the politics forum you sound like you'd match in just fine. And I'm actually just down the coast from you in Hilton Head. |
| Posted by: aklassie 11-Oct-2003, 01:27 PM |
| Fairbanks Alaska. Not to far from Two Rivers. Around here at this time of year snow is a four letter word. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 11-Oct-2003, 02:43 PM | ||
You can't beat those Appalachian Mountains! Hi aklassie, it's good to see you on board again. Believe it or not I was just thinking today of you and Cabbagehome. How's the Grandbaby? I guess she is growing like a weed! maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 11-Oct-2003, 02:53 PM | ||
Hi Eawyn, I'm not as far south as you, for some reason though the south appeals to me like no other parts of the US. My husband's ancestors came from Scotland and I have Irish connections. Our ancestors settled in VA. in the 1700's BTW...Welcome to the forum. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 11-Oct-2003, 03:00 PM | ||
My sister married a Hoosier from Indianapolis. They now live in Mooresville. I have quite a few relatives that live in Indiana. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: MDF3530 11-Oct-2003, 04:43 PM | ||
Welcome back, aklassie!!! How's the little one doing? Around here, not only is snow a four letter word, but it is usually proceeded by several four letter words ! |
| Posted by: McHaggis 13-Oct-2003, 04:07 PM |
| Ron "McHaggis" Housley here. Living on California's Central Coast just outside of Pismo Beach, The Clam Capital Of The World (or so they say around here). For a peek go to http://www.classiccalifornia.com and click on Pismo today and then click pier shots to see the beach cam....I surf here between 6 and 7 mornings a week and have done so since 1990. Used to work at Pismo Beach Surf Shop selling sexwax and bikinis and surfboards until the shop closed last year. BTW: "McHaggis" is the name of an arrangement that I'm working on for the Racine, WI "Kilties" Senior Drum and Bugle Corps (http://www.kilties.com), some old friends of mine. RON |
| Posted by: Eclectic_Stag 15-Oct-2003, 11:15 AM |
| York in the north of England... but not for much longer if I can help it |
| Posted by: hilander1299 15-Oct-2003, 11:04 PM |
| Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada |
| Posted by: marius 16-Oct-2003, 10:52 AM |
| Well, officially i'm from Idaho (can i get a "what what" from anyone who's heard of it?), about 160 km south of Canada. (I'm sure you've all heard of Canada, but you may cheer for it anyway, if you wish) But right now I'm in school in California. Last year, though, I got to go to school in England--one of the highlights of my rather diminuitive life thus far. I wish i was back... |
| Posted by: ceit 16-Oct-2003, 03:02 PM |
| From Skye, living in Leeds, very homesick! |
| Posted by: High Plains Drifter 16-Oct-2003, 04:27 PM |
| So far I seem to be the only one from colorful Colorado. How about Northwest, OH or Northeast IN. Anybody from Ft.Wayne or Lima out there. I grew up between them. |
| Posted by: McHaggis 16-Oct-2003, 06:35 PM |
| Drifter, I USED to live in Colorado....Vail in 1972 when there was only 400 true locals, then Jacquie and I left and there was 398. My ex-step brother still lives up there and has owned some sports shop up there for a good long time now. I miss living up there and all the good times I had even in later years running up and down the cordillera from New Mexico to Canada. Getting about time to think about bringing in the brass monkeys about now, isn't it? And good choice of monikers, I wonder how many here besides us know the true identity of Luke The Drifter? RON |
| Posted by: High Plains Drifter 16-Oct-2003, 06:58 PM | ||
Us white haired old guys know don't we.  |
| Posted by: McHaggis 16-Oct-2003, 08:25 PM |
| I guess, eh? Maybe we should just chill and see if anybody else knows. No hints, either! RON |
| Posted by: Herrerano 16-Oct-2003, 08:58 PM |
| Hmmmm. Luke the Drifter huh? Well, not really that old, but due to an eclectic life and all, I do happen to know the true identity of the fellow in question, and as he would say himself, "When the Lord made me, He made a Ramblin' Man". Leo, who done wondered down onto the Azuero Peninsula. |
| Posted by: Keltic 16-Oct-2003, 09:18 PM | ||
Beautiful country up there!! We are up in the area quite often to visit friends in Allenford. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 17-Oct-2003, 06:17 PM |
| "...and when I'm gone and at my grave you stand, just say God called home your "ramblin man." Hank Williams (as luke the drifter) December 1951 Mr. Cheatin Heart himself. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Gilliechattan 17-Oct-2003, 06:32 PM |
| Hello all from Pawtucket, Rhode Island "The Ocean State" but really home to Narragansett Bay, on of the most beautiful inland bays on the East Coast (and some darn good fishin too). Local Directions: Turn left at the Almacs (which went out of business 20 yrs ago) and you can't miss it. Question to the all Do you live side by each? to allGilliechattan |
| Posted by: High Plains Drifter 17-Oct-2003, 09:23 PM |
| That somebody from WV knew who the original Luke the Drifter was isn't nearly as surprising as a Panamanian. Way to go folks,but I bet it stumped a lot of the kids out here. |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 18-Oct-2003, 10:13 PM |
| Hello from Dallas Texas. |
| Posted by: valpal 59 18-Oct-2003, 10:22 PM |
| Hello fellow Texan!! |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 18-Oct-2003, 10:32 PM |
| Hello. where in Texas are you? |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 18-Oct-2003, 10:45 PM |
| Phil, Leo's a ringer! He's an expat! |
| Posted by: valpal 59 18-Oct-2003, 11:44 PM |
| Spearman, Texas---90 miles NE of Amarillo. Middle of nowhere. |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 19-Oct-2003, 10:53 AM |
| could be worse, you could be 90 miles NE of Elpaso,lol. great to know that there is more Texans here. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 19-Oct-2003, 11:58 AM |
| Hello From Pittsburgh PA ! Home of the Steelers ! Local sayings are aplenty due to the henoius accent! Yinz goin duntun? Are you going downtown? Jewet? Did you eat? anat.... and that.. Nice meeting you all *curtsey* Paula |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 19-Oct-2003, 01:47 PM |
| Huh! I thought it was spelled ynz! Down here in Virginia we just say y'all! Did you see that NPR special on Pittsburgh A to Z? |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 19-Oct-2003, 01:53 PM |
| I must have missed that Three Pittsburgh is an interesting small town... Born and raised here,, guess I'm staying,, Care to fill me in on the highlights of the special. Or do you think, perhaps they will run it again ? As for yinz .. it is so coloquial ..I just took artistic liscense ,, my bad  Paula |
| Posted by: McHaggis 19-Oct-2003, 02:00 PM |
| Paula: My niece went to school in PA and, being as we're both Cali born and bred, we had a great discussion about regional dialects the other night at dinner. "Yins" DID come up! I was bouncing off colloquialisms that I learned while living in the Upper Midwest.....eh? It all sounds like the soundtrack to the movie "Fargo." Aw jeeez, Margie! RON |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 19-Oct-2003, 02:03 PM |
| Paula, They had 3 or 4 things for every letter of the alphabet, people, places, parks, restaurants, museums, neighborhoods, rivers, and yes, yns was one of the ones for Y! There were too many to remember all of them. I do remember there was a 100 mile long bike trail, tailgating at the stadium, and something about preserving a section of colonial road and some native american sites. |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 19-Oct-2003, 02:17 PM |
| McHaggis, you can hardly speak about Pittsburgh with out YINZ.. shame that it is .. I hear it spoken daily... After eight years of Nuns... it will won't dare creep out of me... Well, a lot of East Coast accents are ... unforgetable shall we say, Philly, where I went to college... ack, vowels like a knife thru my head.. Boston, tho I love it dearly .. has a tone all its own also ... I have been from Northern Cali to Seattle, and really did'nt notice a change in the dialect.. perhaps I was'nt listening for it .. Three, I will have to be on the look out for that program, The bike trail goes from Dawn Tawn all the way to a town called Confulence,, then hooks up to the Erie Canal trail, that goes thru DC to Baltimore... Tailgating has escalated to an art from here, it really is fun,, and folks tend to get there early , as in 3am the morning of a game. God bless them,,I think the last one may be Old Rt 51 .. Pa is just really starting to recognise all of the Native Americans that were once here, I am glad to see that Thank you both for your replies ! Paula |
| Posted by: McHaggis 19-Oct-2003, 06:42 PM |
| Your certainly right, Paula.....there's not much in the way of accents out here on the coast, it's more vernacular than anything....of course, I hang around a bunch of surf rats so everythings "dude!" Watta bunch of Spicolli's! (That would be the surf rat from 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High.") And of course there was the Valley Girl-speak nicely but easily ridiculed by Frank Zappa way back when. But for the most part we're accent free, I'm thinking.....though after spending 13 years in the Upper Midwest it took me about that long to quit saying "You betcha" and things like that after I got home. RON |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 19-Oct-2003, 09:53 PM |
| Paula, You were probably thinking of the C&O canal trail from DC to near Baltimore. The Erie canal goes from Buffalo down to the Hudson. I've hiked a short section of the C&O years ago. It sure is pretty this time of year! |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 19-Oct-2003, 09:56 PM |
| Ron, Is there really a beach in South Africa that has 15 min tubes, or is that a surfer myth? |
| Posted by: Boudica123 19-Oct-2003, 11:03 PM |
| Hey I am from Minnesota.. but I consider myself a TEXAN although my ancestors are from SLIGO ... hey to all my SLIGO PEEPS |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Oct-2003, 04:21 AM |
| Yeppers that was the one Three , thanks for taking the time to correct me Here ya go *tosses a cookie* Biked from here to DC a few falls ago .. In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Elspeth 20-Oct-2003, 08:26 AM |
| Hey Paula! Finally another Steeler's fan!  And I've had the discussion of how to spell PA-isms many a time too. Out a little farther from Three Rivers, it becomes more younse. Ever check out the Pittsburgese website? http://www.pittsburghese.com/ Elspeth |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 20-Oct-2003, 01:12 PM |
| *Waves her Terrible Towel at Elspeth * YAY ! It is my pleasure to meet you In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Elspeth 20-Oct-2003, 02:39 PM |
| Still have my 70's vintage towel from back when they were a magical team. Lately it seems to be nothing but bad luck. Gonna put it back in the cedar chest. Feel sorry for me, I live with not only a Browns fan but a Ravens one as well. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: oldraven 20-Oct-2003, 03:08 PM |
| I'm from New Scotland, Canada. Around the Antigonish area, Newtown to be precise. Any other Nova Scotians on this board? |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 21-Oct-2003, 06:28 AM |
| That Site is a hoot ! On the more serious side, it also shows the deep immigrant roots of this city.. Dupa, is Polish , for backside... Grinny , is what the French duded the Chipmonk.. Studda Bubba, is Polish too, Busha is Gramma and I belive bubushka , the scarf, is Polish or Russian.. When you have so many Ethinc groups, in one area you get this refreshing lack of PC... We have a neighborhood here called Polish Hill... I can imagine someother places might be offended by that,, here, it is something they take pride in Makes for great food shopping too, I can go to the Strip district and get everything from Asian Pears, the best imported Itaian cheese, Mexican peppers, plumcandy from Japan, and on and on.. I went to College in Philly.. it's the same there..except no cheesesteaks here not like Philly's cheese steaks...I imagine it is from being so close to NY and Ellis Island ... Ty for the Site Elspeth ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Keltic 21-Oct-2003, 10:36 AM | ||
I lived on a boat in Halifax (Historic Properties) for 4 years |
| Posted by: McHaggis 21-Oct-2003, 10:43 AM |
| Re: last page question regarding long barrels in South Africa.....can't confirm the length of time-in-tube as it were, but it's a real long wall that looks like it goes forever. It's Jefferey's Bay aka "J-Bay." Talked to a gal who surfed it. RON |
| Posted by: oldraven 21-Oct-2003, 11:10 AM | ||
Nice. What made you decide to stay for so long? What did you think of the waterfront life? I'd kill for that oportunity. |
| Posted by: Keltic 21-Oct-2003, 12:28 PM |
| I would have stayed longer but I ended up coming back to Ottawa and then moved to Houston, Texas to be near my brother who I hadn't seen in eight years. I loved living on the water and it was really hard becoming land-locked. It has been almost 20 years since living by the ocean and I haven't ruled out moving back. The boat that I lived and worked on was the Mar II which is a fixture in Halifax harbour (http://www.murphysonthewater.com) |
| Posted by: Herrerano 21-Oct-2003, 08:43 PM |
| 3 Ravens wrote: "Phil, Leo's a ringer! He's an expat!" A ringer huh? Been here ten years last month. Back to the states twice in that time, last time was over eight years ago. Leo |
| Posted by: scottish2 22-Oct-2003, 10:59 AM | ||
weird I was born in Cranston and lived the 1st 4 years of my life in Conventry. You familar with a small cottage/campground called Button Woods? My adoptive grandparents (bloodline their my G-G-G-Uncle (For those following the genealogy thread this is my G-G-Grandfather Alexandra's son) and G-G-G-Aunt, Long Story but not Jerry Springer worthy ) But they own a beach cottage have for years down in Button Woods down on the bay. And yes I remember Almacs and Eclipse Coffee Syrup, man does that bring back memories LOL All good. |
| Posted by: RavenWing 22-Oct-2003, 11:35 AM | ||
Hahaha! I read that as "the 1st 4 years of my life in Controversy" HAHAHA! |
| Posted by: scottish2 22-Oct-2003, 11:44 AM |
| That's possible too |
| Posted by: RavenWing 22-Oct-2003, 11:59 AM |
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| Posted by: scottish2 23-Oct-2003, 08:30 AM |
| I know the last 5 have been LOL |
| Posted by: oldraven 23-Oct-2003, 08:43 AM |
| I hear that. Growing up in a tight Protestant home, you can imagine how much my parents love that I've been living with my fiancee for four years now. |
| Posted by: maryellen 23-Oct-2003, 05:27 PM |
| Depends on the Protestant home I guess. My friend is a Protestant Reverend: divorced, single mom and would encourage me to live with my fiancee when I said I wasn't going to. |
| Posted by: McHaggis 23-Oct-2003, 05:55 PM |
| For some reason that reminded me of a real good friend of mine, now a Methodist minister living in the rural Upper Midwest. I've known him since college back in the Dark Ages. The nicest, most genuine and caring man one could ever hope to meet....but back when he was single, he had to go to another town (or come over to my farm) to hook up with his then-girlfriend because of what his parishoners would think of such scandalous behavior. Don't know which would have been a bigger shock to his flock, non-marital sex or partaking of certain frowned-upon herbal substances.....he had to drive an hour away from his town to do that at my house, too. Like I said, the most genuine and caring man I probably ever met in my life....after 30 some years I'm still proud to call him my friend and I make sure to call him at least twice a year even though I haven't seen him since at least 1985. RON |
| Posted by: MDF3530 23-Oct-2003, 07:05 PM | ||||
You know, there are two towns in Pennsylvania. In order to get to Paradise, you have to go through Intercourse ! |
| Posted by: oldraven 23-Oct-2003, 08:12 PM | ||
Yeah well, you've got to admit. Pentecostals with that much of an open mind are few and far between. I'm proud to call myself one of them. And, since they've been forced to deal, my parents have become a lot more accepting of things they wouldn't really approve of. They've mellowed a lot since the days when I lived at home. |
| Posted by: Lola 23-Oct-2003, 08:29 PM |
| Hi: I'm from Pensacola, Florida in the USA. My ancestors came from Wales in the late 1700's. Their name was Meredith. I would love to visit Wales someday. Lola |
| Posted by: McHaggis 23-Oct-2003, 10:22 PM |
| Hey, Lola....'sup? RON |
| Posted by: oldraven 24-Oct-2003, 08:37 AM |
| 'lo Lola? I'd say welcome, but I'm nearly as new as you, and that would just be odd. |
| Posted by: jaynebylak 26-Oct-2003, 05:38 PM |
| I am from North Carolina. Eastern coast of USA. |
| Posted by: Eomer of Rohan 27-Oct-2003, 12:46 PM |
| I am from Fayetteville, NC but as soon as January I will be living In Dahlonega GA (Military) Pass the Mug |
| Posted by: Randy 27-Oct-2003, 04:37 PM |
| I am from Rochester, NY. But I am probably moving to Fort Collins, CO with in the year. |
| Posted by: Finnvar 29-Oct-2003, 06:44 PM |
| Hello I am frome Jacksonville Beach Florada I am of Scottish and irish desent and am new to this board i have done a lote of genealogy on my famly and hope to make new friends here |
| Posted by: Elspeth 30-Oct-2003, 09:14 AM | ||
Hi Lola, I have a great-great that came from Wales as well. A distant cousin visited the village and even found the cottage he lived in. If you ever make it there, post the pictures! Elspeth |
| Posted by: barddas 30-Oct-2003, 09:46 AM |
| I just wanted to welcome all of newbies!!! I have been very busy lately and have neglected to so recently! So, welcome everyone! This is BY FAR the BEST forum on the net! We have a great sence of humor, and most are always up for a good discussion So hop on in... the waters great! Hope to see everyone in the pub..... Cheers |
| Posted by: Macerca 06-Nov-2003, 10:25 PM |
| Hello everyone I'm From Houston, Texas |
| Posted by: cwa92464 06-Nov-2003, 10:36 PM |
| Ocean Springs, MS (between New Orleans, LA and Pensacola, FL). "I've got all the money I'll ever need--if I die by four o'clock." . - Henny Youngman |
| Posted by: myriad 07-Nov-2003, 12:49 AM |
| Myriad here from Oklahoma but I just moved back here from Houston, Texas. Macerca how's the weather down there? I forgot how cold it gets in Oklahoma. |
| Posted by: Angel Whitefang 07-Nov-2003, 01:25 AM |
| Portland Oregon Here a few sayings the one I hate the Most Did Ja WaRsh the Yet ? Angel  |
| Posted by: Raven_Whitefang 07-Nov-2003, 06:19 PM |
| Wow, didnt realize how small a world it was til i looked at this topic...lol. I am from Portsmouth Virginia, Now living in Oregon. Ive still got family back home and was worried about the hurricane that blew through there, heard about the blackout and was thankful that was all that happened to them in that area. Hopefully everyone was more fortunate this time than when Floyd hit, few years back. Flooding Sucks! RWF |
| Posted by: Macerca 07-Nov-2003, 10:14 PM |
| Myraid The weather is fine low 50's in the am upper 60's in the afternoon. Just right for a few rounds of golf. What part of Oklahoma? |
| Posted by: chrislynn7 08-Nov-2003, 03:07 AM |
| Hi everyone from everwhere...WOW what a diverse group, huh. I'm from Southeast Missouri, affectionately known as the Bootheel. Too many sayings to quote; all are well versed in the redneck language. It is a language you know. God Bless! Chrislynn7 |
| Posted by: fenway7 08-Nov-2003, 05:28 AM |
| Fenway ,from the Irish ghetto in the south of Boston,says hello to all. My favorite prayer, [B]please Lord bless us with no enemies, but for some reason this can't be done, at the least , inflict upon them a limp, so we will know them when they come......... |
| Posted by: scottish2 08-Nov-2003, 06:44 AM | ||
You must be practically neighbors then with our fearless leader. |
| Posted by: myriad 08-Nov-2003, 11:19 AM |
| Macerca, Central OK right now, originally from northeaster Ok though. It is in the low 40's here. I forgot how cold and dry it was up here. brrrrrr.... but I love it... haven't seen snow in two years... hopefully I will this month |
| Posted by: stevefarfromhome 08-Nov-2003, 08:28 PM |
| Hi Everyone, I'm from Ashburn in Northern Virginia, but I'm an exiled Scot (been here about 6 years now). Born in Arbroath (I miss ma Smokies...), lived for a while in Aberdeen, then Edinburgh (by far my favourite city) before moving here, now married to an American... Aye, I seriously miss Scotland... but I find that listening to the music helps me get by... Lookin' forward to this years Scottish Walk in Alexandria, VA - the day when this wee bit o' NoVA becomes just like Dundee (hehe)... Seriously tho.. As for sayin's.. mmm a couple that stick in ma' mind... I used to work in Dundee and the folks I worked with were some of the best people I've ever had the fortune to know... but the thing I remember most was the time when we had a Japanses Student (I worked at Dundee Univ.) and we started to teach him how to speak 'dundee'... so we tried to teach him how to by a "peh" (pie)... "Gimme Twa Peh's, a plain een and an ingin' enn an 'a" (Give me two pies, a plain one and an onion one as well" Or... "Snaas aff, S'reinin" (Snows off, it's raining). Mind you I've heard from pals back home that theres a new one: "Gonnae no dae that" Lang may yer lum reek... Steve |
| Posted by: CelticAingeal 08-Nov-2003, 10:50 PM |
Saskatchewan, Canada here..... I believe we are just North of Montana and North Dakota. My city is the sunshine capitol of Canada. Locals call it the 'Land of Living Skies'.....we do get some beautiful skies and sunsets, but I think it's more attributed to the fact that there is so MUCH sky.......you can see for miles, and miles and miles and miles..........and miles!!  |
| Posted by: CelticRose 09-Nov-2003, 07:00 PM |
| I am from a small dusty desert town in Arizona. And, as we would say in the southwest, I am a "greenhorn" here. Just joined today. |
| Posted by: Raven 09-Nov-2003, 10:24 PM |
| I'm from Indianapolis, IN a small midwestern town in the middle of no place. That's why they pronounce it India-no-place Mikel |
| Posted by: andylucy 11-Nov-2003, 01:52 AM |
| Hi All, I am from Hickman, Kentucky (no laughs, giggles or snorts, please) . I am about a far west as you can get and not be in the Bootheel of Missouri. Small river town on the Mississippi.Yes, we are fluent in redneck, as well. I just don't know how to transliterate it into English. I mean, "Y'all-ight," is usually translated into English as "Are you all alright?" but the sense of redneck brotherhood familiarity is lost in translation. Just my tuppence. Andy |
| Posted by: Castlehigh 11-Nov-2003, 01:34 PM |
Just like to say, Warm hello! to All. I'm relatively new to Celticradio. Should you like to read some of my poetry and replies, please drop over to the Celtic Hearts forum: A Sacred Hearth of Éire Look forward to seeing you there sometime. All the Best! Cordially, Castlehigh of Éire |
| Posted by: O'Timothy 12-Nov-2003, 11:53 AM |
| I'm from Wichita KS If you don't like the weather just wait a minute and it will change. |
| Posted by: DOUBLE_VISION 12-Nov-2003, 12:04 PM |
Ex-NY'er....whittlin Dixie   (just south of Daytona Beach FL.) |
| Posted by: Liriel Do'Urden 17-Nov-2003, 12:31 PM |
| I'm from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. A small town in the North East. Home of the PA Grand Canyon. Boring town with hardly any night life. Liriel |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 17-Nov-2003, 12:57 PM |
| Welcome all ! Liriel Do'Urden I am from PA also, howdy neighbor ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 17-Nov-2003, 12:58 PM |
| Welcome all ! Liriel Do'Urden I am from PA also, howdy neighbor ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: Liriel Do'Urden 17-Nov-2003, 01:15 PM |
| Where in PA? Anywhere close to me? Liriel |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 17-Nov-2003, 01:24 PM |
| Just south of Pittsburgh.. Not too close, but still in PA In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: single speed 17-Nov-2003, 08:19 PM |
| Born in Indianapolis, IN, Raised in San Antonio, TX. Traveled quite a bit in between. Famous sayings? Howdy! How Y'all doin'? and Hey baby, Que Passo? Basically, they mean the same thing. We're bi-cultural around here. Just for the record, I have'nt heard anyone say "Remember the Alamo!" |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 17-Nov-2003, 08:23 PM |
| Hey single speed, hi from Greenville, Tx. |
| Posted by: Celeste of the Stars1 18-Nov-2003, 05:55 PM |
| Well this might take a min. I was born in Gainesville, FL Moved to Lake City, FL in 10th grade Moved to Sarasota, FL after graduation Moved to St Augustine, FL 2 yrs ago (where I met my husband) Moved to Warner Robins, GA Moved to Savannah, GA Now my husband an I live in Bechtelsville, PA Only the goddess knows where we'll be next year! |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 18-Nov-2003, 06:23 PM |
| WOW two from PA ! Welcome ! In Service to the Dream, Miso |
| Posted by: MDF3530 18-Nov-2003, 08:55 PM |
| Born in Park Ridge, IL (northern suburb of Chicago). Moved to Chicago's Southwest Side when I was 1 and have lived there ever since. |
| Posted by: Herrerano 18-Nov-2003, 09:20 PM |
| Mike, you surprise me! Why, you are practically a gypsy. Leo |
| Posted by: maisky 05-Dec-2003, 01:29 PM |
| Howdy! I am a country boy who grew up on a cattle ranch in central Idaho. The nearest town was 25 miles away (May, Idaho) and had a population of 10. So naturally, I now live in a northern suburb of Chicago. Go figure! |
| Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 05-Dec-2003, 02:31 PM |
| This urban hillbilly grew up in Marblemount, WA, see http://www.marblemount.com/marblemount.htm a small logging community in the North Cascades where the Cascade River joins the Skagit River. 40 miles from the nearest (small) town, as I disovered one time as a young lad playing Superman. It seems that my attempt to fly off the roof of the house didn't quite work out, and I landed face first on a railroad spike. Bled like a stuck pig all the way to Sedro Woolley, which now bills itself as the Gateway to the North Cascades. It was a bit of a shock when, as a teen-ager, my family moved to Paramount, CA (north of Long Beach). I adjusted, and except for three years in the small town of Idaho, ID, have been in medium to large cities ever since, including Berkeley, CA, Tacoma, WA, and Rochester, NY, which is where I am now. |
| Posted by: Derfel 05-Dec-2003, 02:42 PM |
| Oh, I was born in Weimar. It´s a town in the middle of Germany, a town where once famous persons lived (Goethe, Schiller, and so on....). Grew up in Bad Berka, a little town 12 km south from Weimar. From age 9 till 14 I lived in Dresden. There I was a member of a famous Choir (this Choir was founded by August the Strong in the 17th Century). After this time I lived in Bad Berka. With 16 I became to be a carpenter. At the age of 25 I went to Berlin to learn the profession of an audio engineer. From 1995 till 1999 I lived in Jena, a famous and old town of University, and since 1999 I live in Erfurt. It´s the capital of Thueringen and a very old (and small) city. The first european University was founded here, and a lot of famous people lived here. (Martin Luther, Meister Eckhard, St. Bonifatius <an irish Missioner, btw> and so on....) Oh, I love to live here. It´s such a beautiful and strong place.....I cannot describe.... You must visit me! http://www.weimar.de http://www.bad-berka.de http://www.jena.de http://www.erfurt.de Sláinte! Derfel |
| Posted by: CelticRose 05-Dec-2003, 04:27 PM |
| Oh my Derfel! You have lived in some beautiful places. Love the architecture from the pics! Thanks for sharing! |
| Posted by: wyld piper 09-Dec-2003, 09:52 AM |
| ~~ Greetings from Gulfport Mississippi Popular sayings here: ~~~~~~~~~Was that dinner i just ran over? ~~~~~~~~~You dont say! She's my cousin? Just joking of course, |
| Posted by: tartangal 10-Dec-2003, 02:53 AM | ||
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| Posted by: andylucy 10-Dec-2003, 04:35 AM | ||
Tsk. Tsk. How gauche! Ettiquette demands that one consume only that roadkill dispatched by someone else! Except for possums, of course. You hit one, you eat it.  Just my tuppence. Andy |
| Posted by: maisky 10-Dec-2003, 08:17 AM |
| In Idaho, the deer you bag with your truck doesn't count against your permit to hunt deer. You don't even need a hunting liscence! |
| Posted by: andylucy 10-Dec-2003, 08:23 AM | ||
Yeah, but that is one divil of an expensive way to go deer hunting!!! Just my tuppence. Andy |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 10-Dec-2003, 08:45 AM |
| Deer hunting with your car is quite acceptable in Idaho. Have you ever seen the trucks the farmers use for this? They're expendable. What's a $40,000 truck anyway? |
| Posted by: Derfel 11-Dec-2003, 05:44 PM |
| I just like to tell you a little story how my hometown is getting her name. A long time ago in this area there were no more than a lot of moorland, some fields, a lot of thick, wild forests and a river. By the river stood a mill, and the miller named Erph (or Erf). Not far from the mill was a ford, the only ford a long way..... So every man, trader, traveller or what ever had to use this ford. So some people build there houses near the ford to trade with them who used the ford, and so it became to be a village that everybody called "Erph´s ford", so, after more than 1,200 years this village is a city and is calles "Erfurt". Sláinte! Derfel |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 11-Dec-2003, 08:33 PM |
| I'm from a very small town in Idaho named after a tribe of Indians and because trappers saw footprints coming from a burned are into the white snow. It's a good place to be from..............never want to go back |
| Posted by: maisky 12-Dec-2003, 09:40 AM | ||
Thomas Wolfe once wrote that "you can't go home again". We can add "we don't want to, to his statement. |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 12-Dec-2003, 12:09 PM |
Here, here, Maisky! Well said!!!  |
| Posted by: Eamon506 12-Dec-2003, 12:49 PM |
| Eamon, here. Checking in from lovely North Wales, Pennsylvania. It is a tiny borough in the northwest suburbs of Philly. I have lived in Philly, New Jersey. Pretty boring, now that I read it. I get to travel alot though, I guess that makes up for it! Eamon |
| Posted by: peckery 18-Dec-2003, 08:15 AM |
| I lived in Pasadena California for 40 years before moving to Indianapolis three years ago. I have my reasons. Sometimes Peckeries have to hide....... |
| Posted by: Nefariel 18-Dec-2003, 09:45 AM |
| I'm from Texas, all over Texas (Corpus Christi, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio). I can't really say I'm "from" one of those specifically, so I'll just say I'm a Texan, born and bred ~Neffie ps there r more people here from the US than I thought would be on a Celtic Radio site |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 24-Jan-2004, 03:59 AM |
| I found this way back on page 9 and I though that I should bring this back to the Lime Light since we have a lot of new members join in the last month. So here is to all the New Members. and tell us where you are from. |
| Posted by: gettin-away 24-Jan-2004, 09:25 AM |
| I'm from Flushing Michigan. The Great Lake State or Meeechigan. Seeing as our state is divided into two peninsulas (the upper and the lower) and the lower peninsula is shaped like a mitten it's the only place in the world where you can show someone where you're from by pointing to your hand. Flushing is in the lower half of the lower peninsula and is near Flint the one time "automobile capital of the world." So many people came here to work in the shops and factories that our sayings have come from all over the United States. But if you want a truly unique experience you want to "head upnorth, crossin' da BigMac Bridge" and spend some quality time in "yooperland." If you do get there this link could be very helpful. http://www.ring.com/yooper/glossary.htm#A (red flannel long undies are in season year round updar') gettin-away |
| Posted by: Knightly Knight 26-Jan-2004, 08:32 PM |
| Hi Im from St.Louis Missouri a local saying 1 Where did you go to school? local food 1 Toasted Ravioli 2 Gooey Butter Cake Also: you must be from Missouri if you or a friend know what a "float trip is. canoeing down a river its about all for now |
| Posted by: MacErca 26-Jan-2004, 08:55 PM |
| Well from one Texan to another welcome Nefariel, I'm down here in Houston. Welcome to all the new folks out there sit back and hae a wee dram from me. |
| Posted by: reharper 26-Jan-2004, 10:36 PM |
| Hi - I'm Russ from Lewisvile North Carolina (outside Winston-Salem). by way of Atlantic Beach Florida (Jacksonville's other beach) prior to that - lived in Champagne-Urbana Illinois (now called Urbana-Champagne - whats up with that?) and I was born in Chelsea Mass (Outside Boston) Seems they don't let me live in the City - always have to live outside town. Pass another cool one this way. If you know of any Jeff Foxworthy material (You might be a red neck ....) then thats a NC expression awwite - all right |
| Posted by: Armo 26-Jan-2004, 10:45 PM |
| I was born in Eastern Europe but now live in California, USA. so pass the beer over here please |
| Posted by: MacErca 27-Jan-2004, 08:49 PM |
| comin at ya drink up me hardies. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 27-Jan-2004, 09:01 PM | ||
No, we here in Illinois still call it Champaign-Urbana. It rolls off the tongue better that way. |
| Posted by: elly 27-Jan-2004, 09:02 PM |
| From Ayr in Scotland, currently living in Australia. Elly |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 27-Jan-2004, 09:10 PM | ||
Here in Ohio it is Urbana, Champaign County. Which is only 20 miles from me. Confused yet? |
| Posted by: wedhatted 28-Jan-2004, 12:22 AM |
| I have been living in Whitehorse, Yukon for the past 9 years but have lived on both coasts of Canada and a few places in the middle. We have two seasons- winter and then 2 months of tough sledding. Now, could someone pass me a mug of Arctic Red please. Cheers |
| Posted by: andylucy 28-Jan-2004, 12:33 AM | ||
How about living in Fulton County, whose county seat is Hickman, which is just south of Hickman County, whose county seat is Clinton, while the biggest town around is Fulton which isn't the county seat of anything? I need a beer. Only 7 more hours to go till I can have one. My boss gets a wee bit upset if I drink one at work. Oh well. Just my tuppence. Andy |
| Posted by: Kiwi Gael 31-Jan-2004, 03:24 AM |
| I'm from Tokoroa, population about 15,000 or so, which is about 60 odd kms north of Taupo, and named after a Maori chief from the mid 19th century who lost a dust-up with the British. Tokoroa is mainly known for its forestry industry, but it also possesses an extensive agricultural industry. I, myself, am engaged in the dairying sector situated about 6 kms outta town, managing a one-man property of 77 hectares and milking, currently, about 180 girls. I've always been a cow-cocky , and probably always will be. I've tried the city life, but it's simply not me. I love my wide open spaces. This is my patch...  As far as local, or Kiwi, sayings go, there's too many to list, but check out; http://www.chemistry.co.nz/kiwi.htm  |
| Posted by: CelticRose 31-Jan-2004, 03:28 AM |
| Beautiful Kiwi! |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 31-Jan-2004, 09:13 PM |
| Hi Kiwi Gael, a question or two I have for you if you don't mind, What kind of dairy cows do you have. I guess you have the electric milkers, that would be some job to milk all those gals by hand. I'm a farm gal myself. I know you have your work cut out for you. You have a good size herd to take care of with about 190 acres. What is the milk used for? I hope you don't think I'm too nosy, this is something that I like. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Kiwi Gael 31-Jan-2004, 11:13 PM |
| ... Yeh, everything is pretty automated, thank God that the old days have gone. The milking shed is a 20-aside herringbone, with the pit down the centre, and is fitted with automatic cup removers, which are a Godsend and save a bitta labour. The milk gets stored in the refrigerated vats, and then gets hauled off to the processing factory where they turn it into all sorts of dairy goodies - you might even have some of them on your supermarket shelves over there. Aye, it's a busy job, especially during calving (July-Sept), but this time of year is really cruisy - just milking really and a few little jobs thru the day. The stock live outdoors all year, though the calves will still have access to shelter until the worst of the winter weather has gone. It's not an easy farm to run, it's quite hilly and we're really exposed to the winter weather up here on the Volcanic plateau area, with lottsa frosts and wind which can knock the ol' girls around a bit. But I've been very fortunate this season, and have lost only 1 cow. Production is up by 7%, so I'm hoping to reach my target of 60,000 milk solids. I enjoy farming (well, most of the time ) - I like the outdoors, fresh air and wide open spaces, no crowds, no traffic, no hemmed-in neighbours. I like working on my own, working to my own schedule, pace and way of doing things. Oh, and I milk black and whites, most of them crossed with Jersey. |
| Posted by: mingkee 01-Feb-2004, 07:09 PM |
| Brooklyn, NY Original from Hong Kong (Chinese) I may be rare, Chinese ppl listen to Celtic (usually, we caterorize Celtic as Folk) |
| Posted by: CelticRose 01-Feb-2004, 10:58 PM |
| Nice to have you Mingkee! I am half Italian heritage and I love all things Celtic and Celtic music especially! doesn't matter, eh? Welcome! |
| Posted by: tsargent62 02-Feb-2004, 05:08 PM |
| Ok, folks follow these simple directions:<br/> 1) Hold up your right hand with your palm facing you.<br> 2) Place the index finger of your left hand on the crease where your hand joins your wrist.<br/> 3) Move your left index finger up about an inch.<br/><br/> There you have it! You're pointing to my home town of Marshall, Michigan, USA!<br/><br/> As the comedian Kevin Nealon says, "It's a good thing Michigan isn't shaped like a butt!" |
| Posted by: gettin-away 02-Feb-2004, 05:48 PM |
| Hey tsargent62.... go up one more inch and that's where I'm at. Flushing, Michigan .Howdy neighbor gettin-away |
| Posted by: tsargent62 03-Feb-2004, 10:06 AM |
| I thought we might be neighbors. I read your post in the "Nicknames" forum saying you like to get away to northern Michigan. I'm actually living in Lake Orion now. My brother used to live in Flushing, but has since moved to Charlotte. We used to go a bar downtown, the name of which escapes me. I want to say it was the Iron Horse Bar or something like that. I could be way off, though! |
| Posted by: Herrerano 03-Feb-2004, 10:54 AM |
| I think I answered this way back at the beginning of this thread, but just realized that I have a picture of exactly where I am. There are two large yellowish buildings, I am in the one to the left, right in the center of the photo. Leo |
| Posted by: CelticRose 03-Feb-2004, 12:14 PM |
| Leo, it is very beautiful there where you live! I bet it is always nice climate too, eh? |
| Posted by: Herrerano 03-Feb-2004, 01:06 PM |
| Yes, I forgot to say that picture is where I work. The picture is sort of looking off in the direction of the little town I live in though, located in those hills off in the background, about twenty kilometers west of the plant. Only two seasons here, wet and dry, and we just entered the dry season which everyone here calls summer. Leo |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 03-Feb-2004, 06:43 PM |
| Leo, A beautiful place where your at. Do ya think you might could pipe some of that sunshine to me. I'll send you a Twinkie! maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Herrerano 03-Feb-2004, 07:11 PM |
| Just emailed some to ya, where's my twinkie? They don't sell those here and the last ones I had were in June when a friend of mine brought a box which we all fought over. Leo Here's another picture from the same hill looking out towards the Bay. |
| Posted by: mingkee 03-Feb-2004, 08:57 PM | ||
I never believe I love Celtic that much it has a power penetrate deep into my heart, and have that burning feeling that I never find in either Chinese and English pop yes, only Celtic can |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 04-Feb-2004, 02:38 AM | ||
Beautiful, just a very, very beautiful place to live! |
| Posted by: tsargent62 04-Feb-2004, 07:12 AM | ||
Well put! |
| Posted by: Radagast 04-Feb-2004, 08:50 AM |
| Top of the Morning to ya MaryEllen!! I am from Kansas City... but my heart lies across the atlantic on an Emerald Isle... |
| Posted by: gettin-away 04-Feb-2004, 07:09 PM | ||||
tsargent62 wrote
Sorry no Iron Horse Bar here. We do have Skip's Come Back Inn, Duffy's of Flushing, Kathy's and just outside of town is the Speakeasy. and...
From Feb. 14th thru 16th I'm going to Tahquamenon Falls for a winter tent camping trip. (These are the falls that are behind me in my profile picture.) Last years trip we had temps that got down to -28* at night and no higher than -5* during the day. Looks like it could be a little warmer this year. And only a few skeeters. gettin-away |
| Posted by: Cailiosa 04-Feb-2004, 09:52 PM |
| I was born in Dublin, Ohio and grew up in Chicago, Illinois (or close enough to it, anyway), so I am a "yankee" through and through. Going to college in Kentucky has been an experience . . . Southerners are certainly a breed apart! |
| Posted by: shamalama 05-Feb-2004, 06:53 PM |
| Atlanta, GA, USA. Just a good 'ole southern boy, barefoot at heart. Wanting one day to sip some whisky at a local pub in Scotland. |
| Posted by: MacErca 05-Feb-2004, 07:06 PM |
| Well till you get there, Hae a wee dram wi me, and welcome from a good ol' Texan. |
| Posted by: MacEoghainn 05-Feb-2004, 07:32 PM |
| I was born in Dayton, Ohio, lived in western Ohio until I was 13, been in Florida since (except for the times Uncle Sam thought I ought to go "In Harms Way" then my home was "Haze Gray, and Undeway"! ) |
| Posted by: CelticRose 05-Feb-2004, 09:12 PM |
| Hi Shamalama again! I lived in Atlanta,GA for 14 years! My family are from there. I was born and raised in California and now live in Arizona. I too hope to go to Scotland one day! |
| Posted by: Armo 05-Feb-2004, 10:06 PM |
| Can I go to Scotland too? I want to have some pints in the pub. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 05-Feb-2004, 10:33 PM | ||
Sure! I'd rather have the pints myself. Not too sure about whisky. Well I will try one! |
| Posted by: shamalama 06-Feb-2004, 09:49 AM |
| After ten years of marriage to a Goddess, we're building our first home. We plan to move in around March 1. Since you launch a new ship with a bottle of champagne, I decided this good Scot would launch our new home with a 10-yr-old bottle of Talisker. Neither she nor I drink Scotch, so it *could* be "one sip and out the door", but we're going to give the 'old dram a try. Hey CelticRose: come back for a visit and I'll take you to lunch - at The Varsity! |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Feb-2004, 01:12 PM | ||
Ah! The good ole Varsity! No place like it, eh? I love their fried peach pies! Yum! It's a deal! |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 06-Feb-2004, 01:23 PM |
| I was born and raised in Idaho. Moved to Missouri and Nebraska, back to Idaho, then to a couple places in Washington and back to Idaho. Not very exciting. |
| Posted by: tsargent62 06-Feb-2004, 01:42 PM |
| While I am originally from Michigan, through my experience in the Army I had the opportunity to live in Fairbanks, AK, and Colorado Springs, CO. Leaving Colorado Springs was a <b>big</b> mistake. We really loved it there. It took me a long time to get over not seeing the mountains. Fairbanks was quite an experience. You haven't lived until you've seen the Northern Lights dancing directly above you. It was one of the most beautiful, yet eerie, things I've ever seen. |
| Posted by: lighthouse 07-Feb-2004, 01:08 PM |
| Hi, Well I am from Richmond,Va. An intresting thing we say?? well I guess that would have to be Howdee. Not to good at spelling normal words much less not real words. |
| Posted by: mystic_midnightblue 08-Feb-2004, 03:24 PM |
| Hello everyone, I currently live in Paris, Texas. Though born a military brat have lived several different places. Born in Yakima,Washington. also lived in: Massachusetts North Carolina Florida Arkansas California Alaska Following my father's footsteps and in the military for 8 years also spent time in Georgia, Canada and Guam, and Colorado The military life wasn't for me and I'm now a nurse. Much to my family's dismay getting the itch to move again though. I truly enjoy the music here,the people and the good laughs. Thanks, Corrina |
| Posted by: kidclaymore 08-Feb-2004, 08:35 PM |
| Hi Mystic_midnightblue Welcome from a neighbor. I live in Greenville Tx. about 100 miles south of you.  |
| Posted by: CelticRose 09-Feb-2004, 11:30 AM |
| Hi Mystic_midnightblue! Very nice to have you here. Glad you like the music, hope you enjoy the forums as well! |
| Posted by: Keltic 09-Feb-2004, 10:34 PM |
| I had already posted that I'm in Ottawa, Canada but just found a website with some great pictures. As sick as I am of Ottawa, it still is a beautiful city. http://canajun.ca/rmcguire/photos/cards/ottawa/index.htm http://www.canajun.com/ottawa/tourism/pictures/intro/index.htm |
| Posted by: CelticRose 09-Feb-2004, 11:01 PM |
| Wow! It really is very beautiful. Very rich in architecture. What? No snow pictures though? I am sure you have lots of that! |
| Posted by: ogdenmusic 03-Mar-2007, 12:04 PM |
| New member from Cincinnati, OH the Queen City. Who Dey! |
| Posted by: lors 03-Mar-2007, 12:30 PM |
| New member from Paris, France. |
| Posted by: coastman 05-Mar-2007, 08:30 AM |
| Greetings y'all from Sunny Warm Coastal Georgia. Home of the world famous wild sweet Georgia shrimp. Our blue crabs are so good that we have to share our blue crabs and ship them to Maryland so Marylanders can have blue crabs to eat. How about... y'all you just ain't whistling Dixie King Cotton  |
| Posted by: sisterknight 05-Mar-2007, 08:50 AM |
| montreal west, quebec (at the moment)...land of seperatists and poutine....they are both disgusting!! |
| Posted by: pflanary 07-Mar-2007, 03:34 PM |
| I live in the countryside near Greeneville, Tennesse in the northeast part of the state but I consider myself to be from Memphis, Tennessee where I grew up (I got here by way of western Arkansas, the US Virgin Islands, Montreal, Quebec, Portland, Oregon, and Logan and Provo, Utah. I started out in Louisville, Kentucky and got to Memphis by way of Philly and Levittown, Pennsylvania and the DC area.) Basically though I consider myself a Southerner and we have lots of sayings. I haven't lived where I am now long enough to know many of the local ones but here are a few I've run across through the years. I don't care to--meaning I don't mind--Ozark and Applachian general southern: Give me sugar--give me a kiss-- 'Coke' for all soft drinks. I think this one is dying out. Sweet milk--not butter milk but regular milk Sweet or unsweet tea--iced of course. fixin to--about to do something and fixins--with all the associated side dishes--'We're having fried chicken with all the fixins.' |
| Posted by: bjoyful 09-Mar-2007, 03:52 PM |
| Hello! New member from Ohio. Pretty cool website. Ancestors from Clan Corbett (somewhere in the family tree--also associated with Clan Dunbar and Clan Ross). Sayings from Ohio . . . Pop (referring to Coca Cola, 7-Up, etc.) and "Where are yins from?" --translation: "Where are you all from?" Wha's like us. Damn few and they're a' deid!  |
| Posted by: haynes9 09-Mar-2007, 11:23 PM |
| Welcome from another Buckeye! We live on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona, but I was born and raised in Middletown. Hope you enjoy the site and all you find here. Drop in on the Introductions thread and say hello to everyone. There will be a lot of folks to greet you. Welcome aboard and have a great day! |
| Posted by: zeryx 10-Mar-2007, 05:50 AM |
| I was born in and grew up in Cheshire, England until the age of 11 when I moved to Sheffield in Yorkshire, England. From there I joined the RAF and eventually settled in St Andrews in Scotland, I've lived in the area now for the past 20 years. |
| Posted by: nocelticboundaries 23-Mar-2007, 02:51 PM |
| From Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 23-Mar-2007, 03:07 PM |
| Upper Pennisula of Michigan. Right on the Wisconsin-Michigan border we are the home of the Stormy Kromer, the World's Tallest Indian, and the most depressing place to live in the U.S.-Ironwood. Somebody get me out of here!!! |
| Posted by: Barret91 23-Mar-2007, 05:37 PM |
| 54' N 110W Cold Lake is located in the western Canadian province of Alberta. It is approximately 294 km (180 miles) northeast of Edmonton, 170 km (100 miles) north of Lloydminster, and 588 km (375 miles) northeast of Calgary. |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-Mar-2007, 06:09 AM | ||
And aparently a minority (the seperatists, I mean  ). Good to have you.  |
| Posted by: j Padraig moore 27-Mar-2007, 06:51 PM | ||
OMG!!! Are you from the Ohio Valley?? There are two of us here, my self and ceceliastar. |
| Posted by: mydogisaleprechaun 29-Mar-2007, 05:01 PM |
| Los Angeles, California sayin' dia dhuit to evrybody! <center> <a href="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/mydogisalion/MyImages.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/mydogisalion/th_MyImages.jpg"></a> </center> |
| Posted by: sisterknight 03-Apr-2007, 11:21 AM | ||
yup, our elections still have us with a liberal gov.(they just squeeked in ahead of the ADQ , which is mario dumont's one man show!!) and nary a pequist to be seen!!! st. a's isn't all that far from our home in new brunswick |
| Posted by: monksplay1958 04-Apr-2007, 06:46 PM |
| I am from Kalamazoo, Michigan....a medium sized city halfway between Detroit & Chicago. "Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo". Born & raised in Cadillac-a small tourist town in northern lower Michigan,an hour south of the gorgeous Traverse City. A few local sayings: 1)"If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes." A prime example-just went from 72 yesterday to 27 today...with snow! YUCK! 2)Go "Meeeechigan". Or, if you are a MSU Spartan fan as I am, it is "Go Green". 3)We say "pop" for all kinds of soft drinks-and some people prefer to say "Coke". My Irish heritage comes from both sides of my family-my Mom's great great grandfather came over from Ireland during the potato famine on a ship that came over from Ireland (via England)-it went thru the St Lawrence Seaway and docked in Albany,NY, and he traveled from there to Pinckney, MI where he & his family settled down. My Dad's side lived in Ontario-Hamilton area-and made their way to the Lansing area. Roberto, the northern lights are quite phenomenal, aren't they? I liked the way you put it "dancing" in the sky. How appropo! Stay warm! Melissa |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 04-Apr-2007, 07:20 PM |
| It's great watching the Northern lights. The best part is I can watch them from my own yard and they sometimes take up the whole sky! No northern lights tonight just lots of snow and badly plowed roads with the snow snakes all over them. |
| Posted by: robert553 04-Apr-2007, 08:23 PM |
| Howdy Yall---hehe I'm from Nixon, Texas. About 55 miles east of San Antonio, 75 miles south of Austin. Right in the middle of nothing but open wide spaces, mesquites, and coyotes. |
| Posted by: hellknight 05-Apr-2007, 06:52 AM |
| Roosendaal, the Netherlands - it's near the Belgium border |
