what did your mama say??

[sharimomo5]

Okay, so I just replied to a post about the propoer way to pronounce pecans. That got me thinking...I'm a ga. gal (been here since I was 3). My mom's from ga. and my dad's from ohio. This is what I wanna know... What are some of the phrases y'all heard as kins from you mama, nana, dad, etc. Here are some of mine:

"I'm gonna beat you like a red-headed step child if you don't stop that" My step dad said this to me when I was a teenager...and I had red hair at the time. I had never heard the expression before, and I actually cried
"A mullet is business up front and a party in the back"...I've heard that so many times, I don't even know where I heard it from the first time. My girlfriend heard it for the first time, as an adult, and she laughed so hard she cried.

"I'm gonna jerk a knot in your head"...my mom, too many times to count

"you are not bein' have!" as in you're not behaving...my sister still says this to her kids

"I'm fixin' to go the the store"...I still say this...drives dh nuts, but I'll defend this one to the end fixing=preparing. It makes sense!!!

"you can have that ever how you want it" as in how ever you want it...my grandpa.

Now, I know I'm not the only one that has repeated something from my youth only to embarass my self, and confuse others....come on y'all help me out!!

[jillibean_1978]

My oldest daughter's grandfather would always yell at the grand kids "You have ill manners of a dog!!!" And I thought it was funny. I use it now.

"I'll box your ears!" "Clear as mud."

That's all I got this morning. I know there's more.

Jill

[lalanpnut]

You're grounded...that's about it LOL!!!

[1daygourmet]

My Mom was English and had lots of funny phrases.
Col blimey
Stone the crows to which my American dad would say you mean, Throw rocks at the birds?
Don’t get your knickers in a twist
She would never say Hello she would always say How do you do?
Oh so many I can’t think of right now, I’ll write again when I think of more.

[sharimomo5]

oh! One from my grandma:
"nervous as a lon tailed cat in a room full of rockers"

[shetlandponyluvr]

"He's like a fart in a hail storm." Swear. Grandma always used to say it, in reference to a scatter-brained person. To this day I have no idea what it means.

[duetchan]

Living in the 'land of bad grammar' I've heard a lot in my life (and a bit embarrassed to say I still say some of them myself).

Not really 'phrases', but some things that we say that always have people scratch their heads would be:

unthaw instead of thaw
borrow instead of lend

for phrases I can only think of a few:

"a couple, two, three" when you are referring to a few items ( never understood this one)

"start with me last" mainly used when ordering at restaurants (my parents always use this one)

I've noticed more and more lately that myself and others here end our sentences with "ya know" as more a rhetorical ending than actually asking in the conversation.

Most of the other things I can think of are more pronounciation than phrasing or actual words. And I know there are A LOT I'm missing. I'm sure they'll come to me.

[sharimomo5]

"it's about to come up a bad cloud" grandma and grandpa...it means it's going to storm soon
...and am I the only person that still uses "sugar" for kisses ... as in "give me some sugar" and britches for pants as in "put your britches on":shrug7:

[kmmmom]

"I'm going to hang you upside down in the closet by your toes." Mom used to say this when we were not behaving, but we always thought it was so funny that we would straighten up.

"Don't make me come in there"

"A little birdie told me" (There must have been a stupid bird on every corner, because we couldn't get away with anything)

[kmmmom]

"You better eat that. There are people in India starving." I told her she could send my lima beans to them and she was not amused.