Terms Which Have Disappeared

[2jakes]

That might have been the best line in the entire movie.

My favorite :

Felix:
"That's not sphagetti, it's linguine!"

Oscar after throwing the plate against the wall:

"Now.... it's garbage!"

 

[2jakes]

All I can remember of 10-codes is that a 10-55 is a car accident, and 10-20 is "I'm at Dunkin's."

10-4 LizzieMaine!

When you 10-8 @ Dunkin's,
head on out to City Hall .
Need an SOT from the mayor
a.s.a.p.
(SOT = sound on tape)
Copy?


Even after going to computer-chip
cameras and no longer using vhs
tapes. We kept the ten-code phrases.

 

[BlueTrain]

That reminds me of the expression that was used all the time when computers still took "floppies:" garbage in, garbage out. That goes back to the time when computers came with keyboard dust covers.

 

[Stormy]

I haven't heard the word "telephone" in quite a while.
Do folks still use the term "doorbell?" Haven't heard that one in a while either.

 

[2jakes]

I haven't heard the word "telephone" in quite a while.
Do folks still use the term "doorbell?" Haven't heard that one in a while either.

It's usually shorten to "phone"
regardless of whether its
a telephone or mobile cell.

I haven't used or seen a doorbell
in quite a while.

 

[BlueTrain]

We have a doorbell and it does get used. What else do people call a doorbell?

 

[Fading Fast]

Was watching "A Letter to Three Wives" last night and they referenced a wife leaving her husband for good as "she took a powder."

I know we've discussed that term before, but always fun to see it used in the wild.

Also, plenty of other expressions of the time in that movie - a movie that is a darn fine soap opera with a bit more philosophical / social commentary in it than the average soap.

 

[2jakes]

We have a doorbell and it does get used. What else do people call a doorbell?

Buzzer.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Turtleneck-pullover.

Because, I'm the only person on earth, still wearing the warming, healthy working-horses.

 

[Fading Fast]

Turtleneck-pullover.

Because, I'm the only person on earth, still wearing the warming, healthy working-horses.

You are not alone my friend. Check out the the "Best Manly Sweater" and "Guernsey Jumper" threads in "General Attire and Accoutrements" section above. I have several from this company http://www.northseaclothing.com that will keep you warm on the coldest of days.

 

[2jakes]

Knocker as in "door-knocker"
is something I don't hear often.

"Great knockers!"
I usually think of the film, "Young Frankenstein."

 

[2jakes]

Long Johns.
Usually cotton material.

Icebox.
Although haven't seen one since
the early '50s.
I still call it the icebox.


Yelling "bingo".
Last time was years ago at
the local movie theater before the 2nd feature came on.
Big prize was two tickets for the
new Gene Autry flick the following
week.

 

[LizzieMaine]

My doorbell used to be the driveway gong at our gas station. Replaced the air hose with an electrical switch and it does the job.

New Englanders of a Certain Age call a water fountain a "bubbla."

 

[Fading Fast]

My doorbell used to be the driveway gong at our gas station. Replaced the air hose with an electrical switch and it does the job.

New Englanders of a Certain Age call a water fountain a "bubbla."

New Yorkers of a Certain Age call it a "bubbler" (and those from parts of Brooklyn, "Bu'b-la")

 

[LizzieMaine]

Our pronunciation is pretty close to the Brooklyn version. We're extremely anti-rhotic.

 

[Fading Fast]

Our pronunciation is pretty close to the Brooklyn version. We're extremely anti-rhotic.

My keyboard limitations prevented me from getting the exact Brooklyn nuance, thinking about it some more, it would sound like "BUBluh" (heavy accent on the "BUB," big fade on the "luh," not quite, but the word would come out almost as one syllable). A hard Brooklyn and hard Boston (not as familiar with a Maine accent) share some things in common, but definitely have their regional differences.

 

[tonyb]

...

New Englanders of a Certain Age call a water fountain a "bubbla."

I was told by a linguistics buff that my calling a drinking fountain a "bubbler" was a clue I hailed from Madison, Wis., or somewhere thereabouts.

According to that person, such usage was rare anywhere but there. Sounds like he might have been talking out of his hat.

 

[LizzieMaine]

My keyboard limitations prevented me from getting the exact Brooklyn nuance, thinking about it some more, it would sound like "BUBluh" (heavy accent on the "BUB," big fade on the "luh," not quite, but the word would come out almost as one syllable). A hard Brooklyn and hard Boston (not as familiar with a Maine accent) share some things in common, but definitely have their regional differences.

That's how we do it here, but it's more a "lah" on the end than a "luh." Most of these Northeastern dialects come from a common root -- the hash of European accents that clustered around the docks in the 19th century -- and I imagine the subtle regional nuances are only distinguishable to those of us who live here. To a Southerner or a European, I imagine we all sound like nose-talking characters out of a Warner Brothers potboiler in 1933.

 

[Trenchfriend]

or a European, I imagine we all sound like nose-talking characters o

Yes, like Leah's voice, good example:

With a smokey twang in the voice...

 

[Trenchfriend]

Aaah, your term "Moonshine" means just white (hard) liquor, woohoo! Now, I got it.