It ’s not always easy to understand people who hold out in Atlanta . If we ’re not using slang or an accent from wherever we ’re actually from ( only 14 people at any move over time are unfeignedly from Atlanta ) , we ’re saying something in a passive - fast-growing manner , or we ’re straight - up lie and hoping nobody notices . To serve you ward off any miscommunication , here are a few primal line and phrase you ’ve belike heard – or say yourself – in conversations around town , followed by simplified interpretations of what wasreallygoing on .
“Let’s go eat at The Varsity.”
version : I just moved here and have no idea where to go for dinner yet . There are too many option and I ’m not good at making adept decisions . But every clock time I devolve on MARTA it always tells me “ departure here for The Varsity , ” and I guess I ’m supposed to run through here until I die , which , consort to how my GI tract feel and sounds , is later today . Please take me to the ER at Grady and push me out of your elevator car while it ’s seethe so you’re able to keep move without telling anybody how I got this direction .
“I scheduled our meeting tomorrow at 9am.”
Translation : I hate you . Otherwise , I would never ask you to brave Atlanta traffic during morning rush hour rabies . It gives me tremendous joy that you will wake up at 6 am , leave your house at 7 am , and still be 10 minutes late even though you populate less than 20 miles from where we are forgather .
“My parents marched with Dr. King.”
Translation : I really go for my parent march with Dr. King .
“I live just outside the perimeter.”
Translation : I do n’t technically last in Georgia .
“DJ, play some Future!”
Translation : DJ , play some Future ! What ? future tense is great .
“Atlanta was so much more fun before they started closing everything early.”
interlingual rendition : I’m not ready to go home at 3 am , but I ’m also understandably not quondam enough to remember how it was back in the recent ‘ 90 , when Atlanta Live was undefended and before Ray Lewis rive aFrom Dusk till Dawnat Cobalt Lounge . But I heard a muckle about it .
“The pollen is bad when you first move here, but soon, you don’t even notice it.”
Translation : I may look to be talking to you about pollen decent now , but I am simply a figment of your imagination , as you are hallucinating from all the pollen you ’ve inhaled .
“I started another business. It was time for something new, and this new project is going to make lots of money. Let’s collab!”
rendering : I’m in crippling debt , living on Saltine crackers , and one 24-hour interval away from becoming an date .
“I miss the old Ponce de Leon.”
displacement : I never spent money anywhere on Ponce de Leon until Ponce City Market opened , otherwise I would recognise that most of the businesses that were here before PCM are still around .
“Matty Ice is looking good this year!”
displacement : Matt Ryan is a handsome gentleman whose hide always shine underneath the moonlight mist . His lavender v - neck T - shirts are always so crisp , yet so fluffy . His haircut is so perfect I think it was a weave . Oh , you mean how he look on the study when he ’s play quarterback ? He ’s like a porcelain vase somebody provide in the middle of a rodeo . He ’s doomed . Go Falcons !
“Sure, I can probably give you a lift to the airport tomorrow.”
Translation : Don’t you know I be in Kirkwood ? And do n’t you bang MARTA goes flat to the infernal airport ? And that there ’s always free parking at the East Point and College Park stations ? Do not call me for a ride . I wo n’t serve .
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