The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111106   Message #2337961
Posted By: Little Hawk
11-May-08 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: New Words & Phrases You've Learned
Subject: RE: BS: New Words & Phrases You've Learned
There's a phrase that seems to be popular in my area, Azizi, and it's "to take a boo at" something....meaning to look at it. That one has always struck me as very odd! I think the expression "take a boo at" originated in the British Isles...must be the same thing as "Peekaboo! I see you!"

Another thing people say hereabouts is "How're you keeping?", instead of saying the usual "How are you?". It bugs me when people say "How're you keeping?" I always feel like answering them back, "How am I keeping what?"