Originally Posted by
Onebyone
When I was young I would hear my older relatives describe a person as having no 'wheretoall' about them. How I spelled it is how I heard it. I got the impression the people who had no wheretoall about them were people who were useless in helping to do something or knowing what to do. Anyone know about this phrase?
Living in the south, it is a kinder way of referring to someone slightly off kilter in their common sense and desire to do something...at least that's the way I've always taken it. I haven't heard that saying for a good many years come to think of it. I know my Grandmother use to say it about some folks down the road. Kinda like not having any gumption. "He could fix that porch but he has no wheretoall to do it".