Aaaah, the good ole days before new meanings have attached themselves to various words. Cool has become Kewl, is being used extensively as in the 60's. I'm fine with this. (or is it fine wid dis?) But I get all discombobulated when I try to think of all the newly created words now in use. BLOG wasn't even a word when I was born let alone when Barbara Sherratt was. To quote the infamous, Erma; "Don't get me started."
Sunday, October 25, 2009
It just rankles my cockles
The old Nisson Foodtown family run grocery store in Washington is closing, which made the Spectrum, St George's daily newspaper.... front page news. Interviewed in the store was 100 yr old Barbara Sherratt, a Washington resident."I needed some bananas and I see they don't have any left, so I have to go elsewhere, which rankles my cockles," Sherratt said. (I had to look this up - cockle is a weed, not to be confused with weed.) Haven't hear that before and got me thinking. A few sayings I have heard but aren't used much anymore: "Madder than an old wet hen." "You won't learn more than that farther up the river." "He walks like hes got ants in his britches." Britches? "Slower than molasses in January." Then there's: "Colder than a witches.....ah, never mind, there's way too many to list here. More than a bushel and a peck, fer' sure.
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3 comments:
This a really far-out post! It reminded me of all the bitchin words we used to use in the olden days. It is out-a-site that you've made me also remember how old I am to remember the phrases you mentioned.
Seems to me Tim McGraw sang a song about this...Unfortunatly, I remember most of those phrases. Kids now a days think THOSE are the foreign language.
Great post! I laughed all the way through, although my favorite phrase was ol' Barbs. Cockles might just be my new favorite word!
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