Mike Hunt Says...

[NersEllenson]

Getting back on topic - how do Wisconsinites pronounce Mike Hunt? 

[mr.MUskie]

How many of you guys are from Illinoise?

Yous guys.

[brandx]

Everyone around here keeps referring to some woman, "Ellenois."

Populated by FIBs and Ellenysians

[mu03eng]

yup Hwy Hunnert to many sout' siders

and Moorland Rd. is often pronounced as Moreland (that one really bothers my wife so I use it at every opportunity)

Irony is there is a Moreland Road(Waukesha) within 5 miles of Moorland Rd(New Berlin/Brookfield)

[mu03eng]

I thoroughly enjoy the linguistic discussion as I've experienced it all as an Air Force brat.  Moved all over the place and picked up things here and there that stuck so I don't really have an accent.

High school in Ellinoies got me made fun of for drinking a lot of melk.

[mr.MUskie]

Getting back on topic - how do Wisconsinites pronounce Mike Hunt? 

kitten

[mr.MUskie]

kitten

What happened to hairy wet cats?

[Spotcheck Billy]

Irony is there is a Moreland Road(Waukesha) within 5 miles of Moorland Rd(New Berlin/Brookfield)

Yeah, she is sure to point that out every time 

[Spotcheck Billy]

EVS Country!

Having been raised in the Falls and all my relatives living in Milwaukee EVS is what everyone associated with us in the 60's-70's. We used to take care of my grandparents parakeet, Tico when they would go on vacation and it was my Dad's idea to teach Tico a new phrase every year. My grandfather was pissed the year Dad taught Tico to sing "Ernie Von Schledorn". That bird lived to a ripe old age and never forgot it.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Having been raised in the Falls and all my relatives living in Milwaukee EVS is what everyone associated with us in the 60's-70's. We used to take care of my grandparents parakeet, Tico when they would go on vacation and it was my Dad's idea to teach Tico a new phrase every year. My grandfather was pissed the year Dad taught Tico to sing "Ernie Von Schledorn". That bird lived to a ripe old age and never forgot it.

One of my roommates was from The Falls and he loved to joke about Dirty Ernie.

[Tums Festival]

I'm from Michigan originally and there the word for carbonated beverages such as Coke and Pepsi is "pop." After I started at MU I quickly got used to calling it "soda" and still call it that now.

[mu03eng]

I'm from Michigan originally and there the word for carbonated beverages such as Coke and Pepsi is "pop." After I started at MU I quickly got used to calling it "soda" and still call it that now.

My cousins from Janesville always called soda "pop", drove me nuts when they'd come to visit.  Later in life I got a little lazy and just referred to everything as coke but I've since corrected back to soda.

[brandx]

I'm from Michigan originally and there the word for carbonated beverages such as Coke and Pepsi is "pop." After I started at MU I quickly got used to calling it "soda" and still call it that now.

Grew up in Kenosha and it was always "soda pop" or just "pop"

[pbiflyer]

Oh God, I have to be honest here, I still call it a tyme machine. Just got called out on it a couple weeks ago by a friend from Montana. Here's another one..."Highway one hundred" is referred to as "highway a hundred" by us locals. Yes, I grew up in 'Stallis.

I called it a TYME machine for many years after I left Marquette.  Since I lived in California people didn't know what I meant, but they didn't look at me strange either.

[tower912]

I, too, grew up in Michigan, but I did not let 4 years in Mwaukee change it from 'pop' to 'soda'.

[keefe]

I, too, grew up in Michigan, but I did not let 4 years in Mwaukee change it from 'pop' to 'soda'.

Two years in Ann Arbor made me a Vernors Man

[tower912]

Not Faygo or Towne Club?    A Vernor's float is surprisingly good.   

[keefe]

Not Faygo or Towne Club?    A Vernor's float is surprisingly good.  

No, Vernors. For the float, especially. Can't get Vernors anywhere outside of Michigan which is a damn shame. I have nothing against Faygo and it was in the house I lived but I never did drink much soda (even when I worked for PepsiCo!) Vernors was exceptionally good so if I drank soda it was Vernors Ginger Ale.

It just popped in my brain - those floats are called Boston Coolers. I never understood why they weren't called Detroit Coolers...

[Jay Bee]

No, Vernors. For the float, especially. Can't get Vernors anywhere outside of Michigan which is a damn shame. I have nothing against Faygo and it was in the house I lived but I never did drink much soda (even when I worked for PepsiCo!) Vernors was exceptionally good so if I drank soda it was Vernors Ginger Ale.

It just popped in my brain - those floats are called Boston Coolers. I never understood why they weren't called Detroit Coolers...

Vernor's can be had - easy to order online if so inclined. Story goes that Vernor (the creator) had his pharmacy shop on Woodward Ave, near Boston Blvd in what today is known as the Boston-Edison Historic District. I think many of the streets there have big city names... anyway, Boston = a street in Detroit.  The D (nh).

PS to all - it's POP.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I'm pretty sure Woodmans carries Vernor's.

the incorrect use of the word "Borrow" is probably the worst WI colloquialism out there.

F me, next month is 1/2 of my life spent in Wisconsin.

But it is still, and always will be, pop.

[NersEllenson]

Two years in Ann Arbor made me a Vernors Man

Is this Vernor's Ginger Ale really all its cracked up to be?  Non Michigan natives like it and find it a transcendent type of experience?

Perhaps this is the elixir I need that will wash the bad taste out of my mouth from last season..and end any future negative posts about Derrick and Jake.   

[keefe]

just pass me a white frosted long john and I'm happy.

My wife called Maple Bars "Long Johns."

She also loved these things called Schaum Tortes with strawberries and clotted cream. She made these herself from some family recipe. Actually rather good.

[4everwarriors]

I'm pretty sure Woodmans carries Vernor's.

the incorrect use of the word "Borrow" is probably the worst WI colloquialism out there.

F me, next month is 1/2 of my life spent in Wisconsin.

But it is still, and always will be, pop.

Yeah, but it took ya 8 of those years to get a bachelor's degree.

[StillAWarrior]

My cousins from Janesville always called soda "pop", drove me nuts when they'd come to visit.  Later in life I got a little lazy and just referred to everything as coke but I've since corrected back to soda.

Where I grew up, we called it all "coke"

"Wanna go get a coke?"
"Sure."
"What kind of coke are you going to get?"
"7up."

[Warrior Code]

How many of you guys are from Illinoise?

Friendly Illinois Brethren, at your service.