Old-Fashioned Words and Phrases - Page 6

Sparkle · 06-17-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ms. Meander

Love it! Wasn't there a cartoon character who used to say that? I want to say it was Huckleberry Hound but I'm not sure...

It was Snagglepuss. the pink cat.

girl_dee · 06-17-2011, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by theoddz

I've always heard these and use them today, myself:

"Thank G-d and Sonny Jesus".....

and....

"Jesus have pity".

~Theo~

and in my house it was

"Jesus, Joseph and Mary!!!"

tapu · 06-17-2011, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ms. Meander

What does it mean?

catty-whompus

haha!

tapu · 06-17-2011, 11:40 AM

panhandler

(I know what it means, but where the heck did it come from?)

Tommi · 06-17-2011, 11:41 AM

Go redd up yuur room.

Hey, scooch your hiney over and lemee sit dahn

Divvy up the candy so yinz all can have some.

Awlright yinz kids better be be-haven yourselves down there!

http://www.pittsburghese.com/glossar...tml?type=verbs

tapu · 06-17-2011, 11:42 AM

flanapple

all right, so i made that one up

tapu · 06-17-2011, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tommi

Go redd up yuur room.

Hey, scooch your hiney over and lemee sit dahn

Divvy up the candy so yinz all can have some.

Awlright yinz kids better be be-haven yourselves down there!

http://www.pittsburghese.com/glossar...tml?type=verbs

This is the Upper Midlands dialect. It extends across PA, OH, upper KY and WVa. I grew up with all these same sayings.

Ever hear "redd up the press"?

gotoseagrl · 06-17-2011, 01:06 PM

betwixt - in the space which separates

Tommi · 06-17-2011, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tapu

This is the Upper Midlands dialect. It extends across PA, OH, upper KY and WVa. I grew up with all these same sayings.

Ever hear "redd up the press"?

Nope, but growing up in the west, Pa corner , my Gramma used to tell me to go redd up my room as she pressed my clothes.
Djeet? No . Dju?

See ya later alligator..After while crocodile

cinderella · 06-17-2011, 05:39 PM

Beholding, reckon, 'your servant', madam, sir, begging your pardon, pardon me, etc., etc. Unfortunately all these words/expressions are falling out of favor - now there's another expression, little used.

Hollylane · 06-17-2011, 08:56 PM

If I had my druthers....

This is one my mother and I use often, but I had a customer use it today too!

Ms. Meander · 06-17-2011, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparkle

It was Snagglepuss. the pink cat.

Ah - but of course!

Ms. Meander · 06-17-2011, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tapu

flanapple

all right, so i made that one up

I was just going to post, "Are you making these up?!", when I saw...

Feel free to make up your own, but at least give us a definition!

Ms. Meander · 06-17-2011, 11:01 PM

pennywise and pound foolish - making bad decisions based on short term thinking

Mister Bent · 06-17-2011, 11:02 PM

Can't believe this one hasn't come up:

Best thing since sliced bread.

or

Cuter than a bug’s ear.

DamselFly · 06-17-2011, 11:21 PM

horsefeathers!

Tcountry · 06-18-2011, 03:26 AM

Keep ur britches on

Holy buckets

Oh my stars

Don't get ur panties in a bunch

Smack my ass & call me Charlie

Butter my buns & call me a biscuit

Grandpa says when u sleep past 8am "people die in bed, ya know"

Peek & plumb town (town so small, if u peek round the corner...ur plumb out of town)

Sweating like a whore in church

Take a load off (have a seat)

Gettin married was the old "ball & chain"

Shotgun wedding...(just to make sure the groom wasn't gonna run away)

That is ALL I can think of right now....still use most of them occasionally

Andrea · 06-18-2011, 05:05 AM

I happened to be sitting with someone who was watching a fishing show once. The fisherman was talking about some new product and said:

As handy as a pocket on a shirt.

I still chuckle over that.

Andrea

Ms. Meander · 06-18-2011, 06:51 AM

tight scratch - difficult fight

* It was a tight scratch, yet we emerged victorious.

DoReMiFemme · 06-18-2011, 07:59 AM

Calling soda "soda pop" or "pop."

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06-18-2011, 03:26 AM	#117
Tcountry Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Country Boi Preferred Pronoun?: call it as u see it Relationship Status: Completely...complete ;) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Either at the beach or in the pool Posts: 1,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,929 Thanked 4,287 Times in 1,181 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Keep ur britches on Holy buckets Oh my stars Don't get ur panties in a bunch Smack my ass & call me Charlie Butter my buns & call me a biscuit Grandpa says when u sleep past 8am "people die in bed, ya know" Peek & plumb town (town so small, if u peek round the corner...ur plumb out of town) Sweating like a whore in church Take a load off (have a seat) Gettin married was the old "ball & chain" Shotgun wedding...(just to make sure the groom wasn't gonna run away) That is ALL I can think of right now....still use most of them occasionally __________________ "You don't Find life worth living; You MAKE IT that way"

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