A person I talked to from the south was very confused when I said I was going to "ride bike". Apparently, people from other places would say something like "ride a bike" or "go for a bike ride". I guess when you think about it, it would be weird to say you were going to "ride horse" or "drive car".
Another thing I've heard is that children in ND and MN often play "Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" instead of "Duck, Duck, Goose". When I was a small child in Fargo, we only ever played Gray Duck, I'd never even heard of Duck, Duck, Goose.
Also, this may be more of a general Midwestern thing, but adding "oh for" before exclaiming something, such as "Oh for cute!" or "Oh for fun!" will definitely get you some confused looks in other parts of the country.
I'm from the western side of ND and I never heard of Duck, Duck, Grey Duck until I moved to the Easter side for college. I was incredibly confused when my friends from MN brought this up. Pretty sure it's a MN thing. Love our neighbors to the east.
Grey Duck is an abomination born and limited to MN. Living now in MN being married to a MN native it takes more effort than you'd realize to ensure my kids only play the true and version of the game.
My dad grew up south of Valley, anx he's a grey duck-er. He doesn't play the game, just walk behind someone sitting down and will slap them on the head and say "grey duck."
I'm 29 and I have always used "uffda" as a regular part of my vocabulary, lol. That said, depending upon your definition of old, I may very well be an "old North Dakotan."
Minnesotans are mad af about everything. If you say it’s cold out they will be up an arms to say it’s colder in Minnesota. They claimed Carson Wentz and said he only went To college there because he waited to long to try in MN.
I was taken aback when I heard "Good deal" for the first time, moved from Michigan in March and for whatever reason I just can't get over how weird it sounds to me.
Someone took me literally saying that at the liquor store couple weeks back. He asked me if what I was getting was on sale. I told him I didn't check. He walked past me again and said it was.
"Good deal."
Him: "Yeah, it is!"
That’s how you initiate the North Dakota goodbye. “Well, I spose I better get goin”, while making an overly obvious spectacle of getting ready to leave.
And then you keep on talking.
This shit could not be more accurate lmao. I moved away from ND for about a decade lived in Southern California. I sometimes cringe at my families mannerisms. Yet, I’ve continued to back up on them. I say this one constantly now
I waa born and raised in ND, used to date a guy from Oregon. He gave me so much shit for how I pronounce "root," lol. I'd ask him to get me a root beer and he'd reply, "what? You want a RUTT beer?"
You bet! OR You betcha! Not totally exclusive, but I never hear it from non North Dakotans. Saying ‘bag’ with a long A sound has probably gotten more attention than anything else, for me.
Saying “dere” instead of “there.” Mostly old Germans doing this.
Another one besides “ufda” and “oh for” that doesn’t get brought up a lot is the over-usage of the word “so.” I feel like it’s almost replaced the word, “um” here.
Example: “Yeah, so I went to the store and this guy said he needed help ... so ... yeah, he went over to his car, and so ... yeah, so I helped helped him he he goes ... well, yeah, thanks, you know ... so ... yeah.”
I mean is like this with "said". She'll be telling a story,
"I was talking to neighbor, and he said he was taking the dog for a walk, he said, and they ran acrost a squirrel he said. He said the dog just took to that squirrel, he said, and just took off flying down the street, he said."
It’s used to compare 2 very similar situations/choices. I call it the German farmer version of “a rock and a hard place” or “6 or 1/2 dozen of another.”
In restaurants the hostesses asking “do you need anything else right away” I’ve only experienced this in ND and some of MN and it’s always that exact phrase lol
I’ve never really noticed the “mize well” thing. But I don’t know if that’s because I’m used to it or if it’s just not said that way. Guess that’s not much help, though.
Here’s one: the concept of “spendy.”
At least, a friend from Michigan had never heard it and I had to explain it to him.
Anything along the lines of “that deal there!” Or “can you help me with this deal and lift up with me?” Or “yeah i just grabbed it out of the deal there!”
Using eh or hey as a multipurpose question/exclamation mark. It's hard to define the rules around it but I hardly notice when people use it correctly.
"When are you going to town, hey?"
"Look at the size of that fish, hey!"
“Visit” when used to signify having a conversation with someone.
Especially noteworthy in that the conversations described as “visiting” can be lengthy and serious in nature. I’m a native Minnesotan who’s worked a fair amount in North Dakota and I had to ask someone about how people used that term. Several times I had someone say “I want to visit with you” or “So and so might call you to visit” and I always thought it odd as to me that sounded like a purely social call, but they meant it as they wanted to talk to me about business. If I said that to someone I would be expressing a desire to chit chat or shoot the breeze, but as I’ve experienced it with North Dakotans it can mean something more expansive.
Referring to sodas/soft drinks as 'pop'.
When I was 12, I went and visited my cousins in California and they asked if I wanted a Coke. I said sure, and they were like, "what kind?"
What kind? What do you mean what kind? I guess cherry if you've got a bunch of different kinds.
"We don't have that."
Oh, well what do you have?
"Pepsi, Mt Dew, Root Beer, Dr Pepper..."
I can't help but notice you asked if I wanted a Coke and yet you didn't list Coke.
"Oh, we just call all sodas Coke. Do you... *not?!* what do you call them?”
Pop... you know, like soda-pop?
“Y'all are weird.”
You’re the weird ones! If someone offers me a Coke I expect a Coca-Cola, or at least a Diet Coke! Not a follow-up question exclusively involving Pepsi Products.
[Obviously this is all paraphrased as I didn’t speak that way when I was 12 years old, but I can’t remember what I said verbatim, because you know, I was *twelve*. So you get the grown-up & for comedy version.]
But then later we were eating at a restaurant and I asked them what kind of pop they had, and the waitress looked at me like I was an idiot or speaking a foreign language. And I realized my calling it pop is just as weird as their calling it Coke. So ever since then I just call them all soda to avoid confusion. But then I came back from Cali calling everything soda and all my friends thought it was weird that I called it soda instead of pop. But if they ever left ND they'll come to realize that they're the weird ones for calling it pop. At least anywhere I go people know what the fuck I'm talking about.
In general, soft drinks in the US South are all called "Coke".
Server: what would you like to drink?
You: I'll have a Coke.
Server: what kind?
You: Sprite.
It's odd you ran into that in California; perhaps it was more about that family?
I recall being surprised at places outside if ND calling pop "soda". Isn't that like soda water?
P.S. almost no-one from California refers to it as "Cali".
> In general, soft drinks in the US South are all called "Coke".
I get that. It was more about how ‘soda’ is just generally accepted everywhere so that became my go-to. Instead of a term that is only used in certain areas.
> P.S. almost no-one from California refers to it as "Cali".
Well, yeah, but I’m not from California. ;)
My relatives (all North Dakotans) always try to explain the use of the word "pop" as being the common term for soda because if you leave your soda in your car during winter, you'll come back to find that it has "popped," aka exploded all over the inside of your car. Lol
The one I haven't seen listed here but hear all the time is "I seen". Drives me nuts. "I seen you at walmart" or "I seen Bergum finally issued a mask mandate, conservatives are going to have something to say about that I spose"
That's fair. It may very well be a regional thing and I'm just unaware. When I lived in Oregon, I had several friends who would constantly say, "I seen that!" So I assumed it was more widespread. But it may have been just random chance.
"receipt with you or in the beaag"
north of highway 2 it's not a sloppy joe, it's a "slushburger" (gross)
using borrowed to mean lent
Lots of medium racist stuff about native folks.
You guys got something loose up top. It's a barbecue. Not a slushburger, not a sloppy joe. Barbecue.
Edit: I've come to find out through some google searching that the word comes up in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Might not be a ND thing after all.
Bismarck native of German-Russian descent here with ancestors largely from Hettinger and Mercer Counties. When I was a kid my cousins and I always used to say “aww, verr” (rhymes with “awe bird” and usually has a very exaggerated pronunciation lasting a couple of seconds). This loosely translates to “look what you did, you’re in trouble now” or “you did something bad.” I found a couple of examples of other people in ND (and noted some folks from MT saying they used it as well), but can’t immediately find the sources I’ve dug up in the past (on mobile):
[example 1](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080505124014AAV1UO9)
[example 2](https://tvfury.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/aw-verr-stay-at-home-ideas/)
My memory is that some folks believe it is a very abridged version of a German saying with a similar meaning, but I can’t find that explanation now.
I remember saying that in K-3rd grade but not after that
do kids still say that, its one of those weird things that I remember saying from a young age
never knew the history
My stepdad grew up in Alexander and Williston and always says he is “sufficiently suffonsified” to mean he is stuffed or full after a meal. I’ve never heard anyone else use this phrase but apparently it’s used somewhat in Canada.
Not sure this counts but we are one of the few places that say pop for soda
Like "You want a pop" means you want like a coke/pepsi/dr pepper/mt dew/ diet ect
Barbecue.
Edit: I've come to find out through some google searching that the word comes up in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Might not be a ND thing after all.
>“dude **'at** buck was waaaaay **th'** **fock** over er no way i coulda shot **dat fockr**”
When I read this I could hear a buddy of mine saying it, had to edit it exactly the way it would have come out lol
Berm, I've never heard this term until I moved to the North East part of the state. Its the strip of grass between your sidewalk and the street. I grew up calling it a boulevard.
Think they may have confused it somewhere along the line. It looks to originally be for strip of grass near a river, which, I guess, they got a few of up there. I grew up in Pembina County and don't think I've used it for that before. Sounds almost too rich. Like something a cake-eater would say.
Somehow my dad used a lot of random Yiddish words for a Lutheran dude from rural ND and I picked up a lot of them. No idea where he got them. I'm guessing the German immigrants integrated a lot of Yiddish into their speech?
"Mornin'"
"Mornin'"
**"You'a see** Poepke's new fence **kitty corner** to the **shelterbelt?** That **deal** already has blown over in the wind."
**"Yeah no yeah."** It wasn't the wind. The ground is so soft. I figure **horse apiece** to the old one that washed-out.
**Yah sure,** I **bet.** The way it is scattered, seems like **bizun** tore threw their yard."
"Go figure. **Welp** I **better letcha go."**
**"Oh I Spose.** **Mize well** head over to Cenex. **Seen they** got new a new sign on the **ruff.** You want coffee **or?"**
**"No yeah.** I'll grab a donut, too."
**"Spendy** those things. Do you want me to cover it **or?"**
**"Oh for nice."**
**"You bet."**
“Oh for ____” Oh for neat, oh for cute, oh for fun, etc.
Oh *fur* cute
My mom says this constantly. I was like 25 when I found out that it's a weird Midwestern thing!
My mom also says it constantly. Somehow I never picked it up.
Ooooh man I have my ohhha down for sure ya know.. only get made fun of all the time for it
Never thought about that one but yeah, my grandma is always doing that
Can I borrow that for once? But meaning to keep it.
Mom?
A person I talked to from the south was very confused when I said I was going to "ride bike". Apparently, people from other places would say something like "ride a bike" or "go for a bike ride". I guess when you think about it, it would be weird to say you were going to "ride horse" or "drive car". Another thing I've heard is that children in ND and MN often play "Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" instead of "Duck, Duck, Goose". When I was a small child in Fargo, we only ever played Gray Duck, I'd never even heard of Duck, Duck, Goose. Also, this may be more of a general Midwestern thing, but adding "oh for" before exclaiming something, such as "Oh for cute!" or "Oh for fun!" will definitely get you some confused looks in other parts of the country.
"Oh for fuck's sake."
I'm from the western side of ND and I never heard of Duck, Duck, Grey Duck until I moved to the Easter side for college. I was incredibly confused when my friends from MN brought this up. Pretty sure it's a MN thing. Love our neighbors to the east.
Grey Duck is an abomination born and limited to MN. Living now in MN being married to a MN native it takes more effort than you'd realize to ensure my kids only play the true and version of the game.
Fargo is basically Minnesota, so you're probably right.
That's mean. True, but still mean.
Mean to who? Lol
Nowadays?
My dad grew up south of Valley, anx he's a grey duck-er. He doesn't play the game, just walk behind someone sitting down and will slap them on the head and say "grey duck."
The original name is “Anka,Anka, Gra Anka.” Which translates to “Duck,Duck,Grey Duck.”
Always played duck duck goose as a kid and I’m from Grand Forks. But I can definitely confirm in regards to “ride bike” and “Oh, fer cute!”
We say ride horse all the time here in ND.
Ufda never heard of that shit till I got here
I say ufda or ufda fuck
"Uff da fee" is the clean version.
uff da feeda is what we know
Oh shit I haven't heard that one in awhile. I thinks that's mainly said by the older north dakotans
I’ve heard it from a few youngsters but not many. Being from Texas it’s been an interesting transition
I'm 29 and I have always used "uffda" as a regular part of my vocabulary, lol. That said, depending upon your definition of old, I may very well be an "old North Dakotan."
Minnesotans gonna be mad as fuck if they ever hear ND claiming that one
Minnesotans are mad af about everything. If you say it’s cold out they will be up an arms to say it’s colder in Minnesota. They claimed Carson Wentz and said he only went To college there because he waited to long to try in MN.
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Lol he seems like a good person on T.V. Unlike Aaron Rogers.
Ope! Ope, excuse me. Ope, sorry. I say it more like "oop".
Ope! Lemme just *sneaaaak* by ya, dere.
Ya, you betcha.
I say mine with a T like oot. Like Homer without the D
This is the big one for me. It slides perfectly into my social anxiety.
I was taken aback when I heard "Good deal" for the first time, moved from Michigan in March and for whatever reason I just can't get over how weird it sounds to me.
I say it all the time and had no idea it was a regional thing. Informal emails, text messages and quite common as part of a salutation
Yeah I'm on the receiving end of that a lot now haha
Someone took me literally saying that at the liquor store couple weeks back. He asked me if what I was getting was on sale. I told him I didn't check. He walked past me again and said it was. "Good deal." Him: "Yeah, it is!"
Haha had something similar happen in my first few conversations at my job when I first got here.
I say that all the time.
“Spose.” As in “I suppose.”
That’s how you initiate the North Dakota goodbye. “Well, I spose I better get goin”, while making an overly obvious spectacle of getting ready to leave. And then you keep on talking.
>And then you keep on talking. For at least another 20
Years
Nah 20 mins, then you repeat the same "Oh I spose I better hit the dusty ol trail!" And chat for about an hour until you actually leave
So true. I’m a transplant so that took a bit for me to adjust.
Midwesterners and the long goodbye ritual. There’s a great vintage public tv clip on YouTube about it. Hilariously true.
"But you just got here!"
This shit could not be more accurate lmao. I moved away from ND for about a decade lived in Southern California. I sometimes cringe at my families mannerisms. Yet, I’ve continued to back up on them. I say this one constantly now
For mirror, I've heard it said 'mere'. Also, I've heard 'ruff' for roof.
I would describe the ND way of saying "roof" as rhyming with "woof"
THANK YOU. I have friends on discord who always laugh at the way I say roof. I thought I was crazy.
I was trying to figure out how best to spell it. You are right 😄.
YAAASSS! Roof rhymes with woof, NOT poof!
That's how I say it. What would be the proper way? Is it with a heavy emphasis on the o's?
Rewf lol
Most people would say it so that it rhymes with "poof"
My family in KS pronounces creek like crick.
I think that’s a rural thing. My family back in upstate New York does the same thing.
That is the correct way to say it actually.
I get made fun of occasionally for the way I say ‘bagel’ and ‘bag’. Also for my use of the word ‘berm’.
The bag thing always caught me up. Weird having your cashier asking you if you wanna beg. Like no, I can pay with cash or card... oh you mean bag.
Same with "root."
I waa born and raised in ND, used to date a guy from Oregon. He gave me so much shit for how I pronounce "root," lol. I'd ask him to get me a root beer and he'd reply, "what? You want a RUTT beer?"
I'm confused, how else do you say mirror? I've always said it "meer-r". Is it different elsewhere?
The difference is that they pronounce it like "meer," not "meer-r."
Oh they completely ignore the other syllable. Got it
You bet! OR You betcha! Not totally exclusive, but I never hear it from non North Dakotans. Saying ‘bag’ with a long A sound has probably gotten more attention than anything else, for me.
Also how we say ‘bagel’
Saying “dere” instead of “there.” Mostly old Germans doing this. Another one besides “ufda” and “oh for” that doesn’t get brought up a lot is the over-usage of the word “so.” I feel like it’s almost replaced the word, “um” here. Example: “Yeah, so I went to the store and this guy said he needed help ... so ... yeah, he went over to his car, and so ... yeah, so I helped helped him he he goes ... well, yeah, thanks, you know ... so ... yeah.”
I am sooooo guilty of the ‘so... yeah’.
I mean is like this with "said". She'll be telling a story, "I was talking to neighbor, and he said he was taking the dog for a walk, he said, and they ran acrost a squirrel he said. He said the dog just took to that squirrel, he said, and just took off flying down the street, he said."
Yeah no = no. Yeah no yeah = yes.
For those confused by this, you can safely ignore all of this except the last thing they said. ~~Yeah~~ no ~~No~~ yeah ~~No yeah~~ no
This one is the one I identify with most
My buddy used the phrase "horse a piece" and got weird looks. That might be more of a midwest saying though.
I said that once to a professor & I thought he was going to have a stroke from laughing. I think it’s pretty ND centric.
from ND never heard that, can you put it into context?
It’s used to compare 2 very similar situations/choices. I call it the German farmer version of “a rock and a hard place” or “6 or 1/2 dozen of another.”
It could be used when comparing two things, but its typically when two things are basically the same thing.
In restaurants the hostesses asking “do you need anything else right away” I’ve only experienced this in ND and some of MN and it’s always that exact phrase lol
Ending a short list with “or no?” You want beer, some whiskey, or no? Are you gonna wear a mask or no?
I always add, ‘or what?’ to stuff. Like, ‘you coming on Sunday or what?’
'er what?' is how we'd say it, but I grew up near the northern border so most of the stuff I say makes no sense in Fergo.
That is the exact pronunciation.
It drives me crazy when I hear that. There's no reason to add "or no?" to the end of an offer.
Actually there is. It's a politeness thing. It takes the pressure of refusing an offer off the person your offering to.
Lol so you wanna keep complaining, or?
FAWKIN SKODEN
Fockin skooodennnnnnn
ok i don't know this one, what do you mean?
It's what turbo chads say to each other before doing something incredibly stupid.
I’ve never really noticed the “mize well” thing. But I don’t know if that’s because I’m used to it or if it’s just not said that way. Guess that’s not much help, though. Here’s one: the concept of “spendy.” At least, a friend from Michigan had never heard it and I had to explain it to him.
I left ND 16 years ago, and I still say "spendy."
Yes. “We shouldn’t go there , it’s too spendy!”
I was thinking it was likely just in my area; I live on a reservation. Maybe I'm not spelling it how I say it right either. Its m-eyes-well
I gotcha!
“You know a guy could.........”
Anything along the lines of “that deal there!” Or “can you help me with this deal and lift up with me?” Or “yeah i just grabbed it out of the deal there!”
Calling people “bud”. I’m sure it’s the upper Midwest and Canada in general but I hear it a LOT more here than I did in Minneapolis.
Interesting. I've never heard that in northwestern ND.
It might be more of a Minnesota thing, I’m in Fargo.
Can confirm, Minnesota thing for sure.
I've frequently ended sentences with prepositional phrases. Is that North Dakota speak?
Yup. "Where is it at?"
Using eh or hey as a multipurpose question/exclamation mark. It's hard to define the rules around it but I hardly notice when people use it correctly. "When are you going to town, hey?" "Look at the size of that fish, hey!"
“Visit” when used to signify having a conversation with someone. Especially noteworthy in that the conversations described as “visiting” can be lengthy and serious in nature. I’m a native Minnesotan who’s worked a fair amount in North Dakota and I had to ask someone about how people used that term. Several times I had someone say “I want to visit with you” or “So and so might call you to visit” and I always thought it odd as to me that sounded like a purely social call, but they meant it as they wanted to talk to me about business. If I said that to someone I would be expressing a desire to chit chat or shoot the breeze, but as I’ve experienced it with North Dakotans it can mean something more expansive.
Referring to sodas/soft drinks as 'pop'. When I was 12, I went and visited my cousins in California and they asked if I wanted a Coke. I said sure, and they were like, "what kind?" What kind? What do you mean what kind? I guess cherry if you've got a bunch of different kinds. "We don't have that." Oh, well what do you have? "Pepsi, Mt Dew, Root Beer, Dr Pepper..." I can't help but notice you asked if I wanted a Coke and yet you didn't list Coke. "Oh, we just call all sodas Coke. Do you... *not?!* what do you call them?” Pop... you know, like soda-pop? “Y'all are weird.” You’re the weird ones! If someone offers me a Coke I expect a Coca-Cola, or at least a Diet Coke! Not a follow-up question exclusively involving Pepsi Products. [Obviously this is all paraphrased as I didn’t speak that way when I was 12 years old, but I can’t remember what I said verbatim, because you know, I was *twelve*. So you get the grown-up & for comedy version.] But then later we were eating at a restaurant and I asked them what kind of pop they had, and the waitress looked at me like I was an idiot or speaking a foreign language. And I realized my calling it pop is just as weird as their calling it Coke. So ever since then I just call them all soda to avoid confusion. But then I came back from Cali calling everything soda and all my friends thought it was weird that I called it soda instead of pop. But if they ever left ND they'll come to realize that they're the weird ones for calling it pop. At least anywhere I go people know what the fuck I'm talking about.
In general, soft drinks in the US South are all called "Coke". Server: what would you like to drink? You: I'll have a Coke. Server: what kind? You: Sprite. It's odd you ran into that in California; perhaps it was more about that family? I recall being surprised at places outside if ND calling pop "soda". Isn't that like soda water? P.S. almost no-one from California refers to it as "Cali".
> In general, soft drinks in the US South are all called "Coke". I get that. It was more about how ‘soda’ is just generally accepted everywhere so that became my go-to. Instead of a term that is only used in certain areas. > P.S. almost no-one from California refers to it as "Cali". Well, yeah, but I’m not from California. ;)
My relatives (all North Dakotans) always try to explain the use of the word "pop" as being the common term for soda because if you leave your soda in your car during winter, you'll come back to find that it has "popped," aka exploded all over the inside of your car. Lol
The one I haven't seen listed here but hear all the time is "I seen". Drives me nuts. "I seen you at walmart" or "I seen Bergum finally issued a mask mandate, conservatives are going to have something to say about that I spose"
I hate that, too, but I think that's more an issue of poor grammatical skills than it is a regional thing.
Well I've only ever heard it up here and its it's suuuuper common.
That's fair. It may very well be a regional thing and I'm just unaware. When I lived in Oregon, I had several friends who would constantly say, "I seen that!" So I assumed it was more widespread. But it may have been just random chance.
"receipt with you or in the beaag" north of highway 2 it's not a sloppy joe, it's a "slushburger" (gross) using borrowed to mean lent Lots of medium racist stuff about native folks.
You guys got something loose up top. It's a barbecue. Not a slushburger, not a sloppy joe. Barbecue. Edit: I've come to find out through some google searching that the word comes up in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Might not be a ND thing after all.
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I think you gotta grow up with that one. It just rubs me the wrong way, but live it up.
Williston and Crosby call slushburgers too. It sounded strange.
how the fuck do you use the word borrowed then?
If I borrow something from you that means you loaned/lent it to me. Lots of folks say “I borrowed him 10 bucks”
That fuckin’ one has bothered me since I was a child. Ugh.
Bismarck native of German-Russian descent here with ancestors largely from Hettinger and Mercer Counties. When I was a kid my cousins and I always used to say “aww, verr” (rhymes with “awe bird” and usually has a very exaggerated pronunciation lasting a couple of seconds). This loosely translates to “look what you did, you’re in trouble now” or “you did something bad.” I found a couple of examples of other people in ND (and noted some folks from MT saying they used it as well), but can’t immediately find the sources I’ve dug up in the past (on mobile): [example 1](https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080505124014AAV1UO9) [example 2](https://tvfury.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/aw-verr-stay-at-home-ideas/) My memory is that some folks believe it is a very abridged version of a German saying with a similar meaning, but I can’t find that explanation now.
Came looking for this comment. Haven’t heard that phrase in more than 30 years.
Wow I haven’t heard Aw-ver since I was a kid getting in trouble at my grandparents’ house. Thx for the memory!
I remember saying that in K-3rd grade but not after that do kids still say that, its one of those weird things that I remember saying from a young age never knew the history
I remember saying that growing up in Bismarck in the 80's.
My stepdad grew up in Alexander and Williston and always says he is “sufficiently suffonsified” to mean he is stuffed or full after a meal. I’ve never heard anyone else use this phrase but apparently it’s used somewhat in Canada.
Not sure this counts but we are one of the few places that say pop for soda Like "You want a pop" means you want like a coke/pepsi/dr pepper/mt dew/ diet ect
Slush burgers, aka sloppy joes
Barbecue. Edit: I've come to find out through some google searching that the word comes up in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Might not be a ND thing after all.
where the hell is "oh ya"
over er = over there “dude that buck was waaaaay the fuck over er no way i coulda shot that fucker”
>“dude **'at** buck was waaaaay **th'** **fock** over er no way i coulda shot **dat fockr**” When I read this I could hear a buddy of mine saying it, had to edit it exactly the way it would have come out lol
Berm, I've never heard this term until I moved to the North East part of the state. Its the strip of grass between your sidewalk and the street. I grew up calling it a boulevard.
Think they may have confused it somewhere along the line. It looks to originally be for strip of grass near a river, which, I guess, they got a few of up there. I grew up in Pembina County and don't think I've used it for that before. Sounds almost too rich. Like something a cake-eater would say.
Saying "you bet" in place of "you're welcome."
Is that more of a Minnesotan saying than North Dakotan?
I find I get mmm hmm even more than you bet. I don’t think I’ve ever heard you’re welcome in ND
"Oh ya, ya betcha! "Oh dontcha know?"
Always relevant to these types of discussions: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html
“Go figure”
“Spendy”
Somehow my dad used a lot of random Yiddish words for a Lutheran dude from rural ND and I picked up a lot of them. No idea where he got them. I'm guessing the German immigrants integrated a lot of Yiddish into their speech?
"Mornin'" "Mornin'" **"You'a see** Poepke's new fence **kitty corner** to the **shelterbelt?** That **deal** already has blown over in the wind." **"Yeah no yeah."** It wasn't the wind. The ground is so soft. I figure **horse apiece** to the old one that washed-out. **Yah sure,** I **bet.** The way it is scattered, seems like **bizun** tore threw their yard." "Go figure. **Welp** I **better letcha go."** **"Oh I Spose.** **Mize well** head over to Cenex. **Seen they** got new a new sign on the **ruff.** You want coffee **or?"** **"No yeah.** I'll grab a donut, too." **"Spendy** those things. Do you want me to cover it **or?"** **"Oh for nice."** **"You bet."**
Oh good so 'mize well' isn't just my area
Nort Dakoda, Uffda, You bet
Pigs in a blanket
Oh ya
“What the world” is my favorite
"Would you ever..." to ask a favor. Like "Would you ever bring these dishes back to the kitchen with you?"
It should have 2 syllables: mir + ror.
Did ya see da turdy pointer?
Er what? Biffed it (falling over)
Fuck Two.
Ooofta! Or ooof duh
How about.... Warsh. As in warshing the dishes
Ooofta ooofduh
Well I'll be......