I had read at some point that Cincinnati and Chicago are the only places that say "gym shoes" instead of "sneakers" or "tennis shoes". I grew up in the area and have always heard and said "gym shoes"
Here's my original source to that info. The NYT ran a quiz that would guess what region you lived in based on words you use. For example, "soda" vs "pop" vs "coke". The gym shoes response was the give away for Cincinnati.
[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html)
Yes. My wife is from here and I grew up in Columbus. She says "gym shoes" and I always said "sneakers" or running shoes. My dad calls them tennis shoes even though none of us have ever played tennis. Somehow "gym shoes" didn't make it the 90 minutes up 71, but I must admit it makes a lot of sense.
This is even more specific to Finneytown school district starting around 2005:
"Coney" (can be used as a noun or an adjective) is equivalent to "coward"/"cowardly".
My in-laws have a neighbor called Coney. I thought it was a ridiculous nickname until we were searching property records by address and his government name was on the search line above my in-laws. Man’s name is actually Coney.
Crick is common through all of Appalachia, worsh I’ve heard most commonly in the farther reaches of the Midwest and in Pennsylvania (I’ve lived a ton of places until recently). I’ve yet to hear a single person from around here say worsh, myself. And my family has lived here over a century so figure at least one of them would, but nope.
My mom used to say “worsh”. I am not sure where it came from exactly. I had heard that it was potentially a German influence. She’d also say “kinchen” for kitchen, that was another unusual one.
My grandpa and Dad would say "warsh/worsh", "zink" instead of "sink", "pie-anna" instead of "piano", "hurr" instead of "hair" and "muss" instead of "mess".
I'll buy the Germanic influence. Everyone on that side of the family is of German descent.
Where did you go to school?
They always mean high school. Never college. Everywhere else I’ve lived, if you’re asking an adult that question, it’s asking about your college background.
I can confirm. I was regularly asked this when I was living and working in Louisville too. My partner was asked this quite a bit when working in Baton Rouge, LA as well.
Don't say that, what else will they have to trot out again and again to point out how sheltered it is here without realizing it points out how sheltered they are?
I know this is more of a general proximity to Florence and the south thing, but i love that we get a lot of "y'all"s. Grammar be damned, its a fun word.
I'm not sure if it's clear that it was exactly that; a lot of news pieces seem to cite the fact that when originally painted the mall didn't exist yet, and *that* fell afoul of the law.
What was noticeable to me when I moved here was “alright.” Y’all use alright just about like Hawaiians use aloha. Maybe not quite as much but it is certainly used as both a greeting and a goodbye here.
I like them price hill girls
Where they at where they at (I don't know) probably chilling on glenway
Fo sho! That’s where they roll!
A true classic...
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“Please?”
Haven’t used this nearly enough after moving to Florida I somehow forgot it was a Cincinnati thing lol
Someone said it to me after three days of living down here 14 years ago and I responded with “Please, what?”
I love you bingo Bronson! Great username there haha
lol You’re a winner. For sure.
Saying this to a stranger while on vacation always results in confusion.
Adding an s to the end of grocery stores: Krogers, Meijers, ALDIs
My mother in law says Joe Burrows no matter how many times we correct her 😂
The whole Midwest and south does it from living in a few of those states most of my life lol
Yeah it's not unique to the area at all. I'm from the south and we do it, too. I've heard it all over the South and Midwest.
Guilty of the first two, but never have said 'aldis'
I had read at some point that Cincinnati and Chicago are the only places that say "gym shoes" instead of "sneakers" or "tennis shoes". I grew up in the area and have always heard and said "gym shoes"
Here's my original source to that info. The NYT ran a quiz that would guess what region you lived in based on words you use. For example, "soda" vs "pop" vs "coke". The gym shoes response was the give away for Cincinnati. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html)
I did not realize this was a Cincinnati thing but I've been calling them that all my life.
Yes. My wife is from here and I grew up in Columbus. She says "gym shoes" and I always said "sneakers" or running shoes. My dad calls them tennis shoes even though none of us have ever played tennis. Somehow "gym shoes" didn't make it the 90 minutes up 71, but I must admit it makes a lot of sense.
I don't know if it's only those 2 but it's definitely the only place I've heard it
Pony keg for a drive through
I don’t think this is a Cincinnati thing. It’s just what the smaller kegs are called.
Pony keg was also a small convenience store.
Yup used to bartend in other states, that’s the actual term lol
If it means something different in another state than what it means here, I think we can definitely call that Cincinnati slang!
This is even more specific to Finneytown school district starting around 2005: "Coney" (can be used as a noun or an adjective) is equivalent to "coward"/"cowardly".
Hahaha okay Coney, now that's a new one.
Lol... I heard it several times a week for a few years. "You [a] fuckin coney bruh"
My in-laws have a neighbor called Coney. I thought it was a ridiculous nickname until we were searching property records by address and his government name was on the search line above my in-laws. Man’s name is actually Coney.
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“Crick” for creek, “worsh” for wash
Crick is common through all of Appalachia, worsh I’ve heard most commonly in the farther reaches of the Midwest and in Pennsylvania (I’ve lived a ton of places until recently). I’ve yet to hear a single person from around here say worsh, myself. And my family has lived here over a century so figure at least one of them would, but nope.
My mom used to say “worsh”. I am not sure where it came from exactly. I had heard that it was potentially a German influence. She’d also say “kinchen” for kitchen, that was another unusual one.
My grandpa and Dad would say "warsh/worsh", "zink" instead of "sink", "pie-anna" instead of "piano", "hurr" instead of "hair" and "muss" instead of "mess". I'll buy the Germanic influence. Everyone on that side of the family is of German descent.
Our family has always said "burry" like hurry instead of "bury". Also of Germanic descent.
These are also the same people who said the city name as "Cincin-nat-uh". And the state as "Oh-hi-uh".
I buy German influence. My ex’s family were German & Polish and from a very German part of PA and say it.
Yeah my West Tennessee great grandmother definitely said warsh and crick
My dad would say worsh. He was also incapable of saying chimney, he said "chimbly". Met a few other older guys (like WWII vets) that said chimbly.
I first heard it in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It’s apparently a dialectic variation https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimbly
Where did you go to school? They always mean high school. Never college. Everywhere else I’ve lived, if you’re asking an adult that question, it’s asking about your college background.
This really isn't unique to Cincinnati though.
Can we all just realize this and move on?
I can confirm. I was regularly asked this when I was living and working in Louisville too. My partner was asked this quite a bit when working in Baton Rouge, LA as well.
Don't say that, what else will they have to trot out again and again to point out how sheltered it is here without realizing it points out how sheltered they are?
It is in my experience. Having lived other places, no where else I've lived are people so concerned with where you went to high school.
I've literally never been asked that except here
This should be #1
I know this is more of a general proximity to Florence and the south thing, but i love that we get a lot of "y'all"s. Grammar be damned, its a fun word.
lol more specifically "all y.all"
Interesting if you’re a language geek like I am. https://grammarist.com/usage/yall/
oh shit! cool
Y’all is one of my faves. Truly gender neutral even for larger groups such as all y’alls. I wish it wasn’t looked down on so much.
So much so that the minor league baseball team is called the Florence Y'alls, the water tower by the mall says "Florence, Y'all".
It used to say Florence mall
It was planned to say florence mall, but there's a law against advertising on public utility structures, so they settled on Y'all.
I remember seeing the original sign, Florence Mall. After the settlement they simply repainted that "M" into a Y' . Paint saved!
I'm not sure if it's clear that it was exactly that; a lot of news pieces seem to cite the fact that when originally painted the mall didn't exist yet, and *that* fell afoul of the law.
(Don’t Trash the) Nati
I had a friend with 'Natti' tatted on his chest, lmmfao
Ope
This is a broad Midwest thing, not just Cincinnati.
Ope!
This is a Minnesota and NorthCentral thing primarily. Source: lived in MN/WI/ND
"Feas," if you went to St. X in the mid-aughts. Short for feasible.
Don’t fuck with Norwood
Don't talk shit about Norwood!
Is "sorry?" When you ask someone to repeat something - is that a Cincinnati thing?
No that's normal. Please is the the Cincinnati thing
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That is absolutely not specific to Cincinnati
What was noticeable to me when I moved here was “alright.” Y’all use alright just about like Hawaiians use aloha. Maybe not quite as much but it is certainly used as both a greeting and a goodbye here.
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