phrases that puzzle me
12-02-2009, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
Pzazz, Yes I make Yorkshire pudding everytime I make a joint of beef! LOL! (Most Americans think all pudding is sweet. )
12-02-2009, 05:04 PM
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I'm from West Virginia and there are many examples of weird or strange phrases.
One is "don't beat around the bush" which means get to the point.
"So mad I could spit nails!"
My grandma says crick instead of creek.
Another my grandma says is "lessons" instead of homework. "Gotta do your lessons."
My dad says "fine as frog hair."
Another one is "I'm just standing here with my teeth in my mouth." That one is used as a response when someone reminds you to do something that you've forgotten. One time I forgot to get the garlic bread out of the oven and I was just standing in the kitchen.
Another one is "Shut that pneumonia hole," which is used when it's cold outside and you have the window open or the door down.
One is "don't beat around the bush" which means get to the point.
"So mad I could spit nails!"
My grandma says crick instead of creek.
Another my grandma says is "lessons" instead of homework. "Gotta do your lessons."
My dad says "fine as frog hair."
Another one is "I'm just standing here with my teeth in my mouth." That one is used as a response when someone reminds you to do something that you've forgotten. One time I forgot to get the garlic bread out of the oven and I was just standing in the kitchen.
Another one is "Shut that pneumonia hole," which is used when it's cold outside and you have the window open or the door down.
12-02-2009, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
"have a good day" - "have a good evening" - "have a good afternoon" -
I was really hoping for a longer time frame - such as "have a good life"
"have a good forever"
I was really hoping for a longer time frame - such as "have a good life"
"have a good forever"
12-02-2009, 05:58 PM
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Now I am sitting here thinking about all of the creeks where I grew up and that they did branch off from specific rivers. Now I know to call them cricks when they branch off of creeks... Very Interesting :D :D :D
12-02-2009, 06:05 PM
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LOL Well my grandpa's lectures were worth something then huh? LOL
He used to take us to the first floor basement(like a cave home) and there was usually a big metal tub of soybeans sitting there. He was a farmer here in Iowa and raised horn and beans. He would run his hand through them and lecture us on how some day people would be using them for food and lots of other things. I wish he could see all the things being made with soybeans today! He was right. They did have a great future. This was in the 60's.
He used to take us to the first floor basement(like a cave home) and there was usually a big metal tub of soybeans sitting there. He was a farmer here in Iowa and raised horn and beans. He would run his hand through them and lecture us on how some day people would be using them for food and lots of other things. I wish he could see all the things being made with soybeans today! He was right. They did have a great future. This was in the 60's.
12-02-2009, 06:09 PM
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The older generation here will call Soda sodie pop.
When I got married in 75 I had only heard the back roads called gravel roads. My DH called them rock roads. I still to this day think no gravel when he uses that term. To me rock should refer to big rocks and gravel is fine ground rock. So they should be gravel roads not rock roads.
Amma where are you getting the smilies? I don't find them.
When I got married in 75 I had only heard the back roads called gravel roads. My DH called them rock roads. I still to this day think no gravel when he uses that term. To me rock should refer to big rocks and gravel is fine ground rock. So they should be gravel roads not rock roads.
Amma where are you getting the smilies? I don't find them.
12-02-2009, 06:11 PM
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Our German Exchange student would mix up her "v's" and "W's" so she played on a Veman's Wallyball team and right before she left she went to Subway with her friends and asked for a wedgie sandwich. Our Finnish exchange student had a freind over for dinner and he was telling us of his pet bird "Nibbles" Before I could stop her she looked at him and said "nipples?" And the exchange program director told us of a French student that told her exchange father that she wanted a douche (shower to her) He almost passed out.
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