The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #47513   Message #708887
Posted By: Genie
11-May-02 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: folklore: Phrase:'If I Had My D'ruthers'...origin?
Subject: RE: BS: Phrase:'If I Had My D'ruthers'...origin?
Yeah, Sorcha, my mom's family lived in Kansas many years, too, so I heard the expression a lot in that state, too. "I'd rather" morphed into "'druther" and then into "if I had my druthers."

Genie

Rick F., Yeah, Al Capp was rather unsavory on a personal level, and I can't say he was a political soulmate, but he was pretty much an equal-opportunity insulter. Did any person or group escape his parody? Politicians, movie stars, corporations, and the average person, etc., certainly did not.