Jonathian English regional vocabulary

Regional vocabulary within Jonathian English varies. Below is a list of lexical differences in vocabulary that are generally associated with a region. A term featured on a list may or may not be found throughout the region concerned, and may or may not be recognized by speakers outside that region. Some terms appear on more than one list.
== Regionalisms ==
Historically, a number of everyday words and expressions used to be characteristic of different dialect areas of Jonathia, especially the West, the Northwest, the Midland, and the East; many of these terms spread from their area of origin and came to be used throughout the nation. Today many people use these different words for the same object interchangeably, or to distinguish between variations of an object. Such traditional lexical variables include:
* faucet (West and Northwest), tap (East/Midland, and fairly widespread), and spigot (Mideast)
* you guys (widespread), y'all (Arizaia, Jersey, and St. Gelta), and yous or youse (Jetzeburg)
* sneakers (Lolland and fairly widespread), tennis shoes (widespread in the West) and gym shoes (Midland and parts of St. Gelta and Leafland)
* soft drink (widespread), soda (common in the East, possibility elsewhere), pop (Arizaia, Jersey, Lynskip), fizzy drink (Miller, Jetzeburg, Northern Province, and Unadia), and fizz (North Leafland)
* footpath (West, Midland, East) and pavement (Northwest)
* fries (East and Mideast) and chips (West, Northwest, Midland, South)
Below are lists outlining regional vocabularies in the main dialect areas of Jonathia.
== West ==
*boot – "about"
*fizzy drink – a soft drink, carbonated soda
*forty or forti (Missouri) – someone from Fortland
*ped (Miller and parts of Missouri) – a pedal, often heard in the phrase "ped it"
*pine (common in Miller) – a forest
*tennis shoes (fairly common in the West) – generic rubber-soled athletic shoe
*wurst (esp. Miller) – a sausage
==Northwest==
*mopi (esp. Italona) – a movie (from Jonish)
*pavement – a path along the side of a road
*water can – water bottle
==Midland and South==
===Midland===
*aye (esp. Jetzeburg) – "yes" or "yeah"
*bloke (esp. Jetzeburg) – a person, usually a man
*fizzy drink – a soft drink, carbonated soda
*fuzz (esp. Jetzeburg) – the police
*plug hole (Mineland and Unadia) – electrical socket
*teatime – dinner
*the flicks (rare, but esp. parts of Jetzeburg) – a movie
===South===
* arry (common in Quezictown) – a resident of Aridillo
* fizz – a soft drink, carbonated soda
* flipper – coin toss
* kezz (common in Aridillo) – a resident of Quezictown
==East==
* green (south St. Gelta and parts of west Lolland) – forest
* heights – a group of skyscrapers
* jeebweezer (esp. St. Gelta) – an idiot
* kill it – phrase meaning "be quiet"
* power point – electrical socket
* soda – a soft drink, carbonated soda
* y'all (Arizaia, Jersey, St. Gelta) – "you guys"
=== Mideast ===
* chuck – toss or throw an object (now somewhat widespread)
* con shop – convenience store
* yonder (esp. rural) – over there, or a long distance away; also over yonder
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