Settle A Bet.

[carsonshepherd]

I say it's "All the sudden."

Someone told me it's "All of a sudden."

This person insists it's a regional thing - I'm from Illinois - but I have no idea if this is true, since I can't really remember what people at home say.

I guess I'll go with a consensus.

 

[minsue]

I've never heard, "All the sudden" in my life. Sorry, Carson.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Fuck.

I must be crazy.

 

[minsue]

Fuck.

I must be crazy.

That's a totally separate question that deserves its own poll.

 

[logophile]

Fuck.

I must be crazy.

I had never it either until I moved to Wisconsin. But what the fuck do these crazy cheese eaters know? They all put rubbers on their newspapers and drink from the bubbler!

I voted "All of a sudden." I stand pretty firm in my belief that I'm right on this one.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I had never it either until I moved to Wisconsin. But what the fuck do these crazy cheese eaters know? They all put rubbers on their newspapers and drink from the bubbler!

I voted "All of a sudden." I stand pretty firm in my belief that I'm right on this one.

Oh shit!

Is that where I learned it? Oh no!

(I lived in Milwaukee for 5 freezing cold years.)

Oh and Min-

 

[minsue]

I stand pretty firm in my belief that I'm right on this one.

I tend to do that regardless of the question or the accuracy of my response.

 

[carsonshepherd]

When I said I'd go with a consensus, I lied. I'll keep saying exactly what I want.

Night night.

 

[minsue]

Oh and Min-

 

[Guest]

I've never heard, "All the sudden" in my life. Sorry, Carson.

Same here. Sorry, sweetie.

And I am originally from upper Michigan and travel through Wisconsin every summer!




Now - how about the crazy poll?

 

[logophile]

I tend to do that regardless of the question or the accuracy of my response.

You know Min, I've always thought you were quite sweet, but tonight you have completely won me over. Your earlier talk of paddles (OK, I know you said padlock but still...) woo'd me and now it seems we share personality trait...


And yes, Carson, you probably picked up from living in Milwaukee. Easy to do... I've even had to stop myself from saying that I was "going over by" someone's house and that's one I swore I would stay away from!

G'night all!

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I say Oliver Sudden

but according to WordWeb Online it is “all of a sudden.”

while the OneLook Dictionary can’t find a listing for “all the sudden” in any on-line dictionary.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I say Oliver Sudden

but according to WordWeb Online it is “all of a sudden.”

while the OneLook Dictionary can’t find a listing for “all the sudden” in any on-line dictionary.

Dictionary, schmictionary!

 

[minsue]

You know Min, I've always thought you were quite sweet, but tonight you have completely won me over. Your earlier talk of paddles (OK, I know you said padlock but still...) woo'd me and now it seems we share personality trait...

G'night, L

 

[C's Button]

well, I usually say "all the sudden", but English is not my first language and I mangle it lots, so it's probably "all of a sudden".

 

[minsue]

Dictionary, schmictionary!

Dictionaries? We don't need no stinkin' dictionaries!

 

[carsonshepherd]

Dictionaries? We don't need no stinkin' dictionaries!

You're all mad! Mad I tells you! All the sudden I think I need to go to bed...

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Dictionary, schmictionary!

Fine!

Keep drinking out of the toilet!

 

[R. Richard]

I've never heard, "All the sudden" in my life. Sorry, Carson.

I am with minisue. I used to work at field sites in Hayward, Wisconsin and "Da Yooper" and I never once heard "All the sudden." My experience includes the National Lumberjack Championships in Hayward (one says, well of course).

 

[carsonshepherd]

Fine!

Keep drinking out of the toilet!

How did you know!

 

[lucky-E-leven]

All of a sudden.

It is a regional thing for the most part. I'm pretty sure that below the Mason-Dixon it's All of a sudden and above it's 'other'.

~lucky

p.s. What were the stakes of the bet? Sometimes even the losers are winners.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

All of a sudden.

Sowwry

 

[Boxlicker101]

Same here. Sorry, sweetie.

And I am originally from upper Michigan and travel through Wisconsin every summer!




Now - how about the crazy poll?

I have to agree with SSS and others here. I was raised in Wisc., near Milwaukee, (many years ago) and heard "all of a sudden" or "suddenly" many times but I never heard anybody say "of a sudden".

Of course, in certain part of the East, "sudden" means the oposite of "nawden".

 

[Pure]

I've never heard, 'all the sudden', in S. Cal or New Jersey or S. Ontario.

Every region has nongrammatical sayings; around here, it's common to say "over top of" (the refrigerator), for 'on' or 'above'.

Many sayings get corrupted in misunderstanding, like I heard my mother frequently say to someone in bed "Up and Adam."

 

[alyxen]

Thinking it in my head, I come up with All of the sudden....Just had to be different.