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Thread #56733 Message #889908
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
13-Feb-03 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: favorite southern US expression
Subject: RE: Folklore: favorite southern US expression
My friend taught elementary school in Mississippi. One young boy came to her complaining that another boy was "mellin' him." Not understanding what he was saying, she shushed him up until she could ask someone what it meant. Meddling. as in quit meddling with me.
Also when I supervised college students at an Alabama university, one fella asked to be excused from the exam because he was traveling with the wrazzlin' team. (wrestling team) I was 28 years old and had 18 year old boys saying "yes ma'am" to me.
The son of my friend in South Carolina had to run laps in the gym for not saying "yes ma'am."
My grandmother used to say, "Save your pennies for a rainy day, and it's a gwine a rain someday."
Then there's "sweatin' like a whore in church."