Regional differences in sayings?

[Ashlee]

I'm having an ongoing argument on sayings, so settle this for me: Did you hear, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" or "you get what you get and you don't get upset" while growing up?

 

[Mark]

…I heard the sound of my dad looking at me to let me know not to ask any questions that would warrant that response. Does that count?

 

[Boots]

Neither. My parents are both from Chicago.

 

[Raposuh]

Neither, growing up. I only heard the former when a coworker from Denver was brought to our station to fill in.

 

[A Slightly New Used Server]

What region is this from? I've never heard either of those statements.

 

[Mark]

What region is this from? I've never heard either of those statements.

That’s what I’d like to know… gotta be a midwestern or further thing. I don’t know any southerners, Mid-Atlantic, or New England people that talk like that.

 

[Ashlee]

What region is this from? I've never heard either of those statements.

I'm from Texas, and the guy I'm arguing with is from Philly. I always heard don't have/pitch/throw a fit, he says it's always been don't get upset.

 

[Mark]

I'm from Texas, and the guy I'm arguing with is from Philly. I always heard don't have/pitch/throw a fit, he says it's always been don't get upset.

That’s why… parts of Philly are like a whole different planet. Like all of NJ.

 

[A Slightly New Used Server]

The "pitch a fit" thing being from Texas makes sense. I used to live with a Texan and heard that phrase in general before.

 

[Lunar Kreskents]

Never heard it. I'm from Wisconsin. Though my dad is an immigrant and my mom was raised by wolves, so I'm not sure it counts for much.

 

[shortkut]

I never heard it until my niece said it about 6-7 years ago and it was the version that ended with “upset” because it rhymes, which I think is the point due to the cadence of the saying

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

It's the latter here. I'd never heard it until a few years ago but now I hear it all the time.

 

[Requiem]

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This may be an interesting thing for everyone.

"Pitch a fit" is pretty common in the southeast, but I've never heard either of these phrases.

 

[Cole]

I'm having an ongoing argument on sayings, so settle this for me: Did you hear, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" or "you get what you get and you don't get upset" while growing up?

I just got hit.

but here's a more fun one. if you are *not* from the north eastern United States.

what do you call it when it's raining while the sun is still shining?

 

[shortkut]

I just got hit.

but here's a more fun one. if you are *not* from the north eastern United States.

what do you call it when it's raining while the sun is still shining?

Sun-shower

 

[Boots]

Sun shower? I grew up in Massachusetts until I was 7, so ymmv.

 

[Cole]

Sun-shower

you're from the north east, you fuck

 

[shortkut]

you're from the north east, you fuck

I’m sorry I’m not going to say something stupid like the devil beating his wife. We all know the devil isn’t married

 

[Cole]

I’m sorry I’m not going to say something stupid like the devil beating his wife. We all know the devil isn’t married

clearly you weren't there for the Salem witch trials.

they're the wives of Satan.

 

[Boots]

Fun fact. Female cat owners didn't catch the plague because their cats kept the rats away. Hence witches own cats in all literature and media.

 

[Kat]

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This may be an interesting thing for everyone.

"Pitch a fit" is pretty common in the southeast, but I've never heard either of these phrases.

I took that (or something similar) before, and the results were amusing for me. I was a military brat and moved around a lot, and it didn't come up with anywhere I had lived. It did match where both of my parents learned to talk, though.

I've never heard the phrase asked about, but I agree "upset" is the natural choice because it rhymes.

 

[turkey]

What region is this from? I've never heard either of those statements.

Def didn’t teach this in the commonwealth.