Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[jjeff]

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What is PANK? - [PANK]

Editorial assistant Ashley is not only industrious as the mistress of all things Facebook, she is curious and today she’s going to tell us all about what PANK means. The Many Definitions of PANK, At Least According To Urban Dictionary. Many people ask where PANK came from.

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The second most common definition of our word. Â Miners panked explosive powered into shot holes, which exploded, removing rock and copper from the hills of the Copper Country, the source of our up country. Â It also means to pank the snow, something we get a lot of. And by a lot we mean A LOT, or in more conventional terms, more than 300 inches each year.

Bruce

Finally, I now understand where the origins of panking snow came from. Makes sense it's from the many copper and iron miners that worked and settled vast areas up there.

 

[jjeff]

Finally, I now understand where the origins of panking snow came from. Makes sense it's from the many copper and iron miners that worked and settled vast areas up there.

Off topic but still laugh, I used to get in trouble for panking snow instead of actually shoveling it. First thing my folks bought when I moved out was a snowblower , before that I just had a shovel. Second thing was a brand new dishwasher.

 

[bcp]

Snow panker photo:

Past-E-Mail

www.pasty.com

(Someone forgot to change their webpage title)

Bruce

 

[dstig1]

It may or may not be correct but it's always bothered me when someones says "graduated X " rather than "graduated from X"...(when discussing education levels etc.)

That falls under the similar thing you hear a lot in western PA. Things like "the dog needs walked" or "the sidewalk needs shoveled" Throw a "to be" in there...for gawds sakes!!!

 

[jjeff]

Snow panker photo:

Past-E-Mail

www.pasty.com

(Someone forgot to change their webpage title)

Bruce

Well that's a snow panker, used long before my time, I used a shovel for my snow panking a few times all I could do was pank snow when the drifts were over my head. I also had no idea pank was a published poetry magazine. Lol

 

[Hay Dude]

Dont know if previously mentioned, but one thats really bad in MY area is the the way some people say “KELLER” instead of “COLOR”

“Oh, I like the KELLER of your tractor”

Drives me nuts.

 

[Pixguy]

We traveled through central PA in the past and was confused when we heard the couple behind us order Had-dock fish instead of what we've always heard Had-dic.
What's everyone say?

 

[jjeff]

Top example, had-dock around here. That's all I've ever heard it called.

 

[Oaktree]

Most of us on this forum have probably referred to any make brush cutter as a Bush hog.
Many of my customers called any refrigerator a Frigidaire. Others called it an ice box.
All refrigerants were referred to as Freon.
Many people mispronounced it as free zone.
Many 4 wheel drive vehicles were called a Jeep.
Some call a tricycle, or trike, a 3 wheeled bicycle.


I, also, think supper is an old timey word used mainly by country people. I have never been in a restaurant with supper on the menu. It is always lunch at noon and dinner later in the evening. When places have "all day breakfast" it merely means you can get breakfast items any time of day instead of only the lunch or dinner items on the menu.

In my travels I have occasionally had people up north make fun of me when I said y'all but I have never heard Southerners make fun of people coming down here and saying you guys or youse guys even when they are talking about people of different sexes.

When I was in grade school, the teachers would call a record player a victrola. I'm not so old that actual Victrolas were still in common use.

I'll take your word for it that southerners don't make fun of northerners' speech patterns, but you have to admit that Yankees get blamed for anything southerners don't like.

Not to drift too far off topic, but what's the deal with all day breakfast? I'll admit that I'm not a big one for most breakfast fare, and would really like it if restaurants served lunch fare before 10:30-11am. BK sold some burgers in the morning for a while, but don't think they do anymore.

 

[jjeff]

When I was in grade school, the teachers would call a record player a victrola. I'm not so old that actual Victrolas were still in common use.

I'll take your word for it that southerners don't make fun of northerners' speech patterns, but you have to admit that Yankees get blamed for anything southerners don't like.

Not to drift too far off topic, but what's the deal with all day breakfast? I'll admit that I'm not a big one for most breakfast fare, and would really like it if restaurants served lunch fare before 10:30-11am. BK sold some burgers in the morning for a while, but don't think they do anymore.

Family meal favorite of ours is home cooked "brinner" lol