The Peculiarities of Local Speech

Growing up in Utah, I used the phrase "fresh-water lake". For those that have grown up in other places, there is no need for that qualifier. Fresh-water lake is redundant. Only for Utahns do you make the distinction, because there is in fact a difference. There are fresh-water lakes and a giant salt lake.

Now I live in a place that when someone says to me, "I'll meet you at the mall", I have to clarify if they mean the shopping mall or the National Mall.