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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patrick Slevin who wrote (488)	9/1/1999 11:29:00 AM
From: SE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7434

You want code speak. Got this yesterday and quite frankly it is dead nuts on. I hope Kevin doesn't mind the off topic posting. ----------------- > Koehn And Karcher's 'Wisconsinisms' CHEDDARHEAD DICTIONARY > > If you think you can deck yourself out in green and gold and walk around > occasionally bellowing "Go-Pack-Go!" and qualify as a Wisconsin native ... > you're dead wrong. Youse gotta know the lingo too, ya-know, hey. For your > enjoyment, here's an updated list of Wisconsinisms. If you have a word or > term that you > think should be included on this list, e-mail us at gopackgo@ctinet.net > > Ain-a-hey: placed at the end of a profound statement; as in "isn't It?" > > > Bart: a Green Bay institution who doesn't need a last name; ("Vince"). > > > Believe-you-me: attached to the beginning or end a statement make it more > credible; as in, "really!" > > > Blaze orange: what deer hunters and cold-weather Packers fans wear at > Lambeau. > > > Born in a barn?: a sarcastic question which usually means you left the > door open. > > > Borrow: used in place of "lend," as in, "could youse borrow me a couple > two-tree bucks?" > > > Brat: a sausage; a Wisconsin tailgate favorite; doesn't have anything to > do with a spoiled kid. > > > Bubbler: to the rest of the world outside Wisconsin's borders, it is known > as a drinking fountain. > > > Budge: to merge without permission; cut in; as in "Don't you budge in line > for a brat, I was here first!" > > > By: to; near; as in "Let's go by One Eyed Jack's,"or "She'll come by > Froggers tonight." It has nothing to do with a purchase. > > > Cheddarhead: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheesehead." > > > Cheesehead: someone from Wisconsin; see, "Cheddarhead." > > > Cheese curd: small pieces of fresh cheese that squeak when you bite into > them; a parish picnic favorite when deep fried. > > > Come-here-once: a beckoning call to another Cheddarhead. > > > Couple-two-tree: more than one; as in "Delmer and I drank a > couple-two-tree beers." > > > Cripes: a Wisconsin expletive. > > > Cripes-sake: a mild Wisconsin expletive. > > > Crymany-cripes-sake: a wild Wisconsin expletive. > > > D: a substitute for words beginning with "TH;" as in"Dat guy over dere in > dah Bears shirt is a FIB." > > > Davenport: what your mom called the sofa; a couch. > > > Fair-to-midlin: not bad or great, just "O.K." > > > Fish fry: a Friday night dining ritual in Wisconsin. > > > Fleet Farm: a Cheddarhead's answer to Bloomingdales. > > > Frozen tundra: Lambeau Field. > > > Geeez!: Another Wisconsin expletive. > > > Go ahead: proceed; as in, "go ahead and back up your car." > > > Gots: used in place of "have;" as in, "I gots my tickets to watch da > Packers play on da Frozen Tundra." > > > Guldarn: another Wisconsin expletive. > > > Hey: placed at the beginning or end of phrases for emphasis, as in "Hey, > how'bout them Packers?" or "How'bout them Packers, hey?" > > > Holy-cry-yiy!: as in, "wow!" > > > How's-by-you?: a greeting; the same as, "How's everything?" > > > Humdinger: a beauty; as in "dat crappy youse caughtup-nort is a real > humdinger." > > > John Deere: a Cheddarhead's other vehicle. > > > M'wakee: Wisconsin's largest city; located just down the lake from Trivers > and Mantwoc. > > > N-so?: a word inserted at the end of a statement; used as a substitute for > "right?" or "correct?" > > > Oh, yah: depending on emphasis, it's either used as acknowledgment (as > "That's correct") or skepticism(That's bull!). > > > Parish picnics: social events of the summer up-nort. > > > Pert-neer: near; in close proximity; just about. > > > Polka: what you do at parish picnics. > > > Pop: a non-alcoholic drink. > > > Rubbers: protection for your shoes; also known as "galoshes." > > > Scansin: the state where Cheeseheads are from. > > > Schmear: a card game; also a term used when someone gets beat in a game of > Sheepshead. > > > Sheepshead: another card game. > > > Side-by-each: used instead of, "next to each other." > > > Skeeter: Wisconsin state bird. > > > Start wit me last: to forfeit your turn. > > > Stop-and-go lights: what everyone else refers to as traffic signals. > > > Uff-dah: affirmative; as in "that's right!" > > > Un-thaw: to defrost. > > > Where-abouts: locality; proximity; as in, "where-abouts are youse guys > from?" > > > Up nort: where Wisconsinites go on vacation. > > > Up-side right: right side up. > > > Vince: the other Green Bay icon who doesn't need a last name for > recognition; (see "Bart"). > > > Yah-hey: affirmative; as in "uff-dah." > > > You-betcha: affirmative; as in "Yah-hey." > > > Youse: pronounced "YOOS;" it means "you" as in "are youse guys goin' up > nort?" > > > Youper: someone from ever further up-nort than you