Wisconsin Talk
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Term
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Meaning
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| Ahm ganna pahk thah cah in Hahvahd yahd. | Wisconsinite imitating a Bostonite. |
| brandy | A word used more in Wisconsin than anywhere in the world. Brandy is distilled wine. 90% of brandy consumed in the U.S. is consumed in Wisconsin. Brandy Old-Fashioned, Brandy Manhattan, and so on. Yes, if you ask for an Old-Fashioned or Manhattan in Wisconsin, you will get a Brandy Old-Fashioned or Brandy Manhattan. |
| brat (pronounced braht) | bratwurst |
| bubbler | appliance that spurts drinking water slightly skyward |
| cheesehead | This was originally a pejorative term coined by flatlanders. We've willingly accepted the term and use it freely. |
| dat | that |
| eh? | Isn't that correct? |
| flatlander | Illinoisan (or is it Illinoisite?) |
| gesundheit | "Good health," said when somebody sneezes. |
| good-time music | polka |
| gemuetlichkeit | A German word used in Wisconsin. There is no literal English equivalent. It seems to mean "feel really good because you're drinking beer and are surrounded by people you know who are also drinking beer and listening to German-style music and now you're ready to march to the town five miles down the road and conquer them." Jefferson, Wisconsin has a festival each September called Gemuetlichkeit Days. It's a wonderful celebration of a community's ethnic heritage. |
| happy music | polka |
| oldtime music | polka |
| oldtime goodtime happy music | polka |
| mattress polka | Oldtime goodtime happy activity |
| soda | We drink soda, not pop (this does vary, however, by region of the state). Unflavored carbonated water is seltzer. A sweetened, flavored carbonated drink is called soda. (People argue about this one, depending on what part of the state they come from.) For an extensive discussion of this burning issue, see this scholarly treatise. |
| stop 'n go lights | Traffic signals is a boring term eh? Since one light means stop, and the other means go, it makes perfect sense eh? (The yellow light means the same here as just about everywhere else - go faster) |
| und | and |
| up nort' | To a flatlander, north of the south Wisconsin state line. To a Wisconsinite, at least 100 miles north of home (at least we agree on something, in a relative sort of way) |
| we | the Green Bay Packers |
| Why don't you come with? | An example of typical Wisconsinite syntax The sentence ends with a preposition. You linguists know there's a German influence working here, eh? |
| wit' | with |
| yah | yes |
| yah yah | I heard you the first time (said to nagging spouse) |
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