My mom is southern and says "boot" instead of "trunk"

[Fritzo]

I noticed over the years that my mom seems to use a lot of European words for things, even though she was raised in the hills of southern Ohio. The one that's been sticking with me lately is saying "boot" instead of trunk on her car, and it confused the hell out of my daughter yesterday. We were over there and she was trying to tell my daughter to go to the car because she bought her something:

"Hey sweetie, go check in the boot of my car...I go you something!"
"You got be boots?"
"No, it's in the boot."
"Ewww...who's boots is it in?"
"NO! The boot in the back!"
"I DON'T WANT SOMETHING IN A BOOT!"

She also says things like bonnet instead of hood, and biscuits instead of crackers. Is this a common southern thing or did she have some crazy upbringing that I don't know about?

 

[Mixolydian]

Your mother be crazy.

 

[Oil]

What part of the south? This is key

Edit: southern Ohio is not the south

 

[allisolm]

When did Ohio become southern? I think I missed something. Were her parents/grandparents/close relatives from England? Those words aren't European, but they are used in England.

 

[PingSpike]

I never thought of Ohio as the south personally. Most British words for the parts of cars just don't seem to make any sense to me compared to their more boring American counterparts. They are fun to say though I suppose.

Your mom's conversation doesn't make any sense. She should know full well most Americans, particularly children, are not going to use the British version for these words.

 

[Mixolydian]

Edit: southern Ohio is not the south

They talk like they're from the south. :awe:

 

[kage69]

That's what Brits and Irish call the trunk. I've never heard a Southerner use the term. Ever.

 

[shortylickens]

So instead of asking me to stuff it in her trunk, she'll ask for it in the boot?

 

[SlitheryDee]

No, that's weird actually.

 

[Fritzo]

When did Ohio become southern? I think I missed something. Were her parents/grandparents/close relatives from England? Those words aren't European, but they are used in England.

Southern Ohio kind of merges with Kentucky culture, and that's all viewed as being "southerner/hillbilly" to them.

 

[Meghan54]

That's what Brits and Irish call the trunk. I've never heard a Southerner use the term. Ever.

Exactly that.

 

[Fritzo]

When did Ohio become southern? I think I missed something. Were her parents/grandparents/close relatives from England? Those words aren't European, but they are used in England.

She's German, Indian, and just plain pure hillfolk. I think her great grandparents lived in West Virginia, and their parents came from Germany. She's also never left the US.

 

[Fritzo]

Exactly that.

Her whole family talks like that, so there's some goofy influence going on somewhere.

 

[Legios]

She clearly is a spy, its the incorrect use of the vernacular that blows cover. Inglorious Basterds taught me that.

 

[gorcorps]

There is no part of Ohio that's "the south". Just because they've adapted some of the southern ways doesn't mean they're part of it. By that logic you can also say your mother is european because it seems like she's adapted some of that way too.

 

[Charlie98]

When she goes shopping, does she get a shopping cart or a 'buggy?'

 

[darkewaffle]

My grandma pronounces "Childersburg" (Alabama) like "Chowdersburg".

 

[Fritzo]

There is no part of Ohio that's "the south". Just because they've adapted some of the southern ways doesn't mean they're part of it. By that logic you can also say your mother is european because it seems like she's adapted some of that way too.

OK, since that entire part of that state is wrong, it's going to be up to you to go knock and every door and tell them to change their ways.

 

[allisolm]

She clearly is a spy, its the incorrect use of the vernacular that blows cover. Inglorious Basterds taught me that.

That explains it. Sleeper cell just waiting for the time when England retakes America.

 

[Clemenza]

I'm from East Tennessee and I have never heard anyone use those terms. There are a few "hillbillies" in East Tennessee.

 

[Svnla]

Ohio is NOT the South.

TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, and such = South.

BTW, I never heard boot as car trunk before.


<<------ see location.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Her whole family talks like that, so there's some goofy influence going on somewhere.

Maybe she watches a lot of BBC America? :hmm:

Does she call an elevator a lift?

 

[Charlie98]

Ohio is NOT the South.

TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, and such = South.

BTW, I never heard boot as car trunk before.


<<------ see location.

Correction: TX is... Texas. There is north, south, east, west, and Texas. :sneaky:

 

[Svnla]

Correction: TX is... Texas. There is north, south, east, west, and Texas. :sneaky:

Oh, Republic of Texas. Gotcha. :awe:

 

[Thebobo]

oh the horror