Re: Old southern sayings

I can't say I've heard any colloquialisms in Austin actually- heck most 
people there don't even have an accent.  Too much of a melting pot I guess.

Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

>I'm amazed you never heard that phrase in Austin. It's very common here in
>Texas.
>
>On 11/10/05, Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>
>>Ohhhh! Thanks- now I get it.
>>
>>Theresa
>>
>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
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>>>Ducks don't waste any time when eating junebugs. zem
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:56 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Old southern sayings
>>>
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>>>>Oh- I love the "wanted too much sugar for a dime" one!
>>>>
>>>>Theresa
>>>>
>>>>Not sure I understand the duck on a junebug thing though...
>>>>
>>>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>My aunt was forever saying somebody "wanted too much sugar for a
>>>>>dime," or she grabbed something quickly "like a duck on a junebug."
>>>>>zem
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
>>>>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:15 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Old southern sayings
>>>>>
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>>>>>>How about
>>>>>>"odd as Dick's hatband" or
>>>>>>"cute as a litter of little speckled puppies"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Haven't heard either of those for a while
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In a message dated 11/06/2005 12:12:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>>>>>raider843@yahoo.com writes:
>>>>>>Me too, because I confess I've never heard that one. Although I have
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>a
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>>>>>>wealth of them from my father. When I was a teenager he used to
>>>>>>tell me
>>>>>>I could "irritate a wooden indian." LOL!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
>>>>>><4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
>>>>>>wrote:Thanks all. I learned something today.
>>>>>>Kitty
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>>>>To:
>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:58 PM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Old southern sayings
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
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>>>>>>>"Not enough to wad a shotgun" is the same thing as "Not enough to
>>>>>>>physic a
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>snipe" in Missouri. Means "not enuff for nuthin". LOL.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jesse
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>>>>>>>I believe that, like many things Southern, the saying is archaic.
>>>>>>>zem
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
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>Kemp TX
>zone 8A
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