I recall Brit actor/singer David Essex telling of the very strange look he got on his first visit to New York when he pulled out a cig on the elevator & asked, "Mind if I light up a fag on the lift?"


As for Lixy's contributions to this thread, I bet in addition to her own creative additions to the language, she'll have some very interesting contributions she's picked up from the PA Dutch in her area...I used to know a couple of guys from the region (they were of German extraction themselves) telling me about such phrases as "outen the smoke" (put out the cigarette)...I surprised them one night by saying, "push the door to" (close the door, altho it sort of implies that you might leave it open a little), they thought only the Dutch used the phrase...it is a very popular Southern-ism as well...

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