Answer to question about "benzel" and "treadhole"

[BobT-47P15]

According to one seller on ebay, this is a P15 "benzel".

And he has this to say about them: "Tailight benzels for 1946 to 1948 Plymouth in need of rechoming . No breaks and treadholes good." (lifted that quote direct from the ad)

However, I rather enjoyed the explanations made by the fellows who guessed.

[greg g]

That answer is too salacious, and patently fabricated. Be forwarned a representative from Benzel, Treadhole, & Newchrome, Attorneys at Law will be in touch. Until then your are directed to Cease and Desist from further slanderous replies via this conduit.

By the way the White reflector tags these (if they are indeed a pair) from 1946 production.

[De Soto Frank]

Dunno 'bout folks in Central NY, Greg, but dat's sure how dey tahk around here, hay-na ?

Locals use "tread" to hold a buh-uhn on da coat, and buy new tires when the "thread" is ahll-gahn..."

( And when dey get hungry, dey go for ha-dahgs or maybe a hamburg; couple two,tree...)

As for da chrome, it looks like it's gotta be "ahll-redone-over"

De Soto Frank

[greg g]

Frank, what I remember from being in central PA. (worked at PSU for 2 yrars)

was the folks from the central mountains had a problem with mixing tenses.

Heard a lotta, batter needs mixed, wheel needs greased, bacon needs frried, cows need milked, door needs hung, oil needs changed, baby needs changed.

Still see that in some of the adds on ebay, car needs restored, motor needs ovehauled, brakes need bled. bumpers need chromed.

Buh uhn needs sewed. And right about now supper needs eaten.

[De Soto Frank]

Where I'm originally from ( Baltimore area), natives have a very distinctive dialect... especially when one goes into Dundalk or Fells Point...

But in spite of spending my first 20 years of existence down there, I never spoke "the native tongue", nor can I even demonstrate it for folks, which is a bit frustrating in a way...

Hope you-uns had a good dinner...

[greg g]

youz was from Ballmer? Ain't datun Merlin? Didja go downy oshin inna summa?

Didja eva see the Oreo's beat dem re-sox? Er wuzya from Naplis? da captil of Merlin?

Didja never swim ina ChestPeek?

Good thin ya wern't there lonnuff to get flicted with the accent.........

[De Soto Frank]

Ah-cheeze, youse got dat down pat !

You really nailed it, Greg...

My parents never really talked that way, nor does my older brother...

I can talk Joisy, NE PA "Hay-na", southern-fried cracker, and some other amusing party dialects , but try as I might, I cannot re-create that dialect that is peculiar to "Charm City"... sometimes I miss hearing it...

[greg g]

One of my unfortunate talents, if it is indeed a talent, it to quickly pick accents, dialects and idioms. It doesn't traslate to picking up foreign languages, but give me a couple hours on Cape Cod, and yud think ah lived they foevah. Or up in Maine and yew wood nevah knowed Ah was from away.

But being from Syricuse, ona Tewsdey, when there is a deance, we get to wear are new peants. And after we'll be go-in to the restrant to do some eat-in.

[Guest jtw3749c]

That's pretty accurate. My sista n lauw is from up n Maine. Her brutha's come away to visit hua. Funny thing is, she lived in Alameda California for the better part of 20 yehu for she mov up heuh Indiana).

To top that off, my family is from Missouri and so is my wife. Biy you ought to here them two get to gether for chat. whew eey.

JT

[greg g]

We're a fixin ta git a frog strangler. (Mo.)

Ayuh, comin down fair like outa spicket. Nuff ta drown a Lobstuh. (Me)

[blueskies]

what's amazing to me, is that not only do you guys know these different dialects, you can spell them, and when I read them, I can hear them, half way across the country....

Pete

[greg g]

Hey Pete what map you looking at???? Halfway from where????

Must be as the crow flies.

One from Vermont I just heard from a flatlander going to college up inem

Green Mountiains

Gotta get a few Crow storms afor ya get a snow storm.