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Nittersing

(6,949 posts) Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:51 AM Dec 26

There was a thread earlier that I can't find now... about old sayings and I just came across this one.

Mom used to say this.

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Gosh All Hemlock!!! (Original Post) Nittersing Dec 26 OP

My uncle would say to us when deRien Dec 26 #1

Hey! Pork ain't transparent underpants Dec 26 #4

'I swan' EYESORE 9001 Dec 26 #2

Gosh all fishhooks! johnp3907 Dec 26 #3

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1. My uncle would say to us when

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:54 AM

Dec 26

we were between the TV and him ~ get out of my light or your father wasn't a glassmaker. He was from Arkansas!

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4. Hey! Pork ain't transparent

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 05:07 PM

Dec 26

I heard that a long time ago and still use it when people aren’t situationally aware

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2. 'I swan'

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:36 PM

Dec 26

Or ‘I swanny’, if you prefer. It’s an old English twist on ‘I swear’. I grew up hearing the old folks of my youth saying this.

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3. Gosh all fishhooks!

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:46 PM

Dec 26

Heard it in an old movie. Not sure if it was as a common variation or just something the screenwriter made up.