11 Phrases That Will Make You Swear West Virginians Have Their Own Language
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Rachel Whetstone
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When you grow up in West Virginia, sometimes you don’t realize that the rest of the world phrases things just a little differently. We’re proud to say things in our very own West Virginia way, and everyone else can have theirs. Here are a few phrases that you’re most likely to hear in West Virginia.
That's potatoes to most of the rest of the world.
Not for a horse, but this is what we call a shopping cart.
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Chili and coleslaw for a true West Virginia dog.
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Just another word for "bag."
Not the royal English family, but rather some of the most delicious biscuits in West Virginia.
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While in much of the rest of the U.S., a toboggan is a sled, in West Virginia it refers to a hat! But you will want to wear one if you go sledding.
You might have to ask for a lollipop somewhere else.
Not a ramp that you drive on, but rather a wild onion that features heavily in West Virginian cuisine in the springtime.
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In West Virginia's early history, many small towns were built in the valleys, or "hollows" of the Mountain State. Eventually the word for these towns morphed into "holler" and it stuck.
We don't like it when people confuse us with the "other" Virginia.
"Yonder" is at some vague point in the distance. In our wild and wonderful state, just about everywhere is "yonder"... and worth future exploration!
For more about life in West Virginia, check out these 11 things that no self-respecting West Virginian would ever do.
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