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mxz7
04-15-2003, 01:08 PM
Your Sconsin dictionery

Hey Dere! C'meer once - you gots to read dis a couple-two-tree words on how ta talk like yer from Scansin, hey. It's a humdinger! Sit down witch'er brat an' brewski in yer blaze-orange and, cripes sake, in the spirit of Bart and Vince, take a gander, yahhey?

1. AIN-A-HEY: placed at the end of a profound statement, as in "isn't it?"

2. BART: a Green Bay institution who doesn't need a last name; (see"Vince").

3. BELIEVE-YOU-ME: attached to the beginning or end of a statement, makes it more credible; as in, "Really!"

4. BLAZE-ORANGE: what deer hunters and cold-weather Packers fans wear at Lambeau Field. Also a popular color for jail uniforms.

5. BORN IN A BARN?: a sarcastic question which usually means you left the door open or could not correctly differentiate between an alewive and a 'schmelt'.

6. BORROW: used in place of lend, as in, "Could youse borrow me a couple two-tree bucks, yahhey?"

7. BRAT: a sausage; a Wisconsin tail gate favorite; doesn't have anything to do with a spoiled kid.

8. BUBBLER: to the rest of the world outside Wisconsin's borders, it is known as a drinking fountain.

9. BUDGE: to merge without permission; cut in; as in "Don't you budge in line for a brat, I was here first!"

10. BY: to; near; as in "Let's go by One Eyed Jack's" or, "She'll come by da house tonight."

11. CHEDDERHEAD: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheesehead."

12. CHEESEHEAD: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheddarhead."

13. CHEESE CURD: small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into them.

14. COME! ER ONCE: a request for the presence of another Cheddarhead.

15. COUPLE-TWO-TREE more than one; as in "Delmer and I, we drank couple-two-tree beers."

16. CRIPES: a Wisconsin expletive.

17. CRIPES-SAKE: a mild Wisconsin expletive.

18. CRIPES-SAKES-ALMIGHTY: a wild Wisconsin expletive.

19. DA: substitute for words beginning with TH, as in, "Da guy over dere in da Bears shirt dere."

21. FAIR-TA-MIDDLIN: Not bad or great, just "O.K."

22. FISH FRY: a Friday night dining ritual in Wisconsin.

23. FLEET FARM: A Cheddarhead's answer to Bloomingdale's.

24. FROZEN TUNDRA: Lambeau Field.

25. GEEEZ!: Another Wisconsin expletive.

26. GOAHEAD: Proceed; as in, "go ahead and back up your car dere."

27. GOTS: used in place of "have;" as in, "I gots my tickets to watch da Packers play on da FrozenTundra."

28. GOL-DURN: Another Wisconsin expletive.

29. HEY: placed at the beginning or end of phrases "Hey, how 'bout dem Packers?" or "Hows about dem Packers, ! Hey!"

30. HOWS-BY-YOU?: a greeting; the same as, "How's everything?"

31. HUMDINGER: a beauty; as in "dat croppy he caught up-nort is a real humdinger."

32. JOHN DEERE: a Cheddarhead's other vehicle.

33. LEEKER; (n) one who lack in the mental or physical stamina to continue partying.

34. M'WAKEE: Wisconsin's largest city; located just down the lake from T'rivers and Man'twoc.

35. N-SO?: a word inserted at the end of a statement; (sometimes pronounced as AIN-SO), used as a substitute for "isn't that right?" or "correct?"

36. OH, YAH: Depending on emphasis, it's either used as acknowledgment (as "That's correct") or skepticism (That's bull!).

37. PERT-NEER: (sometimes pronounced "PRET-NEAR": in close proximity; just about.

38. POLKA: the national dance of Wisconsin.

39. RUBBERS: protection for your shoes; also known as"G'loshes."

40. SCANSIN: the state where Cheeseheads are from.
41. SCHMEAR: a card game; also a term used when someone gets be at in a game of Sheepshead.

42. SHEEPSHEAD: another card game.

43. SIDE-BY-EACH: used instead of "next to each other."

44. SKEETER: Wisconsin's state bird.

45. START WIT ME LAST: to forfeit your turn.

46. STOP-AND-GO LIGHTS: what everyone else refers to as traffic signals.

47. UFF-DAH: (from the untranslatable Norwegian phrase) meaning varies with severity of incident - from "Oops" to "Criminey" to words following "Oh-!" often said when you make a really big "boo-boo" and are in 'deep doggy-doo'.

48. UN-THAW: to defrost or thaw.

49. WHERE-ABOUTS: locality; proximity; as in, "where-abouts are youse-guys from?"

50. UP NORT: where Wisconsinites go on vacation.

51. UP-SIDE-RIGHT: rightside up.


52. VINCE: the other Green Bay icon who doesn't need a last name for instant recognition; (see "Bart").

53. WIH-SKON'-TSUN: this pronunciation tells you the speaker is not a real Wisconsinite.

54. YAH-HEY: affirmative, but can be added to reinforce a request.

55. YAH-SURE-YOU-BETCHA: yes, you are correct.

56. YOU-BETCHA: affirmative, as in "Yah-hey."

57. YOUSE: (var. "Yoose") pronoun, second person plural.

58. YOOPER: someone from even further up-nort'

Rollo D. Motoski
04-15-2003, 05:25 PM
Sounds a bit like Newfie to me.

SD_Sledhead
04-15-2003, 06:47 PM
Our parent company is in Wisconsin, so this will come in handy for me when I gotta talk to the big guys! :D

jacqui583
04-15-2003, 09:46 PM
I could hear the movie "Fargo" playing in my head as I read those! :p

TallCool1
04-15-2003, 11:42 PM
Ah Petey, and you thought I was the backwards one!!! :D :p I knew you couldn't hide it forever!! :withstupid:

mxz7
04-16-2003, 01:06 PM
Originally posted by JIM FRITCH@Apr 15 2003, 10:42 PM
Ah Petey, and you thought I was the backwards one!!! :D :p I knew you couldn't hide it forever!! :withstupid:
Backwards? No Redneck? Yes :hallo1: :0: :p :D

jwheeler
04-16-2003, 04:48 PM
pete you guys have much the same language as us newfs. :D