--This has been the best thread in ages! It really takes me back. After laughing out loud at Priciller's reply, hubby came in to find out what was so funny, so I read it to him. He, having grown up in NJ, and spending most of his life driving the big rigs, reminded me of the time he was in MA, and was looking for Pea Body! Finally, totally lost, he stopped to ask for directions. After asking the man the whereabouts of Pea Body, the man asked to see his bill of lading, because he never heard of Pea body! John showed him the bill, and the man said "Oh, peebuddy, yer in it!" You've kept me chuckling all evening! Thanks! Jan LIVE, FREE genealogy help at www.genealogyforum.org ---- [email protected] wrote: > There is a great nostalgia on my part for the wonderful and colorful > expressions used by my great aunts and uncles while growing up in Maine - maybe these > will jog memories of a few others. > > Bless My Stars and Garters (aka bless my stahs and gahtahs) which I guess > denoted astonishment > > Leanin Toward Sawyers (Sawyahs) > > smells worse than clams at low tide > > busier than a cat on a marble floor > > slower than cold molasses going up a hill in January > > So- whether we natives pronounce Worcester as Woostah, Gloucester as Glostah, > Havehill as Hava-ill- or make sure that all one sylabble words become two > (e.g., four becomes fo-ah), celebrate the differences! Ten to one- the > expression "Goucester/Manchester by the smell" was originated with the natives- we do > have a sense of humor about ourselves! > > J. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message