In Ahia, we too used "crick" even though my mother hates it. "Root" and "Rowt" are interchangeable to me. It was a revelation to me that my friends from New York pronounce "Merry Mary Marry" as if the words have three separate and distinct sounds--they are all the same to me (rhyme with berry). One regional difference that I have finally overcome after 6 years here in DC is using the word "soda" instead of "pop" like we said in Ohio. I understand that in the South, the word is "Coke"--(I want a Coke. What kind of Coke do you want? A Sprite.)

One that I thought was universal but apparently isn't is "catty-corner", meaning diagonally across from. My friends from the East Coast have never heard that one before.

A friend of mine from Dublin describes crowded places as "black" which led to a few misunderstandings when making plans. (Let's go to blah-blah. No, it's way too black.) I was horrified until I thought to ask him what the hell he was talking about.