<p>I have now googled chicken fried steak.</p>
<p>Still not sure I want to try it … with or without ketchup. ;)</p>
<p>We always called what is being referred to as chicken fried steak…country style steak.
First it was fried and then covered in gravy. The meat itself is labeled “cubed steak” in the grocery store. It’s a cheap cut of meat. Country style steak was served pretty regularly in my childhood home. Homemade mashed potatoes or white rice were served as a side.</p>
<p>Chicken fried steak is a Texas institution. Pan-fried, with cream gravy (white gravy with lots of pepper), served with mashed potatoes, or fries. When my hips could afford it, I used to dip my fries in the cream gravy too. Yum! They even serve it at the Dairy Queen here.</p>
<p>Has anyone found a specific place where people call water “wudder”? I’ve always pronounced it like that, but I get a lot of comments on it where I live (Seattle). I used to live in DC, but I don’t think it’s something from there.</p>
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<p>Never heard it myself… [Urban</a> Dictionary: Wudder](<a href=“http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wudder]Urban”>Urban Dictionary: Wudder)</p>
<p>Philadelphia.</p>
<p>According to my H, the correct name for chicken-fried steak is “chicken fry.”</p>
<p>I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland and we called the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street the “tree lawn.” A friend from another part of Ohio told me that term was only used in the Cleveland area.</p>
<p>Reading about hot dogs, I just wanted to let fanciers know that there is a place in Southern Maine called Flo’s that puts Flo’s relish on the dog with mayonnaise. Believe it or not, it is absolutely delicious. Flo’s relish is some kind of doctored sweet relish that contains at least some molasses. I usually don’t like relish, but this stuff is great with the mayo. You can buy jars of it and reconstruct the Flo dog at home. (Which is a good idea, because Flo’s actual dogs are not that great.)</p>
<p>I adore chicken-fried steak with milk gravy. But I recently had it at Shoney’s–a huge indulgence, because it is NOT low carb, even without the potatoes–and it was not as good as I remembered. It seems that they have shrunk the meat and increased the breading in the 20 or so years since I last had their version.</p>
<p>Re post #424 by Buranri and “wudder.” Yes–water is called “wudder” or possibly “wutter” in Balmer (aka Baltimore). You can also hear this pronunciation at some of the Delaware beaches, when there are a lot of people from Balmer there. (My post #163 was lost in the sands of time.)</p>
<p>Flo’s! I love that place. I mentioned it way upthread for its, presumably, idiosyncratic use of mayo on hot dogs. If you are driving up Rte. 1 in Maine (it’s just north of the Yorks), you owe it to yourself to make a stop at Flo’s unprepossessing shack. Be forewarned: If you are taller than 5’ 11" you will not be able to stand up to full height while waiting in line (or “on line” as I believe they say on the East Coast, or “queuing” as they say in England). </p>
<p>The dog with mayo, celery salt and relish is Flo’s “special.” The older woman who is, I believe, the original Flo’s daughter, will tell you, even though you do not ask, the exact percentage of specials they serve (the majority). In addition to the low height of the shack, another notable feature of the Flo’s experience is their order-taking process. The first thing they want to know is how many dogs. You will be gently chided if you try to tell the counter staff anything other than how many dogs before they ask you to elaborate on how you want those dogs dressed.</p>
<p>Sorry I missed your earlier reference to the Divine Flo’s! 
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<p>I just googled it to find the actual town, and discovered that it is Cape Neddick. Not only that, but someone has published a recipe for the sauce! I may have to make some and can it for gifts. </p>
<p>(Typically, it is New Yorkers who wait “on” line. Most New Englanders wait “in” line. New Yorkers are NOT New Englanders. 
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<p>Thanks for sharing where the phrasing “on line” comes from, Consolation. I learned it from an old BF, a Long Islander. I shouldn’t have assumed he “spoke for” his whole coast!</p>
<p>This is all super interesting. I’ve never heard of having a hotdog without ketchup. Here, it’s usually ketchup and mustard or chili and onions. Ketchup is usually the basic. We also don’t have barbeques. We have cook-outs. Cook-outs involve hamburgers, hotdogs, and sometime bbq.</p>
<p>Tea is a staple here. If you go to a typical southern restaurant, tea will often be included in the meal while fountain drinks cost extra. Tea is on ice and has LOTS of sugar. When I make tea, I put in between 3/4 and 1 cup of sugar in a pitcher.</p>
<p>I didn’t know what a “semi” was until college. I met a girl from Ohio. She had never heard of an 18-wheeler… which is what I’ve always called them and thought that was the correct term. It does have 18 wheels, after all. lol</p>
<p>People will ask you where you go to church. They don’t ask what your religion is, it’s assumed that you’re Christian. If you say you don’t go to a church, you’ll promptly be invited to attend their church. You can’t buy alcohol on Sundays. Don’t make plans before 1:00 on a Sunday. If you choose to eat out on a Sunday, realize there will be large after-church crowds from about 12-1.</p>
<p>If you’re at a store, without a doubt, you will have a conversation with a complete stranger. I know that my friend had a roommate from NJ. They went to Wal-Mart at the very beginning of the school year and my friend ended up having a conversation with a lady while in line. The girl from NJ asked afterwards “Did you know her?” My friend said No. The NJ girl thought it was really weird and was worried and asked if they needed to call the cops. lol.</p>
<p>Breakfast is usually served with: biscuits and gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, and grits.</p>
<p>…and in NE a large stream is a creek, not a crick(something you get in your neck), a house has a roof, not a ruff(sound a dog makes)</p>
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<p>In Detroit, Gratiot is pronounced “GRASH’-ut.” There is a Gratiot County out somewhere west of Saginaw, but it’s also one of the main arterial streets in Detroit, named I believe after Charles Gratiot, a military engineer in the early 1800s who built a fort up near Port Huron that was later renamed in his honor, Fort Gratiot. Gratiot Avenue runs from downtown Detroit to the northeast, in the direction of Fort Gratiot.</p>
<p>The name is of French origin and would be pronounced differently in French, but like many old French names in Detroit (originally a French fur-trading outpost), the pronunciation has radically changed from the French. Even the name “Detroit” is from the French “d’etroit,” meaning “the straight,” a reference to the Detroit River where the Great Lakes-St- Lawrence system narrows into a mile-wide, fast-flowing current connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. In French it would be "day-TWAH’ " more or less, but what I’m calling a W is actually that throat-clearing R sound the French make.</p>
<p>“Mackinac” as in the Island is pronounced “Mackinaw.” Always has been, as far as I know; I believe that’s how the French pronounced it, though it’s an Indian name. Anyone who calls it “mack-in-nack” (and many do) is most definitely not from Michigan. I’m dating myself here, but back in my Ann Arbor days there was a bar in town called “Mackinac Jack’s” which amused me to no end because I’m sure the proprietor thought he had come up with a clever rhyming name, when to a Michigander it didn’t rhyme at all. Come to think of it, the place didn’t last long. </p>
<p>Another big street name in Detroit is Livernois, pronounced “LIV’-er-noy”, somewhat similar to how Illinois is pronounced "ill-a-NOY’ " but with the accent on a different syllable. There’s no “noise” in either, and no French “nwah” either.</p>
<p>Lots of old French street names in Detroit, especially on the near east side near the river; they’re named after the French habitants who had farms there. A big one is Chene, pronounced “shane.” The original French probably had an *accent circonflex *and would have been pronounced more like “shen.” Also Dequindre, now pronounced “de-KWIN’-der”; I don’t know how to transliterate the French pronunciation, but those of you who know French can figure it out.</p>
<p>One of my favorites in Detroit: there used to be an amusement park on an island downriver from Detroit. The island was named Bois Blanc, obviously a French name (meaning “white woods”). The French would have pronounced it “bwah blo[nc]” with the “nc” not quite silent but nasalized (maybe you need to know French to know what I’m talking about). Detroiters Americanized it to “Bob-lo,” and they used to take the Bob-lo Boat to Bob-lo, the amusement park, which was actually spelled “Bob-lo.” It was called that because it was on Bois Blanc Island, which of course they pronounced “bob-lo.”</p>
<p>In Chicago Goethe is yep “GO-thee”. I had a client in from England who asked for “Ger-ta” street and the cabbie was, luckily for him, an educated immigrant who laughed but at least knew what he was talking about. His colleague looking for the same address got “there is no such street”</p>
<p>And for those driving in snow for the first time there are three simple rules 1) slow down (really it shouldn’t have to be said but it does) 2) don’t follow at all closely (ditto) 3) brake then turn, don’t brake during your turn (this will prevent many many skids).</p>
<p>Here in Cobb County (metro Atlanta) there’s a high school named McEachern, locally pronounced Ma-kee-churn. This is always disconcerting to my Canadian ears, where the name McEachern is not uncommon and pronounced Ma-keck-ern.</p>
<p>Ponce de Leon Ave. (a major street in Midtown Atlanta) is pronounced Pahntz da Lee On.</p>
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Apparently the mayor doesn’t know 
[How</a> do you say “Wingate”? - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Lo8IfXwxQ]How”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Lo8IfXwxQ)</p>
<p>I know that at my school, it is definitely App-uh-la-chun State. Anyone who says App-uh-lay-shun is bound to be tarred and feathered.</p>
<p>Also, don’t forget about the towns of “Kang” (King), “Hick-ry” (Hickory), and “Wilt-sun” (Wilson)</p>
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I grew up in Cleveland as well and I’ve honestly never heard that. My favorite is in New Orleans, where they call the median in between a divided road the “neutral ground.”</p>
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Here in Winston post-church traffic is often as bad as regular rush-hour traffic.</p>