Whoever said it to you may have meant wherewithal, but I agree that older relatives said wheretoall, especially my northeast Texas relatives. They also said whompered or whomper jawed when something that was supposed to be straight was not. I'm originally from West Texas, where most people know what a whickerbilly is, but discovered when I moved to N Texas that nobody knows. I have to explain that it's like a thingamajig. froggyintexas
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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?