When you grow up in West Virginia, sometimes you don’t realize that the rest of the world phrases things just a little differently. We’re proud to say things in our very own West Virginia way, and everyone else can have theirs. Here are a few phrases that you’re most likely to hear in West Virginia.
- Pass the ’taters!
Pixabay/anestiev That’s potatoes to most of the rest of the world.
- Go find a buggy.
WikiMedia Commons/Jim Not for a horse, but this is what we call a shopping cart.
- Sauce and slaw, please.
WikiMedia Commons/Steven Depolo Chili and coleslaw for a true West Virginia dog.
- Put it in the poke!
Pixabay/diddi4 Just another word for “bag.”
- Let’s grab some Tudor’s!
WikiMedia Commons/Davidny Not the royal English family, but rather some of the most delicious biscuits in West Virginia.
- Put on your toboggan!
Pixabay/Pezibear While in much of the rest of the U.S., a toboggan is a sled, in West Virginia it refers to a hat! But you will want to wear one if you go sledding.
- Give that kid a sucker!
Pixabay/Daria-Yakovleva You might have to ask for a lollipop somewhere else.
- Time to go ramp hunting!
Flickr/Jessica and Lon Binder Not a ramp that you drive on, but rather a wild onion that features heavily in West Virginian cuisine in the springtime.
- He’s from the holler.
WikiMedia Commons/Coal town guy In West Virginia’s early history, many small towns were built in the valleys, or “hollows” of the Mountain State. Eventually the word for these towns morphed into “holler” and it stuck.
- WEST, by God, Virginia
WikiMedia Commons/Samuel Augustus Mitchell We don’t like it when people confuse us with the “other” Virginia.
- It’s just over yonder.
Pixabay/tpsdave “Yonder” is at some vague point in the distance. In our wild and wonderful state, just about everywhere is “yonder”… and worth future exploration!
For more about life in West Virginia, check out these 11 things that no self-respecting West Virginian would ever do.
Pixabay/anestiev
That’s potatoes to most of the rest of the world.
WikiMedia Commons/Jim
Not for a horse, but this is what we call a shopping cart.
WikiMedia Commons/Steven Depolo
Chili and coleslaw for a true West Virginia dog.
Pixabay/diddi4
Just another word for “bag.”
WikiMedia Commons/Davidny
Not the royal English family, but rather some of the most delicious biscuits in West Virginia.
Pixabay/Pezibear
While in much of the rest of the U.S., a toboggan is a sled, in West Virginia it refers to a hat! But you will want to wear one if you go sledding.
Pixabay/Daria-Yakovleva
You might have to ask for a lollipop somewhere else.
Flickr/Jessica and Lon Binder
Not a ramp that you drive on, but rather a wild onion that features heavily in West Virginian cuisine in the springtime.
WikiMedia Commons/Coal town guy
In West Virginia’s early history, many small towns were built in the valleys, or “hollows” of the Mountain State. Eventually the word for these towns morphed into “holler” and it stuck.
WikiMedia Commons/Samuel Augustus Mitchell
We don’t like it when people confuse us with the “other” Virginia.
Pixabay/tpsdave
“Yonder” is at some vague point in the distance. In our wild and wonderful state, just about everywhere is “yonder”… and worth future exploration!
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