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Thread #145432 Message #3365112
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Jun-12 - 03:15 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Colloquial and Idiomatic Phrases
Subject: RE: Folklore: Colloquial and Idiomatic Phrases
Expressions in the U.S. are difficult to localize since they spread quickly, i. e. the one already given, 'barking up the wrong tree' I have heard from Texas to Canada to Hawai'i. Of course it has been around a long time.
A few that seem not to have spread very far-
I'm fixin' to go to town (seems centered in Texas)
If he was dying of thirst I wouldn't give him the dew off my dong (Texas).
It don't make no nevermind. Texas, Oklahoma.
Said of a man with a bearded face, hippie era- To determine his sex, you would have to turn him up and blow on the fluff. Texas.
Too much sugar for a dime. Georgia.
You have to hire it up. Said of a food that needs seasoning. Georgia.