Colloquialisms

   / Colloquialisms #42  
   / Colloquialisms #43  
I am pretty sure they asked if you were a farm boy (grew up on a farm)
This is pretty close to what I understood. My host told me he was asking if in made my living "off the land" In other words, "are you a farmer?"
 
   / Colloquialisms #44  
People in my parts say “Jeet”?
meaning “did you eat”?

Another thing we say is “lookit”
meaning “look here”.

Yet another one that gets on my nerves is
“Mondee”, meaning “Monday”
“Tuesdee”, meaning “Tuesday”
and this goes on for every day of the week :rolleyes:

Sunday= “Sundee”
 
   / Colloquialisms #45  
Isn't Sundee a bowl of ice cream with nuts, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top?
 
   / Colloquialisms #46  
Isn't Sundee a bowl of ice cream with nuts, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a maraschino cherry on top?

Jeet your Sundee? 🫣
 
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#47  
Not from Texas but being subject to the culture.

"Yaunt to" meaning do you want to.

"How the cow ate the cabbage" I assume telling someone what for.
 
   / Colloquialisms #49  
Not really colloquialisms, but I used to have a boss from Arkansas who had the funniest sayings. I finally started writing them down and had a list of about 50 by the time he retired. Things like:

Jumped on it like a chicken on a June bug.
Grinning like a mule eating a briar bush.
That went over like a lead cloud.
That storm was a real toad strangler.
Busy as a one-armed paper hanger.
Busy as a one-legged man in a azz kicking contest.
She looked better from two yards than she did at six feet.
Seeing her walk down the street was like watching two pigs wrestling in a gunny sack.
Steep as a horses' face.

Stuff like that.
 
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