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To: mel

My 88 year old mother stills says “Going outdoors” for meaning the bathroom. She has had indoor plumbing for as long as I can remember. I have to explain some of her speech to my 16 year old. He just laughs.


25 posted on 03/12/2010 7:02:37 AM PST by timeflies
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To: timeflies

My nearly 96 year old grandmother, born and raised in Southern WV has some good ‘uns in her vocabulary.


28 posted on 03/12/2010 7:13:56 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: timeflies

oh mine do that too!


52 posted on 03/12/2010 10:17:48 AM PST by mel
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To: timeflies

My Tennessee grandma McCoy called bad women “strumpets,” unbrellas “parasols.”

Most folks here still say “tators,” and “you uns.” Mom always called us “youngins,” but for a long time (I didn’t grow up here) I wondered why she called us onions.


76 posted on 03/15/2010 2:11:26 PM PDT by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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