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Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Feb 13, 2008 - 07:35pm PT

Getting a bit long in the tooth

TradIsGood

Chalkless climber

the Gunks end of the country

Feb 13, 2008 - 07:36pm PT

tits on a bullfrog.

bobinc

Trad climber

Portland, Or

Feb 13, 2008 - 07:45pm PT

"put Chinese handcuffs on their peckers and let 'em fight it out"

scuffy b

climber

Stump with a backrest

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:04pm PT

sitting in the catbird seat
tearing up the cabbage patch
behind the 8 ball
whole nine yards

there's a large body of nautical terms which
have made their way into everyday speech.
e.g. three sheets to the wind
scuppered
thwarted

Off-Width Loving Crack Whore

Trad climber

SLO

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:06pm PT

"Hella"

NorCal phrase

example:
"That climb was hella hard"

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:08pm PT

that's so last year

blackbird

Trad climber

over yonder en th' holler

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:15pm PT

Some of these I've heard, others not, all are fantastic!!

Thanks, all, for the "welcomeback", and believe me, it is good to be back around the fracasy fire (or firey fracas?!) again!!

I didn't realize it until a bit ago, but we southerners tend to say "you're fine" as a blanket statement meaning anything from "don't worry about it" to "you're forgiven" to "excuse me" (one of my friends hailing from north of the M-D line pointed that one out to me...) pffft is a commone one down here, but generally accompanied with an eye roll.

caught, I second blue! Brilliant, and kudos for that one!!

Sammy, I think you and I are close enough geographically to share a bunch of the same ones...

TIG, care to elaborate on that one?

Tarhoney, I completely forgot about "davenport"!!! We kids used to sleep on one at my great-aunt's house (how I could forget about getting elbowed by a ton of cousins all scufflin' for bed space at family reunions is beyond me...)

eKat, we do a similar thing: THE Wal-Mart or THE Kroger. There is a very definitive rule about when to add the THE, unfortunately, it isn't written anywhere; that knowledge is just inately there.

"...at the end of the day..." harkens to Les Mis for me, and "fallin' ass over tea cup" just absolutely puts me on the floor laughing!

ken/kennen - you're right, and thanks for the memory jog! Makes sense.

It's intriguing to me to look at the origins of many of these colloquialisms. Musically speaking, what the Southern Highlanders brought with them from their homelands is still 90% in tact and can be directly traced back to Scotland and Ireland. It has been the geographical isolation of the region that has kept things "pure" for so many years. I find it interesting that while a similar trend can be found linguistically, looking at the etymology of the word(s) and/or phrase(s), the verbage has morphed at a quicker pace than the music...

Thoughts?

BB

blackbird

Trad climber

over yonder en th' holler

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:16pm PT

how 'bout "worthless as tits on a boar hog"?

BB

Edit:

Katie bar the door...

The good Lord willin' and the Creek (as in Indians, not body of water) don't rise...

TradIsGood

Chalkless climber

the Gunks end of the country

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:17pm PT

BB, Elaborate on which one?

EK, And what the heck does "frickety frack" mean? LOL

blackbird

Trad climber

over yonder en th' holler

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:19pm PT

TIG - "pissed". The only meaning I know is "fightin' mad"!

BB

blackbird

Trad climber

over yonder en th' holler

Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2008 - 08:20pm PT

Blinny, I'd have to disagree with your mom on that one: chocolate in ANY form is by no means worthless!!

BB

TradIsGood

Chalkless climber

the Gunks end of the country

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:23pm PT

And equally funny...

When the Brit tells you he was pissed. And you ask him about what. And he gives you the "hairy eyeball" like you have two heads.

Glad it was pissed you were asking about. I was wondering if I was going to have to explain the other one.

I once was using QIM as a sort of abbreviation. Q meant nothing, and I for international and M for message. (IM existed, so I could not use that.)

Well the British contingent sounded off in full Victorian rectitude. After that, no more QIM, for me thank you. (ubetcha).

SammyLee2

Trad climber

Memphis, TN

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:32pm PT

I spent a few months in Scottland. I spoke Southern. They spoke Scottish. There were moments. I was single, and hitting on this pretty Scotty chick. After some time and more than a few drinks, she says to me, in super slow English, "You don't really understand what I'm say'ing, do you?" I replied, "No, not really, why?." She says back to me, "BECAUSE, I JUST TOLD YOU, I HAVE CANCER!" And you said back, "Good, Good stuff".

I apoligized, said, "Let me get you a drink". I stood in line in the pub, and after about 20 minutes, got our drinks. When I returned, she was sitting with this other guy. I drank both the drinks and went back to the ship.

GDavis

Trad climber

SoCal

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:36pm PT

"if she fell in a lake you could skim off dumb for days."

That was how my grandpa described my first girlfriend.

Mighty Hiker

Social climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:39pm PT

Brits, and I think Australians, say they're going to "knock someone up" - meaning go and visit, i.e. knock on the door.

We don't say that in Canada.

goatboy smellz

climber

colorado

Feb 13, 2008 - 08:42pm PT

A few I heard growing up in the Redneck Riviera™™™.

*shallow as a saucer

*too pooped to pop

*so noisy in here, I can't hear myself think

*tighter than a ducks ass

*like trying to nail jell-o to the wall

and an all time favorite...

*you're the one f#@king this chicken, I'm just holding the wings...