words your grandparents used (speech, quote, stories)
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My Grandmother always called the auto a "machine". A "car" was the street car (trolley or bus) that stopped on our corner. And my bicycle was called a "wheel", such as "Ride your wheel to Dorothy's house after school."
My school uniform blouse was a "waist", I assume because it only went as far as mid-torso.
Boots were "overshoes".
And you didn't pee; you "made water". Fart? Heaven forbid! You "made wind".
My grandmother called those blouses a "shirtwaist". My mother would say "tee-tee" for pee or else "tinkle". We use to say "toot" for "fart" when I was little and my mother said "break wind". I don't think I even knew that particular "eff word" and definitely not the other one.
One of my grandmother's called doing #2 a "special occasion". She would say "you've been in the bathroom an awfully long time, is this a special occasion?". Lol even now remembering that.
My grandmother hated the word "lie." She hated to level that accusation at anyone and wouldn't allow us to use that word either. She would say, very seriously, "He didn't tell a lie. He told a story."
My grandmother hated the word "lie." She hated to level that accusation at anyone and wouldn't allow us to use that word either. She would say, very seriously, "He didn't tell a lie. He told a story."
I remember one of the older relatives saying, "Stop telling stories." Maybe it was several, because I can't remember who said it.
My grandmother hated the word "lie." She hated to level that accusation at anyone and wouldn't allow us to use that word either. She would say, very seriously, "He didn't tell a lie. He told a story."
We always said "told a fib". To this day I will rarely accuse someone of lying, unless there is a preponderance of evidence. Telling a lie was not to be taken lightly.
We always said "told a fib". To this day I will rarely accuse someone of lying, unless there is a preponderance of evidence. Telling a lie was not to be taken lightly.
"Fib", "story", "making things up" - that is what was most commonly used when I was a child. "Lying" was a very serious charge--and still is, today.
I remember one of the older relatives saying, "Stop telling stories." Maybe it was several, because I can't remember who said it.
That's another one! Thanks for jogging my memory. I also remember a lot of "skeedadle, now," when I was in the way or needed to "get on along" somewhere.
I still don't like the word "lie" because it sounds so mean, but "tell a story" sounds old-fashioned, and "fib" sounds like something Beaver Cleaver and his gang would say!
My grandmother hated the word "lie." She hated to level that accusation at anyone and wouldn't allow us to use that word either. She would say, very seriously, "He didn't tell a lie. He told a story."
This was my mom, not my grandparents, but she would never let us say "shut up" to each other, even if we were joking. It had to be "be quiet."
Just ran across this one in an old book....."hypo". This was a shot, an injection.....short for "hypodermic" which is what they used to call this method of delivering a medication.
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