Conversate is a made up word. The word is "converse" - Page 4

NY65912 · 03-24-2022, 06:41 AM

Dragged vs. drug. I know drug is used in the south as I drug a body out of the lake.

I guess it part of the American set of dialects.

bob deluke · bob deluke's Garage

“Axe” instead of ask. Let me axe you this question, instead of ask. Drives me crazy…lazy talk.

Paul T · 03-24-2022, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric 951

"could care less"

This one drives me crazy....I used to work with a guy that used to type in e-mails "another words" instead of "in other words..". Probably should have told him, lol, but he was a d*ck.

Paul T · 03-24-2022, 06:49 AM

Being from the Philly area, you hear "wooder" all the time in place of "water". I'll admit it took me years to break the habit since it's all I heard growing up.

NY65912 · 03-24-2022, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bob deluke

“Axe” instead of ask. Let me axe you this question, instead of ask. Drives me crazy…lazy talk.

I thought that was just a NYC slang, like birffday

island911 · 03-24-2022, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by KC911

If pen and pin don't sound exactly the same when you say them....

Then you ain't from around here

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And if "out and about in a boat" doesn't sound like "Oat Ann a boat in a boat" you ain't from Canada, eh...

BTW, on the OP, what words are not "made up"?

cabmandone · cabmandone's Garage

^^^
They say "oot" Not "oat" ya hoser.
And that depends on what province you're in. In the eastern parts of Ontario they sound "normal" I mean they don't even say "eh". Up into NS still "normal" with some Frenchie influence. Manitoba, "eh and Oot". Saskatchewan "eh and oot". Alberta, a blend. BC back to "normal" It's all very confusing!

wildthing · 03-24-2022, 07:27 AM

I mean, who uses "converse"? Just talk. Chat. Have a chat. Speak with. Sometimes there's elegance in simplicity.

island911 · 03-24-2022, 07:30 AM

I'll tell ya who...

Do they make skates?

And then would it be Converskate

or would that be a made up word?

KFC911 · 03-24-2022, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by island911

And if "out and about in a boat" doesn't sound like "Oat Ann a boat in a boat" you ain't from Canada, eh...

Or from Harker's Island on our Outer Banks. That is exactly how a native from there would say it too .... without the "eh"

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rusnak · 03-24-2022, 01:54 PM

Not a made up word, but the phrase "single cab" for a truck. That's got to be some sort of Gen Z diphitsittery.

cabmandone · cabmandone's Garage

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What do you call it? I call it a "regular cab" ... then extended cab, then crew cab. But single cab makes sense to me as well.

Crowbob · 03-24-2022, 06:03 PM

My brother always said four korters makes a dollar.

When my dad didn't have the right tool he'd implevise a way around it.

Geronimo '74 · 03-24-2022, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bob deluke

“Axe” instead of ask. Let me axe you this question, instead of ask. Drives me crazy…lazy talk.

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Originally Posted by NY65912

I thought that was just a NYC slang, like birffday

I’ve worked in Africa for extended periods of time.
Sometimes the locals wanted to ‘axe’ me something.
They did not believe the proper verb was ‘to ask’ until I showed them a dictionary.
So not just NYC slang, the ebonics dialect has spread to Africa as well. And this was 20 years ago.

rusnak · 03-24-2022, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by cabmando

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What do you call it? I call it a "regular cab" ... then extended cab, then crew cab. But single cab makes sense to me as well.

How many cabs to you see?

I see one.

Calling it a double cab is like putting a sign on your shirt that says "I'm a non-sensical dumbass"

cabmandone · cabmandone's Garage

^^^
I'm trying to find an example but I can remember manufacturers referring to extended cab trucks as a "cab and a half"

Personally I'd call that an Extended cab since it's not a full crew cab.

Then there's this
https://www.stevinsonchevrolet.com/chevy-crew-cab-vs-double-cab-vs-regular-cab-trucks.html