Another regional colloquial question....

[GreenPartyVoter]

Do people in places outside of Maine/New England say "mmBye" when they get off the phone?? Where does that come from anyway?

[NYC_SKP]

1. Good question. I have another.

I've heard people say, and seen this kind of thing written in DU:

Examples:

"Those chairs need cleaned."

"Some people need fired"

It's either the dropping of "to be" or use of the wrong verb form, ie; "cleaned" instead of "cleaning".

I've always wondered if it's a regional affectation.

:shrug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. My mom grew up in PA Dutch country. She used to say funny things like

"If you drink that all gone before supper, you'll be sorry!"

[Bunny]

16. That's very much a western PA thing. It probably happens elsewhere too, but

it's very common here.

[Arugula Latte]

3. Only the Hanson boys do ...

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. LOL

[mainegreen]

4. Every single person I know up here, including me, says 'mmmBye'

It's really odd. It's all *anyone* ever says when they get off the phone.

AND IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU GET OFF THE PHONE!!!

No one does it in person.

I find that really odd.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Ayuh! And it's not a long drawn out "byyyyee." It's really bitten off.

[no name no slogan]

7. No. We usually say HAIL SATAN.

Works just as well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Nah. Too many syllables for us stoic Mainahs. :^P

[BurtWorm]

8. Does everyone in Maine say "Uh-h'llo?" when they answer the phone?

Or just the people from Maine I talk to?

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Prolly. :^)

[3.14158675309]

11. KTHXBAI

:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. On teh phn??

[NYC_SKP]

13. My dad runs the words "Yeah" and "Hello" together over the phone: "Yell-oh"!

Cracks me up. :P

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Heheh. I have heard that one on TV n stuff. :^)

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Kick for the heck of it

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. mmmmmmmyellow!

That's how my mom answered the phone. Don't remember how she said good-bye.
She was raised in Illinois just outside of Chicago.

Me?
Hey! for hello.
and...Bye-yee!

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. mmmyellow? That's cool :^) Goes good with mmBye

[blockhead]

19. I have no eye deer.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. Well, no one here has claimed it for other places so I guess maybe it really is a Maine thing.

Of course, this was hardly a scientific study of the matter. :P