My Mom’s Linguistic Habits
She says bucket, never really uses the word pail.
How are you? How have you been? How’re you doing?
Pop
She will say hella occasionally. Mostly as a joke or to make me or her other kids groan.
a) [Pool/Pull] Different, subtly. b) [Feel/Fill] Different, distinct. c) [Bat/Bad/Bot] Bat and bad are similar, bot is clearly different. d) [Collar/Caller] Same, indistinguishable
Slang she used as a kid: bitchin’, cute, cool, rad/radical, stoners, chopped/choppers
D5 Creation
When would she use chopped/choppers? What does that mean?
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Chopper was a term for a tricked out motorcycle, while chopped was essentially the adjective form. “That bike is chopped” “Yeah, it’s a chopper.”
Ahh… is your mother a biker? or part of the biker community?