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re: Old Fashioned words
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:49 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:49 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I was listening to a podcast called In the Red Clay and it was about the Dixie Mafia and the leader Billy Sunday Birk. In the podcast they talk to people who live in rural Georgia in a town called Winder. A couple of different people in the podcast call the trunk of a car the boot. The only time I have ever heard that it was with British people. Strange thing to hear from a bunch of rednecks from rural Georgia.
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Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:55 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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call Brazil nuts
Trying to get someone banned?
Posted on 5/2/25 at 7:59 am to tigerbutt
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I always pluralized Piccadillys
Same. I also say couch instead of sofa. My mom still says ice box instead of fridge
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:00 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
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My parents grew up in rural Missouri in the 1940's and 50's but to this day use terms I don't hear in the south.
For example:
Sofa= Divan
Sink= Zinc
Dinner=Supper
Soda="Sodie-Pop"
My in-law's were rural Missouri and both Zinc and So-dee were used.
So was "kaddie-corner" vs. kiddie-corner to cross the street corners diagonally.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:00 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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What did your parents call Brazil nuts?
Same thing they called the flower named "Black Eyed Susans"----but I won't go there......
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:02 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I've been known to say lots of words after drinking several Old Fashioneds. I may or may not have even typed a few on Tigerdroppings.
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 8:03 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:07 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
And how can I forget my grandma from southern Minnesota saying "warsh" instead of wash.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:12 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
My grandparents from Alabama had a few good ones, especially my grandfather:
Pants=britches
Refrigerator=Frigidaire
Winter beanie hat=boggin
My grandmother pronounced 'chance' as 'chanch'.
Pants=britches
Refrigerator=Frigidaire
Winter beanie hat=boggin
My grandmother pronounced 'chance' as 'chanch'.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:16 am to SCLSUMuddogs
My dad calls them “ castanha do pará.”
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:24 am to Wayne Campbell
my grandmother (b.1903) used parasol all the time. now I do as well.
my M-I-L has also has a term for Brazil nuts that can't be said here
my M-I-L has also has a term for Brazil nuts that can't be said here
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 8:26 am
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:31 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
My great grandmother had a sink out on her porch where we were sent to wash our hands before dinner. She called it the lavatory.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:32 am to Wayne Campbell
Icebox = fridge
Banquette = sidewalk
Parasol = umbrella
Save the ___ = put the ___ away (dishes/groceries etc)
Get down = get out of the car (cajun side of family)
Never forget the time my prim and proper mother in law asked if we were getting down at a stop on a trip. Hadn't heard that before - apparently a holdover from horse and buggy days.
Grandma used most of those plus zinc and hosepipe. And my-nez for your sammich.
Banquette = sidewalk
Parasol = umbrella
Save the ___ = put the ___ away (dishes/groceries etc)
Get down = get out of the car (cajun side of family)
Never forget the time my prim and proper mother in law asked if we were getting down at a stop on a trip. Hadn't heard that before - apparently a holdover from horse and buggy days.
Grandma used most of those plus zinc and hosepipe. And my-nez for your sammich.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:41 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Coke = Co Cola
That way = ova yonda
Shocked = Eye D Clare
Charley = Cholly .
I still prefer Cholly and use it to this day just for a couple of old friends that I cut up with. HEY Cholly! Chah LAY!
That way = ova yonda
Shocked = Eye D Clare
Charley = Cholly .
I still prefer Cholly and use it to this day just for a couple of old friends that I cut up with. HEY Cholly! Chah LAY!
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:51 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Well lets call it a day.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:52 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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Also my dad would pluralize Walmart
Dollar Gentral
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:53 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
I put my groceries in a buggy, not a cart.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:56 am to 14caratgoldjones
My wife thinks it funny I call a kitchen cabinet a cupboard
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:57 am to TigerBaitOohHaHa
Clam diggers = capri pants
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:57 am to CBDTiger
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Never forget the time my prim and proper mother in law asked if we were getting down at a stop on a trip. Hadn't heard that before - apparently a holdover from horse and buggy days.
I still do this. I remember being in high school driving around with a buddy. Stopped at a gas station to get a snack and asked my buddy if he was getting down. Dude looked at me super confused. Now I live in Lafayette and everyone says it like that
Posted on 5/2/25 at 9:01 am to SCLSUMuddogs
always supper for us growing up in the south
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