Colloquialisms

[Rockbadchild]

Look at these guys they have water in their basement... a saying we say when someone pants are too short.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Dialects are interesting. Mel Blanc was the man of 1,000 voices but Robert Easton was the dialect master. He was in lots of movies & TV shows.
Funny to me is going just 35 miles West of here, Roanoke, the accent is distinct. Cat is "ka-yat".
Years ago I worked with a guy from North Carolina that had the oddest accent. As he spoke it was a with a grunting sound. (East Carolina we think?).
We're not all that far from Mount Airy which Andy Griffith named it Mayberry. Mount Pilot was actually Pilot Mountain, NC. Howard Morris aka Ernest T. Bass had a pretty good southern accent although he was from the Bronx!

 

[nctox]

That aint Ernest T. Bass.

 

[rontaki]

In Hawaii, I heard the expression "Broke da mouf" for really great tasting food.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

That aint Ernest T. Bass.

No...it's Robert Easton

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Smells worse than a whorehouse on dollar night...

 

[Oaktree]

Wicked pisser means it's pouring in Maine

Anytime I've heard that expression, it meant really really good.
A guy I used to work with who was from Maine would call something that was really good the cat's @ss.

 

[Dftodd]

Anytime I've heard that expression, it meant really really good.
A guy I used to work with who was from Maine would call something that was really good the cat's @ss.

It was pouring really really good out there!!!

 

[RayIN]

Above all else, farming is a life of hope.
This about sums it up: Rural Wit and Wisdom: Farming - Grit

 

[CalG]

"Up the creek without a paddle." Doesn't really sound too bad. Much better than being "down the creek without a paddle."

Bruce

That creek had a name where I come from.