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Lex
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:43 PM Original message |
Is saying "crank" your car just a southern thing? |
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xray s
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. we say it up here in Chicago |
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Lex
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Aha! So not just a regional thing! |
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barb162
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. lived in Chicago my entire life; never heard it |
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xray s
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. northside or southside? |
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barb162
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. both, born N. side; lived on s and n sides |
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xray s
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. In Portage Park, in the winter, we crank the motor till she starts |
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barb162
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Sox more than the Cubs, but I don't really follow either team |
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BigMcLargehuge
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. we sometimes say it in NH |
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Lex
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it's falling out of the language here |
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mitchum
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. My wife says my use of "cut" is the only indicator that I'm southern |
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Lex
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. LOL! |
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mitchum
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I honestly don't know... |
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CO Liberal
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. My Second Wife Was From Pennsylvania |
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Lex
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Hmmm . . . we definitely don't have that in the south |
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CO Liberal
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Wed Dec-29-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Some of Her Other Expressions Made Less Sense |
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Maddy McCall
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I say "fixing to" all the time. |
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. We draw baths in New England too! |
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mitchum
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No, I "run me a tub" |
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Tom Yossarian Joad
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Ahhhhhhhh..... You're from NH..... How long have people from NH |
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Kathy in Cambridge
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. You NH people are WEEEYID |
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qnr
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not particularly popular, but it is used in a lot of places n/t |
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mitchum
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. And doing a lot of crank is no longer just a southern thing :) |
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blackcat77
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's "turn over" in Indiana... nt |
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I live in Mississippi. We "start" the car. We don't "crank" it. |
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Lex
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Cars used to be "cranked" |
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Dec-28-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I know that. But I don't hear people say it here. |
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ladjf
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Wed Dec-29-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. I'm from Mississippi. I've heard it both ways. Another word "yonder" |
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Lex
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yeah, I figured it must be in Mississippi too. |
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hickman1937
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. We say it all the time in the Metro Detroit area |
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norml
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nebraskans say, Crank it! Crank it up! Crank that engine! Get it cranking! |
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gizmo1979
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Wed Dec-29-04 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. WI. never heard of it. |
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guitar man
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Wed Dec-29-04 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. yeah, but there is an "i" in it |
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short bus president
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Wed Dec-29-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, no. |
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HawkerHurricane
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Wed Dec-29-04 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. Heard it here in SoCal... |
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