Here are a few more West Texas sayings that didn't fit into yesterday's post:
The chances are slim to none, and slim done got up and left
Tired of listening to a line, or tired of listening to a telephone solicitor: I've got a cow; I don't need your bull
If it wud'n for the flies, she'd have no friends at all
You're looking at me like a cow at a new fence
Smiling like a jackass eating cactus
If dumb was dirt, he'd cover about an acre
Here are some handy words and phrases:
I might could do that
I was just fixin' to do that
Y’all, and its plural, ALL y’all
A little guide to some of the words you will hear:
All = oil
Ass = ice, or iced (Note: When your waitress asks if you want ass-tea, don't be offended)
Far = fire
Hah, h'ar yew = Hi, how are you?
Tard = tired
Last, but not least, here's a little West Texas jibe at Yankees:
Yankees are kinda like hemorrhoids, they're not too bad when they come down and go back up, but they're a real pain in the butt when they come down and stay.
I say some of these too. I'm always fixn to do something.
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Cheers
June in Oz
Love the slang, You forgot
ReplyDelete"Fair ta midlin", meaning a mediocre day.
Yankee's and hemorrhoids, LOL!!!
I have a good friend here who I met shortly after I (as well as she) was moving here in Clovis 4 yrs ago. She is from Maine. Here in Clo/West Texas, it is another world. I was moving from Anchorage, AK and so she & I both went through a bit of culture shock together. I was born in E. Texas but have lived in other states most of my life. She has adjusted well though as she was bonding with a local church group, she went through alot of teasing about her accent.
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Hey, wait a minute. There's someone from Maine living in Clovis? That's where I'm from too, although I never had the accent, having left at the age of three months.
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