>>>What are the funny local idioms and sayings in your area?
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>Where I grew up in rural Alabama, and also in the rural areas of Georgia, you find things like this:
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>When pushing away from the table after Thanksgiving dinner, you rub your belly and say "I'm 'bout as tight as a tick".
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>"As a dog" is a good one to use for just about anything bad: "Ah'm as sick as a dawg today." or "You look like a dawg". If referring to the messy house: "This place looks like a dawg pen".
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>My alltime favorite is very simple: 'nems. (refers to other people -- and them's). "Ah'm goin' up to mama 'nems. I'll be back directly".
Dave,
Isn't "Ah'm goin' up to mama 'nems." just one word, as in "Ahmgoinuptmomnems."?
George
Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est