Inspired by laceymcbain

[gnomi]

Give me your favorite regionalism (whether from where you are originally from or where you live now or just one you've heard) and its "translation."

Bring your jimmies, your frappes, your elastics, and your bubblers. Stand in line, on line, or queue up. Just share your favorite regionalism. 'Cause I know that my friends list includes people from all sorts of different areas. And I'm a language nerd.

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hee! I lived in Israel for a year between high school and college, and there were a bunch of Brits on the program I was on. Sometime not long after we got to Jerusalem, a bunch of us were going out for the night. Danny, one of the British guys, said to the gathered multitude of (mostly) American teenagers, "I'm just going to run and knock up Justine before we go." There was much confusion and hilarity as the Americans explained what "to knock up" means in US slang.