Guest Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Was thinking about old sayings and words we don't hear any longer that we may have heard our parents/grandparents use- local or otherwise... a few I thought of: davenport kamode latch-key kid tin foil (except for hats) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie26 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 scat- my grampa use to tell us to "scat" when we were being annoying. He meant to get out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 My 85 yr old Grandma will ask my daughter how her relationship with her "beau" is... (daughter's 15 and just stares at Grammy!) She also still asks me if anyone has "come a courtin'" lately... makes me laugh, as she was born and raised here, not in the deep South! She is also famous for seeing young girls dressed inappropriately and saying "Does she work in a Brothel?" Gotta love Gramma's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie26 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 My 85 yr old Grandma will ask my daughter how her relationship with her "beau" is... (daughter's 15 and just stares at Grammy!) She also still asks me if anyone has "come a courtin'" lately... makes me laugh, as she was born and raised here, not in the deep South! She is also famous for seeing young girls dressed inappropriately and saying "Does she work in a Brothel?" Gotta love Gramma's My grampa use to say "your the little rose in a cow pasture" when i was 18. I know it was a compliment but a cow pasture??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedgenes Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I miss grandma telling us "Git in or git out and quit banging the screen door!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 My grandma refered to a person as a Body, a body needs this or a body needs that and I have known many old people using the term put it in a poke instead of a bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 My grandma refered to a person as a Body, a body needs this or a body needs that and I have known many old people using the term put it in a poke instead of a bag. Couldn't leave my aunts house without a "poke" of candy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 In the South, when the grandmas would gather and talk about grandkids, you'd often hear one of them say, "He needs a dose of suffern molaz." If you're familiar with Old Dixie, you know all about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sulpher and Molasses? What was that supposed to treat? Is it worse than Cod Liver Oil? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mungaknuts Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Please and thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Please and thank you Excuse me and I'm sorry also. It's a shame we don't hear these more often. I know these aren't what you are looking for but it is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokefree Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I could never figure out why you should say "excuse me" to get past someone blocking a doorway. I think the person blocking he doorway should ask to be excused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsouthgirl Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Yes mam, no mam, yes sir, no sir... unless you're in the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goo Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 when I was in high school we used the word 'cut' to describe a negative comment. Cool stuff was 'bad' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsouthgirl Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 how about this one from the 80's "Like gag me with a spoon" Thankfully some are not used anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingPrincess Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 My grandpa always called a bag a "poke" . The fridge was an "icebox", and a purse was a "pocketbook". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Rider Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Now there's a pair of gams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbseger55 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 I was at my grandma's house having a conversation about men one day and she started talking about "laying down" with a guy. I couldn't help but laugh when I realized what she was talking about. Of course, this is coming from the same woman who was telling people she had to have an autopsy (rather than a biopsy) and around election time talked about the carcases. Gotta love grandma! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Now there's a pair of gams. Along with "bodacious ta-tas". Heard that from a guy about 30 years ago that I thought (the guy) was old as the hills. Now I'm dayam near his age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 We were just talking this morning about how my Gram used to say "deef" instead of "deff" for deaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_rx2000 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 My daughter was standing in front of the davenport (aka sofa) the other day, between yours truly and the TV, while engrossed in text messaging. I told her that "she made a better door than a window" and received a blank stare in response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk24 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Dad always said "knee high to a grasshopper" when talking about someone being little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedgenes Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I remembered this thread the other day when I found myself asking if anyone knew where there was a gumband! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbergh Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 My gram used to pull my hair up with a gumband when I was little...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 yeah how about wrenching and ankle or ill slap you so hard your kids will feel it or house coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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