Posted on 09/14/2015 4:40:17 PM PDT by 4rcane
Here in the south both are completely acceptable and still used.
>> A lot of the old words and phrases are going away and it’s a shame <<
Indeed. I sometimes travel thru parts of Appalachia, where the old guys hanging around the courthouse square still talk like Roy Acuff or Grandpa Jones, and the young waitresses at IHOP talk like Valley Girls. Almost makes me wanna cry!
It’s spelled “Booze” “Drugs” and a large dose of “Stupid”
Glenn reminds me more and more of John Ziegler.
“Indeed. I sometimes travel thru parts of Appalachia, where the old guys hanging around the courthouse square still talk like Roy Acuff or Grandpa Jones, and the young waitresses at IHOP talk like Valley Girls. Almost makes me wanna cry”!
I hear you. Sad.
I said hello to an old man the other day and asked how he was and he said “Oh, fair to middlin’. I hadn’t heard that in a while.
“Little Imps”, that reminds me of a story about his Grandpa. He used to call his grandkids lovingly, little imps. But when a pack of wolves killed the dog they loved, he grabbed his rifles and took my friend (the oldest grandson) and his Dad out to a stand of trees where they placed a gutted cow from their farm in the center. They climbed three opposing trees with their loaded rifles.
He advised them to not shoot the first wolf that came in. The first wolf scouted, then returned with the pack. Then they began shooting. The first shot confused the wolves and they were not sure where to run. My friend, his Dad and his Grandpa killed the whole pack.
Protecting the “Little Imps”.
My Dad, a World War Ii vet who was born in 1918 used to corner us kids when he wanted the truth and say “Now I want the straight dope. Who did it”?
That’s a neat story and one to cherish. Thanks for sharing.
How we miss those old folks.
Yes, my Grandmother used “little imps” in a loving way, too.
Paranoia can make you do stupid thing; and say stupid stuff.
Dadgumit, that’s good to hear.
Yup, been decades since I heard ‘I’m mad as a frog in a dry well’. or ‘If I don’t eat somethin soon my stomach will swear my throat ‘s been cut.’
LOL I love it.
I’ve forgotten 98% of those sayings.
How we miss those old folks.
Yes, my Grandmother used “little imps” in a loving way, too.
Wiser than the modern Academics. As my Dad used to say, "they are educated beyond their intelligence."
Exactly.
As my Dad used to say, “they are educated beyond their intelligence.”
Good one.
To our Dads and others, common sense was common. Now it’s rare.
There was a time that I refused to miss one of his very entertaining and informative shows on Fox....
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Same here.
And my request to you is that you express yourself here without using such crude language.
Good one.
To our Dads and others, common sense was common. Now it’s rare.
Amen to that.
Yeah, and folks wonder why the Palins don’t trust anyone.
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