Words and phrases I picked up from my mother

reesetee commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Your mom must be quite a character, pleth! :-)

July 23, 2008

plethora commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

She certainly is. It's her fault I'm like I am, too.

A country raised and educated librarian, she's a strange hybrid of grammar nazi and ocker.

July 23, 2008

dontcry commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

My father-in-law used to say 'dry as a popcorn fart!"

July 24, 2008

reesetee commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Oh, you must drag her kicking and screaming onto Wordie. She'd love it! Or else. ;-)

July 29, 2008

scoop commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

A pearl of wisdom courtesy of my father: People have more fun than anybody.

August 2, 2008

plethora commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Unfortunately she still considers the internet to be nothing more than a tool. Oh, and a way to swap email jokes.

I really need to start writing the things she says down when I'm on the phone to her. I always notice them, but by the time I get near Wordie again, I've forgotten.

August 19, 2008

frindley commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Wonderful, wonderful!

I tend to use "Bob's yer auntie" myself, but that's just frindley perversity.

October 21, 2008

bilby commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Waaah!

October 21, 2008

plethora commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

I recently told my mother about this list. She made me go through it and read it to her. She commented on each entry, attributing credit for each. She was quite strident that she didn't invent them all, despite my never claiming that she did. So, to appease Mama Plethora, I must issue a public statement: These words come from various sources originally, and just because I first heard them from my mother, does not mean she came up with them all.

March 2, 2018

ruzuzu commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother

Awww. Greetings, Mama Plethora!

March 2, 2018