“He’d already asked me and I told him. Then he went to talking about it again. I felt like there weren’t no need to quarrel about it no more after I’d already told him.”
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Well we’ve reached the age where one says, ……… and the other answers ,what????? I’ve heard haggle , and dicker, and bicker, something my sister and I did many a time growing up :):)
Tipper,
I read the Grannyisms today. My Mind ain’t as good as it use to be, I knew there was something Missing, I just couldn’t figure out what. There was 165 Comments on there, and I Love to read about our Grannies. All are Precious!
When I get through reading the Blind Pig and the Acorn, my little dog Jumps in my Chair. ( I forgot why I went to the Bathroom in the First place, but I’ll remember soon as I get in there. )
Anyway, one time I asked Daddy ” What makes a dog turn Round and Round, before He lays down? ‘ Without hesitation He turned around and said ” One turn Calls for Another. ” …Ken
You’ve already run it into the ground. You don’t need to back up and run over it again.
I have a couple; pert near, and near bounts. My spell check on this smart phone is near bount crazy trying to correct the spelling of these words. LOL
Like it or lump it! Or in the words of Forrest Gump “that’s all I have to say about that.”
I was just thinking of a word I hadn’t heard for a long time. Dickering, like haggling over the price of something. Come to think of it I don’t hear haggle either.
My cousin told me all his family ever done was argee and quarrel.
I’m “proud” you had a article today. I know a 82 year old woman here in Northeastern Tennessee who uses the word “proud” meaning she is happy for an event, instead of using the word in the modern meaning of acomplishmemt.
Sounds right ro me. Just say what you mean, mean what you say and be done. Don’t keep worryin’ it like a dog with a bone.
I guess this post prompts me to admit to something I still say to this day. I am very safety conscious, maybe because of the profession I was in. I am known for telling somebody (mostly family or very close friends) over and over not to do this or that if there is a chance they could be hurt or injured. I saw the aftermath too much! Anyway, when the inevitable happens I have a habit of shaking my head and saying, “I told him over and over not to do that.” Another popular saying that was once used often was, “I told him off.”
LOL! Regardless of the dialect that is a so typical conversation of a man/woman relationship!
Mornin’! I am tollible!