>> Below are the Dutchisms I recall from my growing up >> >> Wrootchy - the kids have ants in their pants, can't sit still >-(spielkuss >> in Yiddish) >> >> or Wrootching - squirming as in "wrootching in your seat" >> >> Ret up - clean up >> >> It's all - they leave off the 'gone' in "all gone" >> >> Gnotch - [long O as in oval] - as in "Quit gnotching the dog" - >annoying, pestering an animal. I don't recall having heard it used in >reference to annoying people. >> >> Those are the ones that come to mind quickly. >> Bob Lamparter >May I add - > >stroobly - "Your hair is stroobly." All messed up, needs to be combed. > >ferhuddled - "I'm all ferhuddled." Mixed up, confused. > > Oh, how could I forget Stroobley. Notice we have slightly different spellings based on the way we heard these pronounced. Bob Lamparter