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06-20-2004, 11:14 PM
Vornzog,Jun 19 2004, 11:30 AM Wrote:I personally have several phrases that confuse other people, most of which come from my grandparents who grew up in Kansas.  'Cattywumpus' means diagonal, 'crick' is often substituted for creek, etc.

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Grandparents are wonderful sources of idiom. This one came from my grandma. :lol:

"She's just a walk-up-the-crick."

Translation:

"She is so thin that she looks like a Blue Heron."
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.

From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake


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Sayings and their geographic areas - by ShadowHM - 06-17-2004, 09:21 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Zafarium - 06-17-2004, 10:17 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Rinnhart - 06-17-2004, 10:29 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Tal - 06-17-2004, 10:32 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by ShadowHM - 06-17-2004, 10:47 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Tal - 06-17-2004, 11:11 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by --Pete - 06-18-2004, 12:28 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by DeeBye - 06-18-2004, 12:53 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Chameleon - 06-18-2004, 05:12 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by kandrathe - 06-18-2004, 05:49 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by klaptonic - 06-18-2004, 11:29 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by --Pete - 06-18-2004, 02:13 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Tal - 06-18-2004, 02:32 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by ShadowHM - 06-18-2004, 02:55 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by TaMeOlta - 06-18-2004, 03:05 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Tal - 06-18-2004, 04:27 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by --Pete - 06-18-2004, 04:57 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Sailboat - 06-18-2004, 06:48 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Vornzog - 06-19-2004, 04:39 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by ShadowHM - 06-20-2004, 11:14 PM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Saxywoo - 06-21-2004, 07:31 AM
Sayings and their geographic areas - by Baajikiil - 06-21-2004, 03:14 PM

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