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Thread #10188   Message #69059
Posted By: Banjer
08-Apr-99 - 06:30 AM
Thread Name: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
Subject: RE: Colloquialisms- Post & Define 'Em! Fun!
I'm surprised we haven't yet been treated to my old favorite, DILLIGAF?, the angram of Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck? A term used to indicate a gross lack of interest. Thinking on this subject I can think of many things that we say in this part of the country that we take for granted as everyday speech that would be looked upon as quaint in other areas. "More than you can shake a stick at", "Useless as teats on a boar", "Carrying coals to Newcastle", are some of the ones I've heard recently and use myself sometimes. I'll have to find my book, "You All Spoken Here", a collection of Southern phrases and usage. That will be a motherload of information.