“I suppose that happens to every generation. I can recall my granddad using pet phrases that totally mystified me.”
I can still here my grandmother,way back in the 40s,telling us kids to go out and sit on the piazza.
She meant porch,of course,and I have not heard anyone use that word in that way since then.
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I’m having a hard time recalling any of the unusual sayings my grandparents used, but one thing I heard them say over and over, was, “waste not, want not.”
When I was little, that made no sense to me, but I understood it as I got older.
My grandmother used to occasionally use the term, ne’er-do-well. I had to grow up before I figured that one out.