sayings lost with age

[73mountaineer]

"If the good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise" (particularly common where I grew up, as flash floods are pretty common in the hills and hollers of WV)

"As sure as God made little green apples"

"It's the cat's meow/pajamas"

[redrako]

"If the good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise" (particularly common where I grew up, as flash floods are pretty common in the hills and hollers of WV)

"As sure as God made little green apples"

"It's the cat's meow/pajamas"

Back before radio was corporatized out of existence. WBCN's Charles Laquidara's morning show, "The big mattress" used a version of that saying as a sign-off: “So if the creek don’t rise,good lord’s willin & there ain’t no new melt down….”

[plpenn]

How about:

Im gonna tell him how the cow ate the cabbage.

or

Richer then 9 foot up a bulls arse.

[DamnFineBob]

...what are boiled peanuts, tomato gravy, fried cornbread,or homemade tea cakes??

These can be rephrased as "R.C. Cola and a Moon Pie."

Nah, rephrase that as A-Treat and a whoopie pie!

Slightly OT, but people in Pittsburgh, Pa speaking "Pittsburghese" are a great source of oddball phrases, words, grammar, and punctuation used nowhere else in the world at any time in history. For instance: "I got to redd up this living room (clean it) for the fellas to come dahnahahs (down to my house) if they're left (allowed to) this afternoon. There are bizzles (crumbs) and cucky (snotty) Kleenex on the catch (couch) cooshins (cushions), and I ain't havin' friends over with yinz (your) gutchies (underwear) that needs worshed (needs to be washed) setting (sitting) in a pile, N'at (and things like that). We're gonna watch the Stillers (Steelers) game on TV, and drink cupple tree (2 or 3) arhns (irons = Steel City Beer) let (left) on the back stoop (porch) to stay cool. Hopefully someone will brung (will have brought) some jumbo (bologna) from the big bird (Giant Eagle grocery store) dahntahn (downtown) for sammiches (sandwiches), 'cause all i got is old proggies (pierogies) dethawed (defrosted) which are tough as gumbands (rubberbands). I conjagated (thought) that a couple cuts of pepperoni (a few slices of pizza) would be nice, N'at, but the nebby (nosey) jaggoff (jerk) at the shop shuts (closes) early on game days."

[1Speedster]

I often toss out the phrase, "That's for the birds." Looks like its use is more than slightly out-of-date, but I really don't care. I own a crazy bird and love the phrase.

[73mountaineer]

Nah, rephrase that as A-Treat and a whoopie pie!

Slightly OT, but people in Pittsburgh, Pa speaking "Pittsburghese" are a great source of oddball phrases, words, grammar, and punctuation used nowhere else in the world at any time in history. For instance: "I got to redd up this living room (clean it) for the fellas to come dahnahahs (down to my house) if they're left (allowed to) this afternoon. There are bizzles (crumbs) and cucky (snotty) Kleenex on the catch (couch) cooshins (cushions), and I ain't havin' friends over with yinz (your) gutchies (underwear) that needs worshed (needs to be washed) setting (sitting) in a pile, N'at (and things like that). We're gonna watch the Stillers (Steelers) game on TV, and drink cupple tree (2 or 3) arhns (irons = Steel City Beer) let (left) on the back stoop (porch) to stay cool. Hopefully someone will brung (will have brought) some jumbo (bologna) from the big bird (Giant Eagle grocery store) dahntahn (downtown) for sammiches (sandwiches), 'cause all i got is old proggies (pierogies) dethawed (defrosted) which are tough as gumbands (rubberbands). I conjagated (thought) that a couple cuts of pepperoni (a few slices of pizza) would be nice, N'at, but the nebby (nosey) jaggoff (jerk) at the shop shuts (closes) early on game days."

Jeez-o-man I'd rather chew on a jagger bush than yer heat ups. I'll grab some kilbassa n'at from jiin iggle and yinz can make kilbassa wit dem progies.

[thIs6Nly]

Whatever.

[Commander Quan]

"Please" and "Thanks you"

[Commander Quan]

Jeez-o-man I'd rather chew on a jagger bush than yer heat ups. I'll grab some kilbassa n'at from jiin iggle and yinz can make kilbassa wit dem progies.

Chawt, the bowchyins gonna crack 'yer heads open on the sidewalk it's slippy dahntahn.

[njpaddy]

First off, I'm old, but my favorite was "don't sh#t where you sleep". My step-dad used to tell me that if I wanted to drive or act like an a-hole, I'd better not get caught doing it close to our house.

[bcs89]

"Not enough room to swing a dead cat" (crowded or tight space)

"ya need two men and a boy.." (to move/lift something - ie: its heavy)

-s

[Commander Quan]

"When I save enough money to retire..." because that one isn't going to happen.

[Doc4]

"Put that in your pipe and smoke it!"




... http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...p-B-BL-LE-Pipe

[tchudson]

Watch "Ball of Fire" with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. There's all sorts of outdated slang in that movie. It's a great movie, too.

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

I remember my dearly departed Father had a saying..."The only dumb question is the one you didn't ask" and my Mother had a saying..."Now you're cooking with Ciscoc".

"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing”. Allen Klein

[tchudson]

I LOVE boiled peanuts! One of the things I miss from Alabama. And whenever my dad comes to visit, I have him make fried cornbread - he has his leftover cornbread in a glass of milk. He grew up in Opp, not too far away from you. My uncle Randolph ran a carpet company there in Enterprise.

What suprises me is people who have never had boiled peanuts, tomato gravy, fried cornbread,or homemade tea cakes.

[tchudson]

One I remember various family members using, and my wife remembers her family using is, for instance, when someone oversalted a dish, "Did someone stub their toe on the salt?"

[smalltank]

im 32..wife is 26..our daughter is 3yrs 2 months

"If wouldnt had done it..you woulda never known"

[73mountaineer]

Chawt, the bowchyins gonna crack 'yer heads open on the sidewalk it's slippy dahntahn.

And I understood every word

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

A well educated man - a lawyer in fact - from central midwest even today refers to a creek as “crick.” Also, pronounces the word wash, “warsh."