Scotty Con Queso said:In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
Growing up in WV: It was called pop.
Move to NC: "Haha you idiot, it's soda you must be an inbred hillbilly"
Move to Texas: Me: "I'll have a soda". "What the hell? It's Coke, no matter what brand or flavor it is, it's a Coke." Me: "Listen here shiny happy person, I'll call it whatever I want at this point."
When I moved from State College to Pittsburgh I still said "soda" and got funny looks. Up in Northern New England it's "tonic".
Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
I hate to say it, but that's what we called Regina when I was a kid on the farm.
ShawnG said:volvoclearinghouse said:"I need a truck to tow my ski boat."
All rwd. None with a transmission made of glass.
Was 1977 before or after they started foisting the TH200 on the world?
Not the 200-4R. The TH200 three speed, basically a light weight TH350 with a lot of plastic internals.
The general procedure was, WHEN it died just outside of warranty, replace with a TH350. If it died before warranty was up and got rebuilt, then replace it with a TH350 after it died again, although the car was probably rusted out by then because if a car lasted more than four years then they spent too much money building it...
Duke said:volvoclearinghouse said:NickD said:
I grew up in "Western" NY, and we always called it "Upstate"; to us, that simply meant "not NYC", or perhaps more accurately, "Real New York".
I'm questioning whether y'all are even actually from New York. 97% of the people I know from within 200 miles of Manhattan just refer to it as 'The City', as if it was the only city on the planet. None of this New York City or NYC stuff.
Heh. I remember an angry nerd online who was miffed that I didn't know that the song "When the lights go down in the city" was about San Francisco. Because apparently the place is known as "The City", and who doesn't know that it's on a bay?
Want to know how many major cities are on bays? ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Duke said:volvoclearinghouse said:NickD said:
I grew up in "Western" NY, and we always called it "Upstate"; to us, that simply meant "not NYC", or perhaps more accurately, "Real New York".
I'm questioning whether y'all are even actually from New York. 97% of the people I know from within 200 miles of Manhattan just refer to it as 'The City', as if it was the only city on the planet. None of this New York City or NYC stuff.
Heh. I remember an angry nerd online who was miffed that I didn't know that the song "When the lights go down in the city" was about San Francisco. Because apparently the place is known as "The City", and who doesn't know that it's on a bay?
Want to know how many major cities are on bays? ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
I grew up in central new york by that map.we called it "the city" as in: " you know what them azzhats in the city did now?"
TRoglodyte said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:Duke said:volvoclearinghouse said:NickD said:
I grew up in "Western" NY, and we always called it "Upstate"; to us, that simply meant "not NYC", or perhaps more accurately, "Real New York".
I'm questioning whether y'all are even actually from New York. 97% of the people I know from within 200 miles of Manhattan just refer to it as 'The City', as if it was the only city on the planet. None of this New York City or NYC stuff.
Heh. I remember an angry nerd online who was miffed that I didn't know that the song "When the lights go down in the city" was about San Francisco. Because apparently the place is known as "The City", and who doesn't know that it's on a bay?
Want to know how many major cities are on bays? ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
I grew up in central new york by that map.we called it "the city" as in: " you know what them azzhats in the city did now?"
Meh,
I call Charleston, The City.
Most often a term of disgust instead of endearment. Not only does The City suck, all cities suck.
Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
See, that's not quite the same. There are implied capital letters in the New York version, that are very audible in conversation.
It's never "I'm going into the city." It's "I'm going into The City."
Duke said:Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
See, that's not quite the same. There are implied capital letters in the New York version, that are very audible in conversation.
It's never "I'm going into the city." It's "I'm going into The City."
Is The City where The Ohio State is located?
In reply to volvoclearinghouse :
By that chart you need a truck to tow the trailer for your corvette towing the boat.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:ShawnG said:volvoclearinghouse said:"I need a truck to tow my ski boat."
All rwd. None with a transmission made of glass.
Was 1977 before or after they started foisting the TH200 on the world?
Not the 200-4R. The TH200 three speed, basically a light weight TH350 with a lot of plastic internals.
The general procedure was, WHEN it died just outside of warranty, replace with a TH350. If it died before warranty was up and got rebuilt, then replace it with a TH350 after it died again, although the car was probably rusted out by then because if a car lasted more than four years then they spent too much money building it...
If I recall, my 77 caprice had a TH350, my grandfather's 78 was built with a TH200, which did indeed get replaced with a350.
Duke said:Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
See, that's not quite the same. There are implied capital letters in the New York version, that are very audible in conversation.
It's never "I'm going into the city." It's "I'm going into The City."
Isn't The City in the middle of greater London?
I'm from the city and drink pop. Fight me!
Keith Tanner said:Duke said:Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
See, that's not quite the same. There are implied capital letters in the New York version, that are very audible in conversation.
It's never "I'm going into the city." It's "I'm going into The City."
Isn't The City in the middle of greater London?
Not to New Yorkers, it isn't.
And 'central NJ' is a real thing...
NickD said:
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
Pete. (l33t FS) said:NickD said:
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
Me too.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:Duke said:Appleseed said:In reply to Duke :
Odd, because that's what we call Chicago. "I'm going to the city," and everyone in Chicagoland knows where you're going.
See, that's not quite the same. There are implied capital letters in the New York version, that are very audible in conversation.
It's never "I'm going into the city." It's "I'm going into The City."
Is The City where The Ohio State is located?
No, The Ohio City is in The Ohio State which is in The Ohio Country
Duke said:volvoclearinghouse said:NickD said:
I grew up in "Western" NY, and we always called it "Upstate"; to us, that simply meant "not NYC", or perhaps more accurately, "Real New York".
I'm questioning whether y'all are even actually from New York. 97% of the people I know from within 200 miles of Manhattan just refer to it as 'The City', as if it was the only city on the planet. None of this New York City or NYC stuff.
There are 3 regions of New York. The City which is the five boros, Long Island, and upstate which is anything north of Van Courtland Park.
From time to time there's talk of Upstate breaking off and making their own state. It's never more than a pipedream as five blocks of Manhattan are basically supporting the rest of the state.
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