Hoagie, Hero, Sub,or Grinder? Hot Dog or Frank? Soda or Pop?

[samhexum]

Party store, to me, is a liquor/beer/wine store. He meant someplace where he could pick up stuff like balloons, and decorations, and paper tablecloths in different themes.

 

 

[+ Charlie]

Hoagie (in Philly) or sub (anywhere else), frankfurter (for the meat alone) or hot dog (when it's in a roll), soft drink (soda belongs in gin), tennis shoes if I play tennis in them, but sneakers if they are just for walking.

[+ bashful]

I've lived in SE Michigan all my life. A co-worker (new to the area) asked where he could find a party store. I kind of goggled at him for a second because there's one about every half-mile. Party store, to me, is a liquor/beer/wine store. He meant someplace where he could pick up stuff like balloons, and decorations, and paper tablecloths in different themes.

 

LOL

 

Nobody from outside SE Michigan (aka the tri-county Detroit area as it was called when I lived there) ever gets the party store meaning. Yes, a party store to me, is a place to pick up beer, wine, liquor, chips, cigarettes, and sometimes a few basic food items.

 

My mother (an immigrant, who's English was not the best) used to refer to our local party store as the "little store" when she sent me on a errand to pick up something.

 

I really miss Detroit some times.

Edited June 28, 2018 by bashful

[bostonman]

Growing up in CT, a liquor store was a "package store" or "packie" for short.

 

Coming to MA for college, it was weird that all of a sudden soda was "tonic" or "pop." What I used to call grinders as a kid became "subs."

 

"Hoagie" to me is the name of the guy who wrote the tune for "Stardust" (i.e. Hoagy Carmichael.)

[mike carey]

When I was growing up those shoes would be called sand shoes, or sometimes running shoes or runners. 'Sneakers' became popular after that.

[+ Charlie]

When I lived in PA, liquor stores were always referred to as "state stores," since they were run by the state. ("I'm going to the state store. We're out of scotch.")

[craigville beach]

Growing up in CT, a liquor store was a "package store" or "packie" for short.

 

Coming to MA for college, it was weird that all of a sudden soda was "tonic" or "pop." What I used to call grinders as a kid became "subs."

 

"Hoagie" to me is the name of the guy who wrote the tune for "Stardust" (i.e. Hoagy Carmichael.)

 

 

what part of Massachusetts did you go to college at?

[spider]

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