Alfie

I grew up in Michigan I have never said "them" is nice bananas nor have I ever heard anyone say it. Maybe the poor lady was never taught proper language skills. I hope she is still working

Debra Mc

My Dm always said she was so mad she could spit 10 penny nails. A friend always said finier than frog's hair split 3 ways with a broad axe. Don't stand there with your teeth in your head. Means your an idoit. Mama also said close that pneumonia port. Sounds like WV is a lot like Texas. Don't have a cow! Daddy's so mad he could crap a gold brick & then we'll all be rich. My dear granddad called diapers "helpins."

Quilt Mom

No, I go to church, but you must be in a German area, with a term like that.

earthwalker

My Step-father is Scottish (Glaswegian) so he uses the term kirk for church.

My husband is Sicilian, and didn't learn English 'til he came to Australia just before he turned 20. He has us in stitches regularly....one of his best ones is "it's raining cats and pigs out there"...he finds English strange and can never understand why we spell the way we do.

I was born in county Devon (England), and my Father's family are farming folk.....my Mother who is from Surrey could barely understand them when they had family gatherings.

It's been great reading this post...I have learned a lot!

k3n

My Auntie Lily who was a Yorkshire woman, used to eat Yorkshire Pudding with jam... :-D

Moonpi

Where I grew up, brooks were the little waters that fed into creeks, which fed into rivers. In the summer, brooks sometimes had little or no water in them, although occasionally there would be some that were spring-fed.

Sheila Elaine

Loretta, just read about the Yorkshire pudding & "the joint of beef." To most of us in Alabama & South, "a joint" of anything is referring to Marijuana or MaryJane (slang).

When my ex (who was in the Army) worked at the Army Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, the Gastroenterology Specialist smoked his share of MaryJane. Before the kids & I got to Germany, the ex went to a big Rock Concert with him & Chris (former linebacker in football from Univ of Colorado) fell off backwards off the open stands. Never phased him. Someone asked him if he had ever smoked a Turkey (like on a meat smoker)...he said, I've smoked a little bit of everything, but I've never smoked any turkey (meaning like a Marijuana cigarette). He was serious. Talk about being a cleaning freak, he cleaned the floors in the GE Lab with Isoprophic Alcohol (this is true. My office was right across from the Lab, so I knew when he was cleaning without opening my door ). We went to a Party at his house once, someone dropped a drink on the floor & he brought out the alcohol. We were in our 20's back then (in 1970's). Couldn't do that again with drinking & partying.

Pzazz

My paternal grandparents were English. Even though they left England when they were in their teens, my Granny still went to kirk all the way into her 90's. LOL

My maternal grandparents were Irish, so I have a few Irish tidbits in my vocabulary as well. :)

bearisgray

My MIL never swore or used vulgar language - but once in a rare while she did say "H-E-double toothpicks"

bearisgray

My grandparents were Scandinavian - and Grandma B would occasionally use these words - not sure about the exact spelling - with what I think they may have meant

Uffda - so sorry you smashed your finger
Phida - stepped in doggie doo or the cat threw up on the carpet
Ishta - stepped in doggie doo or the cat threw up on the carpet

They seemed more or less interchangeable to me. I'm sure there are nuances between them, but I don't know what they are.