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Everyday things that have totally different names throughout the US

Geography Story: Everyday things that have totally different names throughout the US

When you travel from state to state in the USA, you can encounter some words that have totally different meanings in different areas. Read on to learn more about how everyday items are called throughout the country.



Which of these words do you use? Do you know any other names for these things?

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93 Comments
LeRoy Johnston
About the Freeway or Highway, either one is O.K., But My Question is, Why do We Park in the Driveway, and Drive on the Parkway?? L.O.L.
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09.10.2019 01:33
theotishaynes
I live in the south and I have never heard anyone call a faucet a spigot. Been here all my life and we either say a faucet or a water hydrant.
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27.07.2021 04:17
ginatatewof
LeRoy Johnston, 😂😂😂🤣 really good one 😂😂😂
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04.02.2020 05:00
Jim Mascair
My neighbor here in Louisiana was from Indiana and she came over to borrow a dust sweep. We had no idea what she needed. It was a dustpan.
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02.11.2023 11:46
Vimala Padmaraj
Louella Wilson, EXACTLY. BRITISH ENGLISH HERE - ALWAYS CALLED IT "TAP"
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13.10.2023 01:23
George Albert Binet
Here in New Orleans we use Po Boys for the sandwich and I've always called it a faucet
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03.07.2023 11:47
Sherry Wallis
I'm from S. Texas and we say shopping basket, whether it's one on your arm or with wheels. Also, road on these side of a freeway that is called a frontage road elsewhere, in Houston is called the access road. I say faucet or tap, depending on whether it is outside or inside. Pancakes not flapjacks. It is odd, but most of the time, we know what it means when we travel.
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29.06.2023 11:27
Gary Chadwick
Americans have so many names for things and think we should use their terms. We get water from Taps, so much easier than saying Faucet, we use shopping trolleys, Hundreds and thousands what we use, not sprinkles..
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18.06.2023 07:49
Caroline Weis
I remember once when I visited Tennessee that I was asked if I wanted my oil checked, but the way the fellow pronounced it, it sounded like all. I've heard different expressions forr corn cakes, ie: hoecakes corn pone and Johnny cakes. Guess it depends on where you are here in the U S A.
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05.03.2023 02:08
kittykay
In Australia we take reference from America,Canada,Great Britain & our own.We say Sub,Sprinkles/H&T,Soft Drink,Sneakers,Prawns,Lightning Bug,Lounge,Pancake,Tap,Trolley & use Highway & Freeway for different types of roads.
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05.02.2023 08:07
john duckett
The explanation re pancakes suggests it is an American word. It predates the US.
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03.12.2022 10:45
Gail Cusack
Interesting how different parts of American use different names for the same thing. To me, a Kiwi, a lot of the words used are longer than we would use eg automobile, we say Car
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31.10.2022 02:45
 Margaret White
In Australia, we call those little crustaceons prawns. A tap is a tap and soft drinks fizz. And we sprinkle hundreds and thousands on our cakes.
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29.09.2022 08:57
Cindy Ursan
theotishaynes, hydrant? That’s what we call those red things that dogs pee on and firefighters hook hoses into to fight fires. In our little place in Canada, we call it a tap!
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22.09.2022 06:07
Louella Wilson
Trolley is our local name for a shopping cart. Lounge, tap, soft drink are some other terms that I am more familiar with cw those given.
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10.09.2022 10:26
Louella Wilson
theotishaynes, I've always called it a tap!
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10.09.2022 10:22
Dan Diffley
About the highways: in most states that I’ve driven in the “highways” are referred to only by the number as in “take 80” or “stay on 95 for 10 miles”, etc. But in California people say “take THE 5” or it’s just off THE 10”. I never could figure that out.😳
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29.08.2022 08:53
Doris Dallaire
I’ve always called them running shoes, not tennis shoes or sneakers. And it’s a tap, not a faucet or spigot, always pop, and it’s either a highway (2 lanes usually) or else it’s the four lane highway.
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30.06.2022 05:05

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