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Let's set the record straight on this common misconception. My friends call it a pocketbook. I'm from Detroit but I've been down in Nashville for over 40 yrs and I've always missed home. A bunch of fives.

There might be confusion if people from the Northeast region of the country go elsewhere to buy athletic footwear.
"My wife is particularly amused when I say 'bread maker' instead of 'bread winner' or when I refer to something as 'down my aisle' rather than 'up my alley. Check out this list of 13 foods that have totally different regional names.

That's the case with a number of Americanisms—American sayings we are so used to uttering that we forget they don't actually make any sense or have been so removed from their original meanings that it takes a linguist to connect them. be. This phrase doesn’t strictly have a solid meaning Sorry, that wasn’t actually us who invented these things.
"My first day of school in the U.S., this girl asked me to 'scoot over,'" writes one non-American on Reddit. Don’t miss these other foods given different names in certain parts of the country. ", It seems so formal, but people in the Northeast call their shopping carts "carriages.". 'Your boyfriend opened the door for me, he's a keeper.') The word "cellar" is also used in Iowa, and, according to the Dictionary of American Regional English, it is slowly dying out along with other regionalisms. if you are a coke lover like my husband! (And I got bit by one – it hurts!) asks Thorpe.

So if you want to know the difference between a minger and a munter or why tea is different from tae, or add your suggestions, just consult 'How til spake Norn