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15. Iowa: 'Knee High by the Fourth of July' An agricultural saying that serves as a benchmark for the growth of corn crops. The origins of the phrase are unclear, but it might be as old as Iowa ...
(US) A rural person with a "glorious lack of sophistication" (from the slang term for "peanut") Guajiro (Cuba) A rural person from Cuba. Hillbilly (US) A rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia or the Ozarks. Redneck (US) A rural white person. There are varying possible etymologies for this term. Primarily used to denote lower-class rural ...
Certain phonemes appear in particular words and set the North-Central dialect apart from some other American English: [12] absurd often uses /z/ (rather than /s/) across may end with a final /st/ and rhyme with cost, particularly in Wisconsin; anti often uses /aɪ/ (rather than /i/) aunt often uses /ɑ/ (rather than /æ/) roof often uses /ʊ ...
The Ho-Chunk Nations of Wisconsin and Nebraska represent some sounds differently in the alphabets that they use, as the Wisconsin tribe write a double vowel to mark longer length, and the Nebraska tribe uses a macron over the vowel (compare oo with ō for IPA /o:/). These differences, shown with example words, are demonstrated in the chart below.
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
New England, Wisconsin and the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys) – a water fountain; cellar – alternate term for basement [6] sneakers (throughout the U.S., though concentrated in the Northeast and parts of Florida) – generic rubber-soled athletic shoe. [7] soda – a sweet, carbonated soft drink