Regional Phrases

One thing I noticed very quickly when I first got up to college is that everyone stared at me blankly if I asked them to take a trip to the 'package store', or 'packie' for me. My roommate, from the Boston area, confessed that she thought I was talking about something like a UPS store. It hadnt occurred to me that outside of where I grew up (and a few select other places), liquor stores weren't called 'packies'.

After college, I would then confuse friends at home when I talked about a '30-rack', or just a 30 pack of beer.

I know there are some others out there... like 'Craw' Fish vs 'Cray' Fish, depending on where you are. Can you think of any words or phrases you've used in other parts of the country, and gotten blank looks?

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She was originally from North Reading, now lives in Lowell and nope, didnt know what a packie is.

Actually Sass, you reminded me of another one with 'Grinder'. Ordering a 'Hogie' will get you a few looks outside of New England, I think it is. Or is 'Hogie' more of a New York word? 'Hogie', 'Grinder', 'Sub'... all the same damn thing.

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